Tranmere and Crewe shared the points in a 0-0 draw at Prenton Park.In a first half where chances were few and far between, the visitors enjoyed much of the early possession but Rovers had their moments and could have opened the scoring through Connor Jennings, who was denied by Crewe goalkeeper Tom Booth.At the other end, former Tranmere man Elliott Nevitt came close to breaking the deadlock befor

Davis Keillor-Dunn’s 15th goal of the season proved enough as Mansfield edged a narrow 1-0 League Two victory over visiting promotion rivals Notts County to keep the pressure on leaders Stockport.Stags had survived a second-minute let-off when Christy Pym had to block a David McGoldrick finish and Scott Robertson put a follow-up wide.But after just eight minutes – when Notts failed to

Zac Ashworth scored for a second successive weekend to earn Bolton a 1-1 comeback draw against Skybet League One promotion rivals Barnsley.But the Tykes will rue a series of missed chances before the West Brom loanee headed in a cross by substitute Aaron Collins after 64 minutes.Bolton were beaten in last season’s third tier play-off semi-finals by the Oakwell outfit.And they trailed after f

Roy Hodgson cut a forlorn figure as Crystal Palace slumped to a dispiriting 4-1 defeat at their fierce rivals Brighton in the Premier League.Goals from Lewis Dunk, Jack Hinshelwood, Facundo Buonanotte and Joao Pedro once again left the future of the veteran Eagles boss under scrutiny.Palace sacked their previous manager, Patrick Vieira, following a 1-0 defeat in this fixture last season so Hodgson

Dundee United fought back to beat Ayr 2-1 and extend their lead at the top of the cinch Championship to four points.Ayr were ahead after just two minutes at Somerset Park when former Scotland winger Jamie Murphy struck a superb free-kick into the far corner.The visitors eventually drew level in the 67th minute through substitute Tony Watt, who managed to find the bottom corner.Watt then turned pro

Bristol Rovers atoned for a 1-0 home defeat by Exeter City in Sky Bet League One 11 days ago by winning by the same scoreline at St James Park thanks to Brandon Aguilera’s stunning debut goal.Exeter started brightly and Vince Harper shot low at Jed Ward from an angle, but Rovers went in front when Aguilera, signed on loan from Nottingham Forest this week, smashed the ball into the top corner

St Johnstone opened up daylight over Ross County in the battle to avoid relegation from the cinch cinch Premiership after a 1-0 win in Dingwall.The Staggies had looked bright, getting into the final third only to see a lack of quality when it mattered most cost them.The same could not be said for St Johnstone, who had fewer chances but crucially made one of them count through Benjamin Kimpioka in

In-form Morton piled more misery on Dunfermline with a thumping 5-0 away win in the Scottish Championship.Darragh O’Connor and Jack Baird scored twice as Morton extend their unbeaten league run to 10 matches.Morton took a 10th-minute lead when Robbie Muirhead’s ball across goal was turned in by O’Connor for his first goal of the season.Baird added a second in the 34th minute, sco

Newport manager Graham Coughlan hailed his side’s character as they put the Manchester United circus behind them to fight back from a goal down and beat Swindon 2-1.County were fortunate to be level at the break and went 1-0 down just after the restart when Paul Glatzel struck for Swindon.Coughlan blamed the flat start on the gruelling build-up to and hangover from last week’s FA Cup d

Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou felt goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario deserved more protection from referee Michael Oliver after Everton earned a last-gasp 2-2 draw.The Italian, having endured a similar problem in their FA Cup exit to Manchester City last week, failed to deal with Dwight McNeil’s inswinging corner under his own crossbar which allowed Jack Harrison to equalise to initially