Bristol City boss Lee Johnson described a half-time tunnel incident as “a bit of handbags” following his team’s 1-0 FA Cup defeat against Wolves.There appeared to be friction and words exchanged between the respective coaching teams as the sides went off at Ashton Gate.And City’s assistant head coach Jamie McAllister was understood to have been cautioned by referee Martin...Full Story »

John Askey rued Port Vale’s missed chances after seeing his goal-shy side lose 1-0 at home to Morecambe.Super-substitute Aaron Collins marked his debut for the club by scoring the only goal of the game just eight minutes after coming off the bench. Askey’s Vale are now only a point clear of Jim Bentley’s struggling Shrimpers after slipping to defeat and sit four points above th...Full Story »

Steven Gerrard has told his Rangers side they can forget about ripping the title away from Celtic after their failure to fight off St Johnstone.The Ibrox side could have put the pressure on Celtic ahead of their Sunday trip to Kilmarnock by cutting the champions’ lead at the top to three points with victory over Tommy Wright’s team.But they now risk falling eight behind Brendan Rodge...Full Story »

Rangers risk losing further ground in the title race after being frustrated at home by St Johnstone.The 0-0 draw with Tommy Wright’s men may mean Gers have trimmed Celtic’s lead at the top back to five points for 24 hours.But Brendan Rodgers’ reigning champions will look to punish a wasteful display from the Light Blues when they travel to Kilmarnock on Sunday by stretching the...Full Story »

Southend will be without defender John White for the Sky Bet League One clash with Portsmouth.Centre-back White suffered a groin injury in the midweek defeat at Doncaster.Shrimpers midfielder Dru Yearwood is in the middle of a three-game suspension after being sent off at Charlton last Saturday.Ben Coker (knee) and Harry Kyprianou (Achilles) have both been ruled out for the rest of the season, w...Full Story »

Bristol City boss Lee Johnson looks set to keep faith with the side that secured their eighth successive victory in all competitions at Blackburn on Saturday.Johnson has not changed his starting line-up for the last two Sky Bet Championship matches and looks set to keep the same XI against QPR, despite Eros Pisano coming off the bench to score the only goal at Ewood Park.The Italian defender wil...Full Story »

John McGreal praised his clinical Colchester side after they beat Cheltenham 3-0 to go fourth in Sky Bet League Two.The U’s have now scored seven goals in their last two games after securing a comfortable home victory over the Robins.Kane Vincent-Young gave Colchester the lead on the half hour and Frank Nouble doubled the advantage two minutes before half-time.Colchester effectively wrappe...Full Story »

John Askey saw positives in Port Vale’s performance despite defeat at Cambridge in his first game in charge.David Amoo sealed a 1-0 win for the U’s with his third goal in as many home games.The hosts have now won four of their last five matches and they leapfrogged Port Vale by climbing to 19th in League Two, two points above the Valiants and seven above the relegation zone.&ldq...Full Story »

Bristol City boss Lee Johnson praised his “formidable” centre-backs, who gave his side the platform to secure a 1-0 win at Blackburn Rovers. The Robins put on a defensive masterclass, with Adam Webster and Tomas Kalas colossal in the centre of defence, restricting the hosts to just two shots on target before fellow defender Eros Pisano stepped off the bench to direct a corner home fr...Full Story »

John Askey’s first match as Port Vale boss ended in defeat as David Amoo’s strike earned Cambridge a 1-0 home win.Askey was appointed as Neil Aspin’s replacement earlier in the week but he could not prevent a defeat that leaves Vale five points off the bottom of the Premier League table.The U’s survived an early scare when Tom Pope latched on to Antony Kay&rsquo...Full Story »

Manager Brendan Rodgers praised Celtic’s “persistence and quality” after two late goals at St Johnstone took them back six points clear of Rangers at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership.When it looked like Saints might just hold out for a draw, winger James Forrest broke the deadlock in the 78th minute before Timothy Weah, on for injured fellow substitute Odsonne Edouard, clin...Full Story »

Celtic left it late to regain their six-point lead at the top of the Ladbrokes Premiership with a 2-0 win over St Johnstone at McDiarmid Park.The home side missed two early chances before the Hoops dominated possession, forcing Saints keeper Zander Clark into a series of saves in the second half before winger James Forrest broke the deadlock in the 78th minute.Timothy Weah, on for injured fellow...Full Story »

Lee Johnson urged his flying Bristol City team to keep their feet on the ground after they swept into the Sky Bet Championship play-off places with a fifth successive win.Add two FA Cup victories in January and the vibrant Robins have won seven successive games and are unbeaten in 13 stretching back to November.Their run of league successes is their best in the Championship since Johnson’s...Full Story »

Terry McPhillips thinks Blackpool’s defensive errors prevented them from taking all three points as they could only draw 2-2 with Wycombe.Harry Pritchard snatched a point from the penalty spot after Wycombe had twice led at Bloomfield Road.But McPhillips wanted more from a game that could have seen them gain crucial ground on the play-off places.“We haven’t defended well enough...Full Story »

Blackpool manager Terry McPhillips held his hands up and admitted his initial team selection was the wrong choice as his side scored two second-half goals to beat Coventry 2-0.The Seasiders’ preparations were hampered when they had to reshuffle due to a Chris Long injury prior to the game and after a poor showing in the opening half, McPhillips decided to alter the shape of his team.The al...Full Story »

Marcus Godinho and Callumn Morrison found the net in the second half as Hearts claimed a hard-fought 2-0 Ladbrokes Premiership victory over St Johnstone.The hosts edge a tight opening 45 minutes and went close with a Jake Mulraney effort that hit the outside of the post.But an improved display after the restart yielded the breakthrough strike from Godinho in the 52nd minute, before substitute Mo...Full Story »

John Coleman laid into referee Jon Moss in a remarkable press conference following Accrington’s FA Cup defeat to Derby, saying the officiating left him feeling “sick”, “depressed” and “persecuted”.A determined, well-drilled performance meant the League One side were on top for large parts of Saturday’s fourth-round clash in front of a record crowd ...Full Story »

Lee Johnson believes there is even better to come from man-of-the-match Kasey Palmer and his in-form team.Niclas Eliasson’s brilliant 30th-minute winner extended City’s unbeaten run to 12 games and took them into the FA Cup fifth round at the expense of battling Bolton.Chelsea loanee Palmer received a standing ovation when substituted in the second half and the young midfielder is al...Full Story »

It looks unlikely John Obi Mikel will be making his Middlesbrough debut in Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round clash with Newport.Boro announced on Thursday morning that they had signed the former Chelsea midfielder on a short-term deal, but were waiting for international clearance.And the 31-year-old Nigerian arrives at the Championship outfit having not played a match since leaving Chinese Su...Full Story »

Tommy Wright toasted another clean sheet as his in-form St Johnstone side moved into fifth place in the Scottish Premiership table with a 1-0 win over Livingston.Saints relied on a late Murray Davidson winner to see off a determined Livingston side but the foundations of a fourth successive victory were built on their 11th shut-out in 14 games.“It was like a war of attrition at times and t...Full Story »