Paul Heckingbottom said he would like to “throw a bomb under the lot and start again” this summer after his Preston side were beaten 2-1 by QPR in the Sky Bet Championship.Liam Lindsay had headed the hosts in front with his first goal of the campaign in the final moments of an energetic first half before Michael Frey’s leveller in the 80th minute.But the Rs stole it at the death

Stockport manager Dave Challinor saw Jack Diamond come good as his stoppage-time equaliser earned a 1-1 draw at Peterborough and all-but assured his side of a play-off place.Diamond, along with his team-mates, endured a frustrating afternoon at the Weston Homes Stadium where Posh looked set to claim another scalp after upsetting Birmingham in the Vertu Trophy final last Sunday.However, the former

Liam Manning insisted there was no fluke about centre-back Rob Dickie’s sensational 30-yard strike that set Bristol City on course to massively boost their bid for a Championship play-off place as they beat Sunderland 2-1.Sunderland had to play with 10 men from the seventh minute when defender Trai Hume was red-carded for clipping Nahki Wells from behind as he broke clear, but still took a 3

Steve Bruce was full of praise for two of his forward players as Blackpool cruised to a 3-1 win over Stevenage.Rob Apter took the plaudits with a hat-trick in 12 second-half minutes but he was assisted each time by Ashley Fletcher.“Fletch has looked sharp all week and I’m delighted he took it onto the pitch,” said the Blackpool boss.“Especially second half; there was better

Frank Lampard called his side’s performance “complete” after Coventry saw off 10-man West Brom 2-0 in front of a record-breaking crowd at the CBS Arena.Jack Rudoni and Matt Grimes scored either side of half-time before Callum Styles was sent off for a second bookable offence.The victory left Coventry three points ahead of seventh-placed Middlesbrough in the race for the play-offs

Gareth Ainsworth hailed the potential of Chelsea teenager Jimmy-Jay Morgan after his goal in Gillingham’s 1-1 draw at Cheltenham.Morgan finished neatly after a clever free-kick from Jack Nolan in the second minute, giving him the second goal of his loan spell with the Gills.“It was a really clever free-kick from Jack, setting up Jimmy and what a great finish,” Ainsworth said.&ldq

Portsmouth head coach John Mousinho hailed his players after watching them take a giant step towards Championship survival with an eye-catching 5-3 win at Norwich.However, Mousinho also warned that he does not think Pompey are safe just yet.The Blues are six points clear of the drop zone with just three games remaining after Colby Bishop struck his first Portsmouth hat-trick, with Matt Ritchie and

Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson wants his players to enjoy the situation after they drew 1-1 at home to Bristol Rovers.The point sees Wrexham drop out of the League One automatic promotion places with just three games remaining.However, it does leave Bristol Rovers level on points with Burton, who sit just outside the relegation places.Wrexham were shocked as the visitors took the lead after half an h

Barrow boss Andy Whing was pleased with the second-half response from his players after they drew 0-0 at Fleetwood.Whing admitted that the first 45 minutes was ‘rubbish’ at Highbury Stadium, but he felt his side improved massively after the restart as they at least stretched their impressive run of results.After the battle between two safe, mid-table sides, Whing said: “To be bru

Doncaster boss Grant McCann felt his team had a bit of everything after they moved into the automatic promotion places with a convincing 3-0 win over Tranmere at Prenton Park.Luke Molyneux’s first hat-trick for the club means that McCann’s team are now second in the League Two table, a point behind leaders Port Vale.McCann said: “It was a great away performance. Three really good