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...

Two goals in three first-half minutes from defender Alfons Sampsted and top scorer Jay Stansfield edged champions Birmingham to within a point of their century with a 2-1 win at Burton.Blues were given a run for their money in a keenly-contested first half as Burton looked for a result to bolster their hopes of avoiding relegation.For all their possession in the first half Birmingham rarely troubl...

Wycombe’s top-two hopes suffered a huge dent as they were thrashed 4-0 at home by fellow League One promotion chasers Charlton.The Chairboys began the day in second, one point clear of Wrexham, but are now third with two games remaining.Charlton kept alive their own chances of joining Birmingham in the top two with them four points adrift of the Welsh side.They bossed Wycombe from start to f...

A terrific second-half display saw Luton give their hopes of staying up yet another huge boost by beating play-off chasing Bristol City 3-1 at Kenilworth Road.Thelo Aasgaard’s opener was cancelled out by George Tanner but Carlton Morris and Izzy Jones secured a vital victory.The visitors had looked the better side early on as Tanner eyed up the bottom corner from outside the box, only to sho...

James Clarke scored a last-gasp winner as Solihull Moors twice came from behind to beat Boston 3-2.The defender headed home Szhem Whyte-Hall’s long throw in the seventh added minute after Tahvon Campbell had earlier scored his first goal since August to level things up for the second time.Campbell made his comeback after eight months out through injury in a 10-minute substitute appearance la...

National League leaders Barnet took a huge step towards promotion after securing a 3-1 victory at Sutton.A three-game winless run had seen their comfortable advantage chipped away by chasing York, meaning this game had huge significance.And Mark Shelton opened the scoring for the visitors when he fired past Jack Sims into the bottom corner in the seventh minute.Siju Odelusi drew the sides level wi...

Harrogate secured their League Two status courtesy of a 3-1 comeback win at home to Fleetwood.Trailing against the run of play, the Sulphurites fought back to pull nine points clear of the relegation zone with just two games left to play.Harrogate carried the greater threat in the opening half, Josh March seeing an effort ruled out for a push before Stephen Dooley’s low effort was saved by J...

Tranmere edged closer to preserving their Football League status courtesy of a 0-0 draw at Barrow.The result left Rovers four points above second-bottom Carlisle, whose own survival hopes hang by a thread after a 1-1 draw at Accrington, with two games to go.Tranmere were seeking to avoid the chance of any late-season heartbreak by taking all three points, but just could not find the breakthrough.S...