Steve Evans challenges Stevenage to continue upsetting applecart

Manager Steve Evans wants Stevenage to continue gatecrashing the upper regions of League One after their 1-0 victory over Lincoln lifted them up to fourth in the table.It is 12 years since the Boro reached the play-offs in what was their first season in the third tier and few would have had them down to threaten a repeat after winning promotion back in May.They continue to defy expectations, howev

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Duncan Ferguson remains unbeaten as Inverness boss despite late Dunfermline draw

Lewis McCann rescued a point for Dunfermline as Duncan Ferguson maintained his unbeaten record as Inverness boss in a 1-1 draw.The former Everton striker is yet to lose after six games in charge despite seeing victory slip away late on.Danny Devine gave the visitors the lead two minutes before the break when he fired in from inside the box.But McCann levelled for the hosts with three minutes left

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Jake Beesley bags brace as Blackpool breeze by beaten Shrewsbury

Jake Beesley’s double helped Blackpool to their sixth home League One win of the season with a dominant 4-0 victory over Shrewsbury.Top scorer Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring before Beesley netted either side of a Kyle Joseph strike to continue the Seasiders’ fine record at Bloomfield Road, with 20 of their 27 points being picked up at home.A chance presented itself to Rhodes from the

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Scott Quigley and Paul McCallum on target as Eastleigh edge Altrincham

Scott Quigley and Paul McCallum were on target as Eastleigh extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to three matches thanks to a narrow 2-1 National League win over Altrincham.Eastleigh opened the scoring after 12 minutes as Quigley fired the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.Altrincham equalised midway through the second half as Chris Conn-Clarke converted a penalty &nd

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Dom Telford strikes against former club Crawley as in-form Barrow maintain unbeaten run

Dom Telford scored a second-half goal to earn in-form Barrow a 1-0 League Two victory against his former club Crawley.Telford, who swapped Sussex for Cumbria last August, fired in his fourth goal in six games after 46 minutes as Pete Wild’s side won for a fifth successive match in all competitions.But Crawley believed the striker’s match-winner should have been disallowed for a foul on

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Oxford City out of bottom four after thrashing fellow strugglers Ebbsfleet

Oxford City climbed out of the National League relegation zone with a 4-0 win at 10-man Ebbsfleet.Buoyed by their 3-2 home win over Woking last week, City made a fantastic start by taking the lead after four minutes when Cole Kpekawa headed home on his debut after signing on loan from Bromley.Zac McEachran doubled the visitors’ lead in the 13th minute before things went from bad to worse for

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Barnet slip up as Stephen Wearne fires Gateshead to impressive win

Barnet missed the chance to close the gap on National League leaders Chesterfield after a 2-0 home defeat to fifth-placed Gateshead.Stephen Wearne’s brace left the Bees five points behind the Spireites, who lost at Southend.Gateshead opened the scoring two minutes into the second half through Wearne.Despite missing from 20 yards earlier on, Wearne grabbed his second 20 minutes later, taking

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Maidenhead continue climb away from danger with victory at Solihull

Maidenhead continued their climb up the National League table as they held on for a 2-1 victory over high-flying Solihull.It was a third successive league win for the visitors, who had their first real shot on target midway through the first half from Sam Barratt, before Tobi Sho-Silva fired them in front moments later with his second goal of the season.The Magpies doubled their lead just after th

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Tranmere end losing away run but are denied victory by late Sutton equaliser

Tranmere finally picked up a first away point of the season with a 1-1 draw at Sutton but were moments away from claiming all three.Rovers took the lead through Ben Goodliffe’s first-half own goal and looked set to claim victory only for Matt Gray’s side to deny them with a late strike from defender Louis John.Both goalkeepers were called in to early action at Gander Green Lane, Dean B

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Accrington end Wrexham’s eight-game unbeaten run as visitors slip to fourth

Tommy Leigh and Rosaire Longelo scored the goals to end Wrexham’s eight-game unbeaten League Two run as Accrington Stanley won 2-0 at a sold-out Wham Stadium.The Red Dragons dropped out of the automatic promotion places as Stanley moved into seventh spot.Wrexham started well and top scorer Elliot Lee had his header superbly tipped away by Jon McCracken in the 14th minute.The Red Dragons went

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