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

Mark Harris’ double helped push Oxford back into the League One play-off places as they ruthlessly beat Burton 4-0 at the Pirelli Stadium.A long throw from Tom Hamer into the Oxford box was cleared and, when Tolaji Bola misjudged his header on halfway, Harris was able to race away, round keeper Max Crocombe and slot home midway through the first half.The Welsh striker continued to torment th

Goals from Djeidi Gassama and Anthony Musaba handed Sheffield Wednesday a vital 2-0 victory at fellow strugglers QPR to boost their chances of staying in the Sky Bet Championship.The win leaves second-from-bottom Wednesday just a point from Huddersfield in 21st.QPR’s own relegation fears were eased by recent back-to-back wins but this result leaves them just four points ahead of Wednesday &n

Leyton Orient found their shooting boots to inflict a 3-1 Sky Bet League One defeat on relegation-haunted Cheltenham.A dull opening period was lifted in the 34th minute by a superb Ethan Galbraith strike. Collecting a pass from George Moncur, he drilled a 25-yard drive past the despairing dive of goalkeeper Luke Southwood.The visitors, who showed little going forward before the interval and failed

Classy Crawley coasted to a powerful statement 4-1 victory at promotion rivals Mansfield.That made it four away wins in a row with 13 goals scored and knocked Nigel Clough’s Stags out of the top-three places amid their heaviest defeat of the Sky Bet League Two campaign.Crawley began on the front foot with a strong wind at their backs and were rewarded with the opening goal after just four mi

Raith kept pace with Scottish Championship leaders Dundee United with a 2-1 home victory over Ayr.Dylan Easton celebrated his 30th birthday in style by netting the opener on the stroke of half-time, curling an effort into the top corner from the edge of box.Ayr equalised 10 minutes after half-time when substitute Logan Chalmers struck.But Jack Hamilton restored Raith’s lead in the 65th minut

Kai Fotheringham scored twice to help keep Dundee United four points clear at the top of the cinch Championship with a 5-0 victory at Queen’s Park.The Terrors had to wait until the stroke of half-time to take the lead and it was Fotheringham who made the difference, stroking home Tony Watt’s cross.Louis Moult doubled the visitors’ advantage when he raced through and lifted the ba

Substitute Rhys Healey was the Huddersfield hero as his stoppage-time goal was enough to secure a dramatic and potentially priceless 1-0 win against fellow strugglers Millwall.Healey pounced to head home from close range after Millwall goalkeeper Matija Sarkic could only parry Matty Pearson’s effort into his path.The three points lift the Terriers out of the Championship drop zone.Millwall,

Carlisle’s relegation from League One was confirmed after they were beaten 2-0 by Northampton.The Cumbrians won promotion last season but their immediate return to League Two was sealed thanks to goals from Kieron Bowie and Ali Koiki.Carlisle had a strong wind behind them in the first half at Sixfields and they used that to dominate territorially but the conditions did not help either side f

Exeter moved into the top half of the Sky Bet League One table with a 1-0 win that dented Stevenage’s hopes of making the play-offs.After a cagey opening, it was Boro that created the first chance with Alex MacDonald finding himself with only Viljami Sinisalo to beat, but Exeter’s Finnish goalkeeper was equal to a shot that was straight at him.Exeter responded with Luke Harris sliding