Harvey Macadam’s 96th-minute goal earned basement boys Morecambe just their second League Two win of the season at Harrogate.The Shrimps substitute slotted home from Gwion Edwards’ pass to hand Derek Adams’ strugglers a 2-1 success on the road.The first half of Saturday’s contest was almost completely devoid of quality or creativity, with the only moment of any note arrivin

Leaders York secured their fourth successive win in the Vanarama National League with a thrilling 5-3 success over Hartlepool.The Minstermen took control at the LNER Community Stadium with an 18th-minute strike from Ollie Pearce and doubled their lead from an Alex Hunt free-kick two minutes before the break.David Ferguson turned in from close range to pull one back for the visitors on 50 minutes b

Ryan Barnett’s first goal of the season ensured Wrexham returned to winning ways with a 1-0 success over fellow League One high-flyers Mansfield.Barnett’s low right-foot strike flew past Christy Pym just six minutes into this clash between two of last season’s fourth tier promotion-winning clubs.But Mansfield will wonder how they did not take at least a point and extend the Welsh

Blackburn ended a run of four games without a goal to claim a 3-1 win at Cardiff.Andreas Weimann scored early in both halves to claim his first goals since August.David Turnbull pulled a goal back for the hosts before Lewis Baker sealed Rovers’ first win in five games with a perfectly-placed shot four minutes from time.Both teams were looking to bounce back from midweek defeats when Cardiff

Middlesbrough piled further pressure on under-fire Luton Town boss Rob Edwards as they cruised to a 5-1 win at the Riverside.Edwards’ underperforming Hatters side crashed to their heaviest defeat of the season as they were comprehensively outplayed on Teesside, with the loss coming almost a year to the day since they were holding Liverpool to a draw in the Premier League.While Luton’s

Substitute Ben Barclay came off the bench to score Carlisle’s winner in a 1-0 victory over Salford at the Peninsula Stadium.The visitors, who were starved of possession for lengthy periods in a cagey first half, missed a glit-edged chance to take the lead after 16 minutes when Luke Armstrong blazed Dom Sadi’s square ball over from close range.In reply, energetic forward Kylian Kouassi&

Burton secured their first win of the League One season at the 14th attempt with a 2-0 victory over fellow strugglers Shrewsbury.Tomas Kalinauskas and Danilo Orsi struck to help Albion, with interim head coach Tom Hounsell in charge, move off the bottom as the managerless Shrews dropped to the foot of the table.After the returning Billy Bodin had volleyed an effort just wide of the post, Albion we

Tom Cleverley told “role model” Vakoun Bayo to enjoy his rich vein of goalscoring form after firing Watford to a 1-0 home win over Oxford.Striker Bayo, scorer of four second-half goals in last weekend’s 6-2 win at Sheffield Wednesday, struck on the rebound in the 54th minute.That secured a sixth win in seven Championship home games for the Hornets, who moved from seventh place to

Head coach Darrell Clarke praised goalscorer Jon Russell as his Barnsley side earned a 2-0 home victory over South Yorkshire rivals Rotherham.Russell netted first for the hosts before Stephen Humphrys came off the bench to double the lead and send the Tykes up to fourth place in League One.Clarke said: “I think we’ve had some good performances. I thought tonight was a good night, winni

Watford moved from seventh to fourth in the Championship table after Vakoun Bayo’s second-half goal earned the Hornets a 1-0 victory at home to Oxford.Tom Cleverley’s hosts moved above Burnley, West Brom and Millwall thanks to a 54th-minute strike from the Ivory Coast forward, who had scored four times at Sheffield Wednesday last weekend but only once before that this term.Greg Leigh f