League One Plymouth provided a FA Cup upset at St Andrew’s as they beat Championship side Birmingham with a narrow 1-0 third-round win after extra-time.Substitutive Ryan Law was the matchwinner with his first goal in the famous competition.He struck the ball past Neil Etheridge in the 104th minute after the 1984 semi-finalists had been the better side throughout the contest.Lee Bowyer&rsqu...Full Story »

Thomas Frank praised Bryan Mbeumo for his 21-minute hat-trick that earned Brentford a 4-1 victory over Port Vale in the third round of the FA Cup.Mbeumo came off the bench in the 62nd minute and added to Marcus Forss’ first-half opener with three goals at Vale Park.“It’s brilliant I must say,” said Frank. “He’s been brilliant for us this year in the Premier Le...Full Story »

A hat-trick from substitute Bryan Mbeumo sent Brentford through to the fourth round of the FA Cup with a 4-1 victory over League Two Port Vale at Vale Park.Marcus Forss scored the only goal of a low-key first half but the game burst into life with three goals in 10 minutes in the second.Mbeumo put the visitors two up only for 19-year-old Kian Harratt to pull one back a day after signing on loan ...Full Story »

Ryan Lowe praised his Preston side for recovering from conceding a “worldie” goal by fighting back to seal a 2-1 win at Stoke.Brad Potts’ fine equaliser and Andrew Hughes’ 84th-minute header made it two wins out of two for new boss Lowe.Ben Wilmot’s first Stoke goal just after the interval was a goal of the season contender, but Michael O’Neill’s side fe...Full Story »

Scott Parker backed Ryan Christie to find the net more regularly after the Scotland midfielder finally broke his Bournemouth duck in the Championship leaders’ 3-0 victory over 10-man Cardiff.Top-scorer Dominic Solanke celebrated his 18th goal of the season before an Alex Smithies own goal helped Parker’s men move four points clear at the top.Chritie’s deflected 25th-minute open...Full Story »

Scunthorpe forward Ryan Loft is likely to start Saturday’s Sky Bet League Two clash with fellow strugglers Carlisle following his match-winning cameo on Boxing Day.Loft – a former Carlisle loanee – came off the bench to score twice and provide an assist as the Iron picked up only a third win of the season by beating bottom club Oldham 3-1.Midfielder Alex Kenyon overcame a groin...Full Story »

Ryan Hardie could return to the Plymouth starting line-up for the visit of Portsmouth.The 12-goal striker was rested for Argyle’s 2-0 win over Cheltenham on Boxing Day.Hardie scored both goals in the reverse fixture, a 2-2 draw at Fratton Park in September.Jordon Garrick will be fit despite limping off late on against Cheltenham.Portsmouth’s Covid-hit players have all returned to tra...Full Story »

Delighted Scunthorpe boss Keith Hill saluted “superb” Ryan Loft after the substitute’s brace helped his side climb off the bottom of League Two with a 3-1 comeback win over relegation rivals Oldham.Hill believes the Latics defence were scared of the 24-year-old, who came on after the interval with the Iron behind and went on to score twice and provide an assist in what was the ...Full Story »

Scunthorpe substitute Ryan Loft scored twice as his side came from behind to defeat League Two relegation rivals Oldham 3-1 and move off the foot of the table, with Latics replacing them.Loft came on at half-time with his side trailing and went on to play a pivotal role in the Iron’s first away win of the season.It was also Keith Hill’s first victory as manager.Scunthorpe created the...Full Story »

Ryan Porteous got the Shaun Maloney era at Hibernian off to a winning start after scoring the only goal in a tight contest against Aberdeen.The defender headed in Martin Boyle’s corner in the 64th minute to propel the hosts back up to fifth in the cinch Premiership.In a game of few chances, one goal was always likely to settle the game.After just two days on the training pitch with his new...Full Story »

Tottenham will be without Ryan Sessegnon for the Carabao Cup quarter-final with West Ham.Sessegnon suffered a muscular injury in Sunday’s draw with Liverpool and could be ruled out for a fortnight, joining fellow defender Cristian Romero (hamstring) on the sidelines.Boss Antonio Conte revealed that no players in his squad are testing positive for coronavirus any more.West Ham will be witho...Full Story »

Morecambe will check on the fitness of Ryan Delaney ahead of the visit of Fleetwood.The Irish defender is a doubt after picking up a knock at Portsmouth last weekend.Centre-half Scott Wootton limped off injured at Fratton Park and will miss out.Midfielder Freddie Price is also unavailable after suffering concussion in training this week.Fleetwood could be without Callum Morton.The forward suffer...Full Story »

Shrewsbury will give fitness tests to Ethan Ebanks-Landell and Ryan Bowman ahead of the visit of Cheltenham in Sky Bet League One.Captain Ebanks-Landell has been out for the past two games with a hamstring problem while forward Bowman missed Saturday’s defeat at Doncaster with a calf injury.Midfielder David Davis is back in contention after completing a four-match suspension for his sendin...Full Story »

Preston play their first match under new boss Ryan Lowe when they host Barnsley in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday.Having sacked Frankie McAvoy on Monday, North End brought in Lowe the following day after he resigned from his role at Plymouth.Lowe has said Ched Evans, who played the full duration of last Saturday’s 1-0 loss at Blackburn, Andrew Hughes and Sepp Van Den Berg have been &...Full Story »

Plymouth manager Ryan Lowe was happy to see Luke Jephcott prove a point at his expense after coming off the bench to net an 86th-minute winner in the 2-1 FA cup second-round victory against Rochdale at Spotland.The Pilgrims were under the cosh after Aaron Morley had cancelled out Jordan Garrick’s first-half opener but Jephcott came off the bench late on to score with virtually his first to...Full Story »

Carlisle-born Ryan Bowman confirmed Shrewsbury’s place in the FA Cup third-round draw with his side’s second goal in a 2-1 win against his home-town club at Brunton Park.Steve Cotterill’s League One visitors led from the 11th minute after teenager Tom Bloxham’s fourth goal of the campaign.Bowman, released by the Cumbrians as a youngster, secured victory with a crisp right...Full Story »

Millwall will again be without Ryan Leonard for the visit of Birmingham in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday and possibly for a long time beyond.Leonard could be out for up to three months and is set to see a specialist about his ankle injury.Arsenal loanee Daniel Ballard is also on a lengthy recovery from knee surgery.Connor Mahoney remains out with a hamstring injury.Birmingham could have G...Full Story »

Ryan Jack will return to the Rangers squad for this weekend’s cinch Premiership encounter with Dundee.The midfielder has not featured under Giovanni Van Bronckhorst after returning from a long-term calf injury last month.Leon Balogun will miss out again with a knock but is close to returning, while Filip Helander (knee) and Nnamdi Ofoborh (heart issue) are also still sidelined.Dundee are s...Full Story »

Ryan Hedges and David Bates netted their first cinch Scottish Premiership goals of the season to ease the pressure on Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass as the Dons overcame 10-man Livingston 2-0.Hedges drilled home a low effort midway through the first half and was on the receiving end of the challenge that saw Jackson Longridge sent off for a second booking after 61 minutes.That left the visitors ...Full Story »

Birmingham will be without midfielder Ryan Woods for the visit of Blackpool on Saturday afternoon.The 27-year-old was shown a red card by referee Leigh Doughty in their goalless draw with Coventry in midweek for bringing down Ian Maatsen on the counter attack.Birmingham’s appeal against the dismissal was rejected by the Football Association and Woods will serve a three-match suspension.Kri...Full Story »