Rangers keep pursuit of Celtic on track despite early scare against Dundee

Rangers survived an early setback to beat Dundee 3-1 in an eventful cinch Premiership encounter at Ibrox.Striker Amadou Bakayoko stunned the home fans in the fifth minute but the Light Blues responded with goals from forward Cyriel Dessers, skipper James Tavernier – with a penalty awarded by VAR – and attacker Abdallah Sima.Gers midfielder Jose Cifuentes was sent off at the end of the

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Oliver Arblaster effort enough as Port Vale take points from Exeter

Oliver Arblaster was on target as Port Vale won the battle of League One’s out of form teams with a narrow 1-0 win at Exeter.It was the Valiants’ first win in 11 league games and stretched Exeter’s winless run to 11, with the home fans again voicing their frustrations at full-time towards under-fire manager Gary Caldwell.Exeter made a positive start to the game and should have go

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Mika Biereth rescues late Motherwell point against St Johnstone

Mika Biereth netted an injury-time equaliser as Motherwell claimed a share of the spoils in a 1-1 cinch Premiership draw against St Johnstone at Fir Park.Biereth powered home a header in the final seconds to level proceedings, though Well boss Stuart Kettlewell remained under pressure, having seen his side extend their winless run to 13 matches.A goalkeeping error from Liam Kelly led to Bevis Muga

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George Oakley leaves it late to fire struggling Morton to victory at Arbroath

George Oakley’s late winner earned rock-bottom Morton a crucial 2-1 win at fellow strugglers Arbroath in the cinch Championship.Both sides went into the game in dismal form, with the hosts having lost six in succession while Morton had not claimed a point from their last four.The visitors grabbed the lead in the 37th minute when Lewis McGrattan fired home after a neat through-ball from Jack

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Dominant Peterborough thump promotion rivals Oxford

Peterborough leapfrogged Oxford in the League One play-off race after thumping their fellow promotion contenders 3-0.Posh’s first-half dominance was rewarded with two goals from Hector Kyprianou and Ricky-Jade Jones, with substitute Ryan De Havilland adding a third late on.Kyprianou had the simple task of breaking the deadlock in the 24th minute after Harrison Burrows cut the ball back into

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Ali Al-Hamadi brace helps Wimbledon thump sorry Swindon

Ali Al-Hamadi scored twice as AFC Wimbledon recorded a thumping 4-0 victory over Swindon that lifted them into the play-off places in League Two.It was a third league win in four games for the Dons, who started the day 10th in the table and well and truly avenged the 5-1 thrashing they took off the Robins in this fixture last season.Al-Hamadi had an effort headed off the line by Frazer Blake-Tracy

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Sheffield Wednesday climb off foot of table with late win at Stoke

Anthony Musaba struck a 91st-minute winner as Sheffield Wednesday moved off the foot of the Championship table with a 1-0 victory at Stoke.Cameron Dawson was the Owls’ other hero, saving a second-half penalty from Ryan Mmaee as Wednesday extended their unbeaten run to three games.“Sacked in the morning” were the chants aimed at Potter boss Alex Neil after Musaba broke away to fir

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Chris Sze sees goal disallowed as Wigan share spoils with Lincoln

Wigan and Lincoln cancelled each other out in a Sky Bet League One clash at the DW Stadium that was devoid of almost any goalmouth action or excitement.Jonny Smith, making his first league start for Wigan, almost fluked a goal early on when his inswinging corner from the right caught out Lincoln goalkeeper Lukas Jensen.At the other end, Sam Tickle made a simple save from Ethan Hamilton’s lon

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Neil Harris starts life at Cambridge with draw after Gassan Ahadme brace

Gassan Ahadme scored two late goals to earn new Cambridge head coach Neil Harris a point in his first game in charge after a dramatic 2-2 draw against Charlton at The Valley.There was a distinct lack of drama in a drab opening 45 minutes in which neither side managed to create a chance of note.But Charlton looked to be heading for maximum points as they went 2-0 ahead before the hour mark.First su

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Accrington held to goalless draw by Doncaster

Accrington remain outside the League Two play-Off positions after playing out a goalless draw with Doncaster in driving rain.Rovers overcame Stanley in the FA Cup first round but, despite dominating the chances, the Reds could not avenge that defeat.Doncaster came close in the second minute when George Broadbent’s cross found Tom Nixon at the far post, but he was off target.Tommy Rowe headed

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