MK Dons climb into the top three and deepen Forest Green’s relegation problems

MK Dons’ automatic promotion hopes were handed a boost as goals in each half from Max Dean and Alex Gilbey sealed a 2-0 Sky Bet League Two win at bottom club Forest Green.Struggling Rovers pressed the self-destruct button five minutes before the break. Dominic Thompson inexplicably surrendered the ball to Dean, who finished well beyond Vicente Reyes.A scuffle ensued as both teams entered the

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Chris Kane rescues play-off chasing Dunfermline after Brian Graham’s opener

Dunfermline salvaged a valuable point in their push for the cinch Championship play-offs following a 1-1 draw with third-placed Partick Thistle at KDM Group East End Park.Brian Graham broke the deadlock in the 25th minute as the ball fell kindly to the 36-year-old striker, following Scott Robinson’s initial blocked effort, and managed to bundle over the line.Dunfermline replied, however, wit

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Paul Mullin scores 100th Wrexham goal in win at relegation-threatened Colchester

Paul Mullin scored his 100th Wrexham goal as they came from behind to claim a 2-1 League Two victory at relegation-threatened Colchester.The hosts created chances in the first half, with Connor Hall lifting a first-time shot over and John Akinde heading over from close range.Alistair Smith fired over in the area for Colchester and Cameron McGeehan’s low strike from the edge of the box was we

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Woking ease relegation fears by beating Dagenham

Substitute Jayden Luker’s goal proved the difference as Woking edged five points clear of the National League drop zone with a 3-2 win over Dagenham.The hosts took a fifth-minute lead when Jermaine Anderson fired home after Luke Wilkinson had challenged goalkeeper Elliot Justham.But they were ahead for just six minutes as Josh Rees flicked on a Justham free-kick and Ryan Hill levelled.Dagger

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Omar Bugiel’s header gives AFC Wimbledon victory over nine-man Salford

Omar Bugiel’s header gave AFC Wimbledon a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Salford that kept their League Two play-off hopes flickering.It was the Dons’ first win in five games as they moved up to eighth in the table, still three points behind in-form Crawley, as the Ammies, who finished with nine players, fell to a third straight defeat.The best chance of a scrappy first half went to Salf

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Boreham Wood gain crucial victory over relegation rivals Wealdstone

Boreham Wood thumped Wealdstone 4-0 in a huge match at the bottom of the National League table.The Wood began the day three points below their opponents but moved level and boosted their goal difference on a profitable afternoon.Kabongo Tshimanga scored the only goal of an even first half in the ninth minute but the hosts seized control of the contest from the hour mark, when Billy Sass-Davies gra

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Danny Rose gives Grimsby a vital win in their battle against relegation

Grimsby strengthened their Sky Bet League Two survival bid with an important 1-0 victory over Newport at Blundell Park.Danny Rose netted the winner shortly after the half-hour mark as the Mariners moved five points above the relegation zone, consigning Newport to a fourth successive defeat in the process.Grimsby settled quickest as Charles Vernam and Kieran Green set their sights from the edge of

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Bojan Miovski’s late effort disallowed as Aberdeen held in Livingston stalemate

Bojan Miovski saw his late goal disallowed by VAR as Aberdeen were forced to settle for a point in a goalless cinch Premiership draw with Livingston at the Tony Macaroni Arena.The striker looked to have settled a poor-quality contest when he fired home from close range in the dying moments but Angus MacDonald was found to have been offside in the build-up following a VAR intervention.The Dons had

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Alfie May double secures 2-1 win for Charlton over Barnsley

Alfie May’s double for Charlton secured a 2-1 win over play-off hopefuls Barnsley at The Valley.May broke the deadlock with a tremendous free-kick in the 20th minute to fire Charlton ahead.Adam Phillips grabbed an equaliser for Barnsley eight minutes later from the penalty spot following a handball by Kayne Ramsay.But, after a dreadful miss from inside the six-yard box by Devante Cole, the A

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Port Vale move out of League One drop zone thanks to goalless draw at Wigan

Port Vale moved out of the Sky Bet League One drop zone thanks to a goalless draw at Wigan.The home side came close to scoring with their first attack, as Matt Smith’s shot took a huge deflection off Thelo Aasgaard, completely wrong-footing Connor Ripley, only for the ball to sail inches past a post.Former Wigan man Gavin Massey then had a great chance to mark his return to the DW Stadium wi

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