Wycombe head coach Mike Dodds urged his players to rediscover the art of goalscoring after firing a second successive blank in their 1-0 League One defeat at Reading.After a 0-0 home draw against struggling Shrewsbury on Tuesday, Wanderers again failed to find the net and were sunk by a 77th-minute penalty from Harvey Knibbs.The Chairboys now lie six points behind second-placed Wrexham but with a ...

Interim Tranmere boss Andy Crosby said his players would not be getting carried away after his side made it three home wins on the bounce with a 4-0 thrashing of Chesterfield at Prenton Park.Goals from Cameron Norman, Regan Hendry, Josh Davison and Sam Finley did the damage as Rovers put some daylight between themselves and the League Two relegation places.Tranmere have now lost just once in eight...

Everton did near-neighbours Liverpool a favour by taking points off Arsenal in a 1-1 draw but judging by the Gunners’ performance they have already checked out of the title race.With the gap to the leaders still 11 points, Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final at home to Real Madrid has far greater significance for their season and that was reflected in Mikel Arteta’s team sel...

Tranmere returned to winning ways with a convincing 4-0 victory over Chesterfield at Prenton Park to give their League Two survival hopes a massive boost.Four second-half strikes saw Rovers record their third home win on the bounce and end Chesterfield’s six-game unbeaten run.The visitors almost broke the deadlock after 15 minutes but Liam Mandeville saw his close-range effort blocked by the...

Leeds dropped out of the Championship automatic-promotion spots after they were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling Luton at Kenilworth Road.Dan James scored a stunning equaliser, cancelling out Izzy Jones’ early opener, but the visitors could not find a winner as they slipped to third in the table.The Whites looked strong in the early stages, trying to take advantage of a slip by Christ Makoss...

Wrexham moved six points clear of third-placed Wycombe in the League One promotion race after second-half goals from Steven Fletcher, Sam Smith and Jack Marriott helped them see off 10-man Burton 3-0.Relegation-battling Burton were dealt a major blow just past the 10-minute mark when Charlie Webster was shown a red card following a late challenge on George Dobson.And although it took Wrexham until...

An error by West Brom goalkeeper Joe Wildsmith gifted Sunderland a 1-0 win at The Hawthorns to strengthen their Sky Bet Championship play-off bid and dent the hosts’ top-six ambitions.Wildsmith got a hand to Trai Hume’s 36th-minute free-kick but should have prevented the left-back scoring the winner for a second successive match.Sunderland’s ninth away win of the season consolida...

York secured a third straight victory to move within eight points of the top of the Vanarama National League table – at least temporarily – as they beat Fylde 3-1.The visitors to Mill Farm were given the chance to take the lead on the stroke of half-time as they were awarded a penalty and Ollie Pearce made no mistake slotting home to give York the advantage at the interval.York strengt...

Walsall were knocked off the top of League Two for the first time in four months as Port Vale leapfrogged them with a 3-2 victory at the Bescot Stadium.All five goals came in the first half as Vale claimed a fifth win in six and extended Walsall’s winless run to nine games.Walsall had a goal disallowed inside 12 seconds, Jamille Matt’s header from Liam Gordon’s cross ruled out fo...

Burnley moved to the top of the Sky Bet Championship after Jaidon Anthony’s brace secured a 2-1 victory at Coventry.Haji Wright controversially opened the scoring early on before Anthony struck either side of half-time to extend Burnley’s unbeaten league run to 27 matches.Burnley’s victory also handed Coventry back-to-back league defeats for the first time since Frank Lampard too...