Siriki Dembele’s first-half goal gave struggling Oxford a 1-0 win over promotion-chasing Sheffield United at the Kassam Stadium and ruined Chris Wilder’s return to his former club.It denied the Blades a return to the top of the Sky Bet Championship table, where they had started the day.Burnley’s 2-1 victory at Coventry had earlier taken the Charets to the top – and Wilder&

Former Barnet favourite John Akinde put the brakes on the club’s Vanarama National League promotion push by ending their 25-game unbeaten run with the winner in a 2-1 home triumph for Braintree.Kyreece Lisbie forced Owen Evans to make an incredible save midway through the first half but, in the 36th minute, Ryan Glover set up Callum Stead to run through and slot the ball home for a Barnet op

Stevenage’s winless run came to an end thanks to two late goals as they beat Crawley 3-1, putting Town deeper into relegation trouble.Jamie Reid broke the visitors’ hearts on 89 minutes and then two minutes into stoppage time, Dan Kemp rubbed salt in the wounds.It seemed as if Bradley Ibrahim’s equaliser with 20 minutes to go would earn the Reds something for their efforts, cance

Charlie Hughes scored the only goal deep into stoppage time to give Hull City a 1-0 victory at Sheffield Wednesday and ease their relegation fears.The result leaves the Tigers three points above the drop zone with six matches remaining, while Wednesday are without a home victory since New Year’s Day,Hull had more of the possession early on and the first chance of note came when John Egan had

QPR and Cardiff played out a goalless draw in a forgettable match between two struggling teams in the Sky Bet Championship.The Welsh side remain third from bottom, while Rangers are now without a win in seven matches – a run which has included five defeats – and five points ahead of Saturday’s opponents in the table.After a poor start to the season, an excellent spell in the midd

Ashley Nadesan struck in added time as Sutton held promotion-chasing Southend to a 1-1 National League draw at the VBS Community Stadium.Home goalkeeper Jack Sims pulled off a fine reaction save to keep out Macauley Bonne’s header, but there was nothing he could do to prevent Ben Goodliffe from volleying the visitors ahead 13 minutes before the break.Nick Hayes palmed away Finley Barbrook&rs

Two goals from striker Kyle Wootton helped Stockport maintain their promotion push in League One with a comfortable 2-0 win at Exeter.County made a flying start to the game and were in front with just 62 seconds on the clock. A low cross by Tanto Olaofe was slammed against a post by Jayden Fevrier and as the ball ran loose on the goal line, Wootton smashed it in.It was 2-0 after 22 minutes when th

Sam Folarin’s goal in the fourth minute of added time gave Hartlepool a third successive Vanarama National League win, 3-2 against relegated Ebbsfleet.Pools’ on-loan West Brom forward Cleary opened the scoring with his fourth goal in five matches in the 29th minute, only for Maxx Manktelow to equalise six minutes into the second half.Emmanuel Dieseruvwe restored the home side’s l

Ipswich’s hopes of retaining their Premier League status took a huge knock as they lost 2-1 at home to Wolves.The visitors came from behind to extend the gap between the two clubs to 12 points with just seven games remaining.Ipswich took the lead through Liam Delap after 16 minutes but Pablo Sarabia equalised in the 72nd minute and Jorgen Strand Larsen completed the turnaround with six minut

AFC Wimbledon kept their outside chances of winning automatic promotion alive with a 1-0 victory at home to Harrogate.A second-half strike from Alistair Smith proved to be enough for the south London outfit.The hosts started on the front foot in windy conditions at Plough Lane, although Harrogate were capable of holding their own.The visitors were forced to make a substitution after 30 minutes whe