Stockport boss Dave Challinor warned his “indestructible” side that there can be no letting up after a 3-1 win at Harrogate sent County top of League Two.Antoni Sarcevic, a Warren Burrell own goal and Will Collar secured the Hatters an eighth consecutive win in all competitions, with Harrogate’s reply from George Thomson’s penalty nothing more than a consolation.It was a ...Full Story »

Carlo Ancelotti's big summer signing is on a record-breaking scoring run Jude Bellingham continued to find the net in La Liga, while Vinicius Jr rounded into form, as Real Madrid put four past Osasuna to go top of the league. The Englishman scored two — and surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo's mark for goal contributions in his first 10 games — before Vinicius and Joselu rounded out the ...Full Story »

David Martindale heaped praise on Livingston for the ruthless way they put 10-man Motherwell to the sword in a 2-0 victory.The Lions made light work of cutting open their visitors once Lennon Miller had been red carded in first-half stoppage time for clipping the heels of Dan MacKay.Bruce Anderson made the breakthrough only seven minutes into the second half and Sean Kelly added a second from th...Full Story »

Matt Bloomfield hailed his side’s summer signings after Wycombe hammered struggling Fleetwood 4-1.All four goals were scored by new-season arrivals as the visitors blew away Lee Johnson’s side at Highbury.Dale Taylor, on loan from Nottingham Forest, bagged a brace, whilst Freddie Potts and Luke Leahy also got in on the act against the 10-man hosts.Jack Marriott scored a mere consolat...Full Story »

Gareth Ainsworth insisted he can turn things around at QPR after a 4-0 defeat at home to Blackburn increased the pressure on him.Ainsworth is determined to stay on as boss but his future looks uncertain after another dire performance.Rangers have won just once at Loftus Road since last October and an 11th home game without a win set a new club record.They almost went down under Ainsworth last se...Full Story »

Livingston made 10-man Motherwell pay a heavy price as second-half goals from Bruce Anderson and Sean Kelly earned them a first home league win of the season.With the match goalless in trying weather conditions, the visitors had youngster Lennon Miller sent off in first-half stoppage time.Livi made the most of their man advantage after the break as they grabbed all three points.Anderson flashed ...Full Story »

A controversial penalty proved to be the turning point as Birmingham came from behind to beat West Brom 3-1 at St. Andrew’s.Cedric Kipre’s clumsy lunge on Koji Miyoshi was deemed a spot-kick by referee James Linington and Juninho Bacuna equalised in the 23rd minute.From that moment, John Eustace’s side did not look back and Dion Sanderson headed Blues in front in the 38th minut...Full Story »

Bristol Rovers manager Joey Barton tipped striker Jevani Brown to “go from strength to strength” after his first goal for the club sealed a comfortable 3-0 League One victory over 10-man Port Vale at the Memorial Stadium.Barton praised Brown after his 20-yard goal late on completed a good night’s work for the summer signing from Exeter, who put the Gas on course for victory whe...Full Story »

Rangers secured a spot in the Viaplay Cup semi-finals after beating Livingston 4-0 at Ibrox.A bright start was rewarded when Abdallah Sima fired them ahead just 10 minutes into the game before Ridvan Yilmaz’s brilliant solo effort in the second half doubled the lead.Two quickfire goals in the final 10 minutes put the game to bed as Sima found the net through a deflection before Ryan Jack s...Full Story »

Port Vale boss Andy Crosby feels his side’s place in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup is “reward for a lot of things”.Vale reached the last 16 for the first time since 2006-07 with a 2-1 victory over Sky Bet League Two strugglers Sutton, with Funso Ojo coming off the bench to fire home a superb winner.Swansea loanee Josh Thomas had earlier opened the scoring before his effor...Full Story »

James Collins scored his 200th goal in club football as he fired Derby to a first away league win at Carlisle since 1957.The Republic of Ireland international opened the scoring after 18 minutes and wrapped up a 2-0 win for Paul Warne’s men with an 84th-minute penalty at Brunton Park.Potent striker Collins scored for the second league game in a row as he powered home from Nathaniel Mendez-...Full Story »

Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers hailed a “monumental” victory as his team ran out 3-0 winners away to Livingston with 10 men.A Reo Hatate penalty had the visitors ahead before Joe Hart was shown the first red card of his career for fouling Mo Sangare.The setback, though, did not affect Celtic and second-half goals from Matt O’Riley and Daizen Maeda sealed a professional win.Rodg...Full Story »

Reo Hatate’s penalty and second-half goals from Matt O’Riley and Daizen Maeda helped Celtic to a 3-0 win at Livingston despite losing Joe Hart to a first-half red card.The former England goalkeeper fouled Mo Sangare just outside of the penalty box and was sent off by referee John Beaton.That left Brendan Rodgers’ side to play the final hour with just 10 men but they never looke...Full Story »

Darren Ferguson was not happy with his Peterborough side despite the 1-1 draw with Leyton Orient halting their three-match losing run in League One.Hector Kyprianou struck from point-blank range after a 21st-minute corner from Harrison Burrows to put Posh ahead against his former club.But the capital club restored parity when Joe Pigott and Omar Beckles both threw their heads at a fine Jordan Gr...Full Story »

Tottenham refused to let Harry Kane say goodbye to his former team-mates in the hours leading up to his move to Bayern Munich. WHAT HAPPENED? The 30-year-old departed north London for Germany in early August in a deal worth £85m ($109m), ending his 19-year stay at the club. However, The Telegraph reports that Kane was refused permission to say goodbye to his Tottenham team-mates on the d...Full Story »

Stoke manager Alex Neil was delighted with his new recruits as full debutants Wouter Burger and Mehdi Leris got on the scoresheet in a 6-1 Carabao Cup thrashing of Rotherham.The second-round win extends the Potters’ perfect home record to four matches in all competitions this season – a run that started with a 4-1 victory over the Millers on the opening day of the new Championship ca...Full Story »

Livingston manager David Martindale was content to avoid an upset as his side eased past Ayr United 2-0 and into the quarter-finals of the Viaplay Cup.The Scottish Premiership hosts earned an early breakthrough courtesy of Joel Nouble’s 12th-minute opener and Cristian Montano’s second-half strike booked their place in the hat for the last eight.With Premiership sides elsewhere in the...Full Story »

Livingston booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Viaplay Cup with a comfortable 2-0 victory over Ayr United.The Scottish Premiership hosts avoided a potential banana skin, with goals in each half from Joel Nouble and Cristian Montano seeing off their Championship visitors.Livingston, defeated 3-0 by Inverness in last season’s Scottish Cup, looked in no mood to allow lightning to ...Full Story »

Barnet made it two wins from two at the start of the new Vanarama National League season with a 2-0 victory over Bromley at Hayes Lane.Danny Collinge and Nicke Kabamba struck for the second successive game as Barnet followed up their opening win over Hartlepool to join leading duo Southend and Chesterfield on six points.In a battle between two teams who reached the play-offs last season, Barnet ...Full Story »

Aberdeen manager Barry Robson lamented his team’s wasteful finishing after they began the cinch Premiership season with a hard-fought goalless draw at Livingston.There was a distinct dearth of goalmouth action in both boxes, with the Dons unable to register a single shot on target.Duk lacked composure in both halves as he failed to test Lions goalkeeper Shamal George from promising positio...Full Story »