Chesterfield assistant manager Danny Webb was delighted that his side kept their League Two play-off hopes alive with a 4-1 home victory over relegated Morecambe.Will Grigg, Ash Palmer, Michael Olakigbe and Tom Naylor were on target for the hosts, while Jordan Slew replied for Morecambe.He said: “We did what we needed to do. When they equalise you think, ‘oh, this will be a really frus

Crawley boss Scott Lindsey did not concede that their fight against relegation was over after a comfortable 3-0 home win over Northampton left them with only the slimmest of survival chances.Burton hold a healthy goal difference advantage of 12 over Crawley following their 2-1 home win over Cambridge, but Lindsey is hoping the Brewers will come badly unstuck at home to Wigan on Tuesday before los

John Eustace revealed he was oblivious that Derby had dropped into the Sky Bet Championship drop zone before a 1-0 win at Hull propelled them out of the bottom three.Luton’s last-gasp victory over Coventry in Saturday’s lunchtime kick-off meant the Rams fell into the final relegation place and it seemed they might stay there after creating little at the MKM Stadium.But Nat Phillips hea

West Ham boss Graham Potter was in “too much pain to talk about positives” as he struggled to contain his emotions after being left “devastated” by a dramatic late collapse at former club Brighton.The lowly Hammers were on course for a first Premier League win in seven games when second-half goals from Mohammed Kudus and Tomas Soucek overturned Yasin Ayari’s eye-catch

Eddie Howe emerged from his sickbed to help guide Newcastle back into the Premier League’s top three as Ipswich’s stay in the top flight drew to a close.Howe’s men boosted their Champions League qualification hopes with a 3-0 win at St James’ Park, but with four games remaining they, Manchester City, Chelsea and Nottingham Forest, who have played one fewer, are separated by

Miron Muslic said it was a “sad, sad day for all of us” after seeing Plymouth all-but relegated despite their 2-1 victory over Preston in the Sky Bet Championship.Mustapha Bundu put Argyle ahead in the 14th minute and Callum Wright came off the bench to seal victory with a second goal in the 75th minute.Emil Riis scored in the cloding stages as Plymouth failed to clear a corner, but th

Shrewsbury manager Micheal Appleton said his side gave a massive effort after they beat Barnsley 2-1 at Oakwell.A John Marquis double was enough to give the already-relegated Shrews the points despite a Jon Russell consolation.Appleton said: “I think what we did today is created a platform to play from. We played well and mixed it up a little bit when we had to.“It’s difficult wh

Gary Rowett believes his achievement of keeping Oxford in the Championship is equal to anything he has managed as a head coach.The U’s secured their safety in the English second tier with a 2-0 victory over Sunderland, thanks to goals from centre-halves Ben Nelson and Michal Helik.Rowett said: “I did a similar job at Birmingham and did a similar job initially at Millwall but it feels,

Barry Ferguson admitted teams no longer fear Rangers after they were held to a 2-2 draw away to St Mirren.Rangers twice held the lead through goals from Cyriel Dessers and Nicolas Raskin, only to be pegged back each time by Mark O’Hara and Conor McMenamin.It was a third successive match in which Rangers had failed to beat St Mirren and Ferguson felt that the Ibrox side were no longer viewed

Mark Hughes refused to be drawn on his future after Carlisle’s relegation to the National League was confirmed.The Cumbrians lost 3-2 at Cheltenham and Tranmere’s home win over Crewe meant the result at the EV Charger Points Stadium was immaterial in the end.Former Wales and Manchester City boss Hughes took over in early February with the club in a dire position and, despite taking it