Substitutes Nick Powell and Akil Wright rescued a point for Stockport as the Sky Bet League Two leaders secured a pulsating 2-2 draw at fellow high-flyers Barrow.Dave Challinor’s side trailed 2-0 after 24 minutes as goals from former Edgeley Park favourite Ben Whitfield and Kian Spence put the Cumbrians on their way to what would have been an eighth successive victory.Whitfield turned in Spe

Bristol City chalked up their third straight Championship victory – and their first on the road under boss Liam Manning – with a 4-1 win at Watford.Manning, who arrived from Oxford last month, plotted a shock win at Vicarage Road as the Robins’ midfield press choked the life out of the in-form Hornets.The hosts just could not stop losing the ball in midfield and Manning’s m

Russell Martin saw promotion-chasing Southampton make it 16 Championship games unbeaten with a 5-0 victory over his former club Swansea.Ryan Fraser netted a brace while Joe Aribo, Samuel Edozie and Che Adams also struck to help Saints to their longest stretch without a league defeat since the 1921/22 season.Southampton, who were watched by owner Dragan Solak ahead of the January transfer window, m

Brandon Thomas-Asante eased dominant West Brom back to winning ways with a 1-0 Championship victory over 10-man Norwich after the visitors had Borja Sainz needlessly sent off in the first half at The Hawthorns.Thomas-Asante grabbed the all-important goal in the 50th minute to cement West Brom’s position of fifth in the table.But Norwich were forced to play almost an hour with 10 men after th

Paulo Bernardo and Mikey Johnston were the unlikely goal heroes for Celtic at Dundee but Cameron Carter-Vickers was at the centre of an injury concern ahead of Saturday’s visit of Rangers to Parkhead.Bernardo poked home the 52nd-minute opener at Dens Park to net his first goal for Celtic and substitute Johnston struck his first two goals for the Hoops since December 2019 to earn a comfortabl

Luke Thomas netted with 90 seconds remaining as Bristol Rovers inflicted a first away defeat of the season on League One leaders Portsmouth 2-1.A flowing move deep into injury time saw Pirates left wingback Harvey Vale roll the ball across goal after good work in midfield from Grant Ward, with Thomas arriving at the back post to score his third league goal of the season and cap a pulsating Boxing

Michael Beale claimed a first victory since taking charge of Sunderland with a 1-0 triumph at Hull in the Championship.Jack Clarke scored the winning goal after 82 minutes when he cut inside from the left before smartly directing the football into the bottom right-hand corner.Beale, who replaced Tony Mowbray earlier in the month, suffered a miserable start in his new role when Coventry won 3-0 at

Middlesbrough were made to pay for missing a host of chances as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat at Rotherham.The visitors squandered numerous opportunities and hit the woodwork twice in a frustrating afternoon in front of goal.Rotherham took full advantage, with Cohen Bramall netting the second-half winner to end the Millers’ 11-game winless run.Middlesbrough had won back-to-back games coming i

Carlton Morris climbed off the bench to create two own goals in four minutes for Luton as they beat Sheffield United 3-2 in a crucial Premier League basement battle.The Blades were on course for an important victory as goals from Oli McBurnie and Anel Ahmedhodzic overturned Alfie Doughty’s first-half opener for the Hatters.But substitute Morris was the orchestrator as Jack Robinson and Anis

Plymouth once again came from behind to salvage a point as they remained unbeaten under caretaker boss Neil Dewsnip as they drew 2-2 at Cardiff City Stadium.Having twice battled back from two goals down to sneak a 3-3 draw against Birmingham in the first game since the departure to Stoke of former boss Steve Schumacher, the Pilgrims hit back from 2-1 down in the second half to share the spoils.Mor