Bolton boss Steven Schumacher admitted “it’s a bigger job than I expected” after seeing his side’s League One play-off hopes crash and burn in a 4-2 defeat at Lincoln.The Trotters had fought back from two goals down to level by the break, through Jay Matete and Alex Murphy, after Erik Ring and James Collins, with a penalty, had put City 2-0 up after 17 minutes.But a second-

Carlisle head coach Mark Hughes promised his team were “still fighting” after securing a late point in a 1-1 draw at fellow strugglers Accrington.Callum Whelan rifled home a superb strike in the second minute of stoppage time to cancel out Sonny Aljofree’s 70th-minute opener for Stanley. The visitors also hit the woodwork through Georgie Kelly.The result left the 23rd-placed Cumb

Neil Harris described himself as “absolutely gutted” as Cambridge missed a chance to keep their survival chances alive.The U’s led for a long stretch of the game but fell 2-1 at home to Leyton Orient.A win would have left them two points behind Burton, who they play next, but defeat means they are five points from safety with only two games remaining.“I’m so disappoin

Millwall boss Alex Neil toasted one of the best performances since he took over after they roared back into the Championship play-off race with a 3-1 over Norwich at The Den.The Lions’ top-six hopes looked to have been dealt a fatal blow when they were thumped 4-1 at Blackburn on Friday.But Mihailo Ivanovic’s double and Femi Azeez’s goal – coupled with the four teams above

Colby Bishop’s goal earned Portsmouth a 1-0 win over 10-man Watford which sealed their safety in the Sky Bet Championship.Pompey are six points clear of the drop zone with two games to play but, with Hull and Derby still to play each other, their status in the second tier is secure.The hosts scored the only goal after 25 minutes through Bishop, who nodded the ball home from close range.Watfo

Rochdale missed the chance to virtually guarantee their National League play-off place with a goalless draw at home to relegated Fylde on a day when the club remembered Joe Thompson.The former midfielder, who died this week aged 36 after being diagnosed with cancer for a third time, was celebrated with a minute’s applause at kick-off and the whole ground rose again in minute 15, the number h

Maidenhead picked up a valuable point in their National League relegation battle after playing out a 1-1 draw at fellow-strugglers Wealdstone.Brendan Kiernan gave the visitors an early lead when he latched onto Kane Ferdinand’s cut-back and tucked the ball home in the fourth minute.It was all square – six minutes before the break – after Kallum Cesay’s sharp effort caught t

Southend strolled to a 4-0 win at relegated Ebbsfleet to stay in contention for the National League play-offs.Charley Kendall’s calm finish gave the Shrimpers a 15th-minute lead, and Mark Cousins made an excellent save to prevent a second for Tom Hopper before half-time.Oli Coker went close and created a chance which neither Gus Scott-Morriss nor Hopper could convert, before Coker himself do

Promotion hopefuls Gateshead were handed back-to-back National League defeats after being beaten 3-2 by Hartlepool.Joe Grayson fired wide for the Heed in the early stages but Pools took the lead in the 25th minute when Luke Charman headed home from a free-kick.Reyes Cleary then had a shot cleared off the line as the hosts looked to extend their advantage and the forward soon struck in the 43rd min

A last-gasp Will Wright own goal earned Bromley a 1-0 win to kill off Swindon’s slim play-off hopes.Danny Imray nutmegged Tom Nichols on the byline and fired a hard, low ball into the box which bounced off the hapless defender’s shin in the 88th minute.By that stage Town had thrown all their forwards on after Kabongo Tshimanga missed a penalty just before half-time.In the opening minut