Will Wright scored a stunning free-kick to ensure Swindon took a share of the points in a 1-1 draw at Priestfield against nine-man Gillingham.Joe Gbode had come off the bench to put the hosts in front, but Wright beat veteran goalkeeper Glenn Morris with an excellent strike against his former side to earn a point.The hosts, now unbeaten in 11, should have taken the lead within the opening few minu

Rochdale secured a place in the National League play-offs as Devante Rodney’s brace helped them thrash Hartlepool 5-1 at Spotland.The former Pools forward opened the scoring with a fifth-minute penalty and after Nicky Featherstone swiftly equalised, efforts from Ian Henderson and Leon Ayinde had Dale 3-1 up heading into the interval.Rodney subsequently added his second in the 52nd minute and

Dundee claimed a priceless 1-0 William Hill Premiership win at Tynecastle to heap further pressure on Hearts boss Neil Critchley.Simon Murray netted the only goal of the game seven minutes before half-time to lift the Dens Park men above Ross County in the relegation play-off spot.After narrowly missing out on a place in the top six in the final game before the split, Hearts now find themselves ju

Grimsby slipped out of the Sky Bet League Two play-off positions after a goalless draw at MK Dons.With Salford beating Colchester, a draw saw the Mariners fall out of the top seven ahead of next weekend’s season finale on goal difference after they failed to leave Stadium MK with three points.MK Dons were using their final home game of the season to celebrate club captain Dean Lewington, who

Aberdeen striker Kevin Nisbet scored a stunning winner to inflict a first William Hill Premiership defeat for more than four months on former club Hibernian and leave the two sides level on points in the battle for third place.The Hibees looked on course to set a new club record of 18 top-flight matches in a row unbeaten until the on-loan Millwall forward – who spent three seasons at Easter

Matheus Cunha scored one goal and set up two more as Wolves claimed a record-equalling sixth successive top-flight win as they put relegated Leicester to the sword with a 3-0 victory at Molineux.October 1970 was the last time Wolves had won six in a row in the top division and their upward trajectory hit new heights under the leadership of Vitor Pereira as they climbed to 13th in the table.Leicest

Carlos Baleba struck a stunning added-time winner as Brighton reignited their European push by piling more misery on former manager Graham Potter with a dramatic 3-2 Premier League victory over West Ham.Potter, who left Albion to join Chelsea in 2022, was on course to have the last laugh at the Amex Stadium after second-half goals from Mohammed Kudus and Tomas Soucek turned the contest in the Hamm

Lewis Simper’s long-range cracker gave Sutton a come-from-behind 2-1 win at Yeovil.The Glovers took the lead just after the half-hour mark when Ciaran McGuckin chased a long ball over the top and finished coolly.But half-time substitute Siju Odelusi equalised when he headed home a deep Simper free-kick six minutes after the break.Simper then let fly from 25 yards to secure all three points f

Cardiff were relegated from the Sky Bet Championship after drawing 0-0 with West Brom.The Bluebirds’ return to the third tier of English football for the first time since 2003 was sealed on an anxious afternoon in the Welsh capital – six years after Cardiff had been playing in the Premier League.Aaron Ramsey, the Wales captain and Cardiff midfielder currently out injured, was in interi

Oxford’s two centre-halves were on target as Gary Rowett’s team beat Sunderland 2-0 to secure their safety and a second season of Championship football at the Kassam Stadium.Ben Nelson met Will Vaulks’s free-kick from the left with an emphatic header past Anthony Patterson in the 29th minute with his first goal for the club.That helped to ease the U’s nerves and Michal Heli