Late Mateo Joseph strike earns draw but Leeds miss chance to go top

Substitute Mateo Joseph netted a late equaliser to earn Leeds a 2-2 draw at Watford – but that was not enough to lift his side back to the top of the Championship table.Mid-table Watford led twice before half-time thanks to goals from Vakoun Bayo and Emmanuel Dennis either side of a fine Leeds reply from Crysencio Summerville.Leeds were in danger of suffering a first league loss of 2024 unti

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Sean McGinty nets winner as Ayr beat Airdrie

Sean McGinty headed the winner as Ayr struck twice in three second-half minutes to beat Airdrie 2-1 at Somerset Park.Irish defender McGinty anticipated a flick-on from a free-kick out wide and nodded home what proved to be the decisive goal five minutes after the interval.Josh O’Connor had given Airdrie a half-time lead after racing clear of Ayr’s defence to smash an emphatic finish be

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Kieran McKenna hails Ipswich defence in win at Blackburn

Kieran McKenna hailed Ipswich’s defensive display after they beat Blackburn 1-0 to keep their automatic promotion hopes on track.Ipswich stamped their authority on the game early and were ahead in the ninth minute when Conor Chaplin’s first-time strike squirmed through Aynsley Pears.Rovers were second best in the first half, though Joe Rankin-Costello had a goal disallowed due to Sammi

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Conor Chaplin winner keeps Ipswich automatic promotion bid on track

Ipswich kept their automatic promotion bid on track after Conor Chaplin’s 13th goal of the season gave them a 1-0 win at Blackburn.Buoyed by Leicester’s defeat in the early kick-off, Kieran McKenna’s men flew out of the traps and made their early dominance count through Chaplin’s well-worked goal, though Blackburn’s Aynsley Pears ought to have done better.But this bar

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Outstanding achievement – Pete Wild delight as Barrow prove doubters wrong

Barrow boss Pete Wild hailed an “outstanding achievement” from his side to prove their doubters wrong and mount a late-season promotion push in League Two.An early brace from in-form Cole Stockton and a late clincher from Robbie Gotts secured a 3-1 win over Grimsby that means Barrow have now amassed 14 points from a possible 18 in March.That has lifted the Cumbrians up to fifth in the

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Mike Williamson lauds five-star MK Dons after big win over Walsall

Mike Williamson heaped praise on his MK Dons side after they roared back into form with a rousing 5-0 demolition of Walsall.The Dons lost by the same scoreline on their last outing, at leaders Stockport, but responded emphatically against play-off chasing Walsall to stay in the race for automatic promotion from League Two.With Wrexham and Mansfield still three points clear of the Dons, Williamson

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Johnnie Jackson says Ronan Curtis red card against Harrogate ‘ridiculous’

Johnnie Jackson was left fuming at Ronan Curtis’ sending off after AFC Wimbledon’s goal-scorer was given his marching orders moments after equalising in a 1-1 draw with Harrogate at Plough Lane.Matty Daly had given Harrogate the lead after eight minutes, with Curtis levelling for the Dons just before the hour.He was then shown a red card for a reckless challenge, with Wimbledon having

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Ryan Lowe delighted with clinical Preston display to win Rotherham ‘banana skin’

Preston boss Ryan Lowe was delighted to avoid a potential banana skin after a comfortable 3-0 home win over a Rotherham side whose Championship status is hanging by a thread.North End remain five points behind sixth-placed Norwich in the table, but they have lost just one of their last 10 to keep their play-off hopes alive.Rock-bottom Rotherham, meanwhile, are now 19 points from safety with only s

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Garry Monk hails big win at Barnsley for relegation-threatened Cambridge

Cambridge head coach Garry Monk was full of praise for his players after the 2-0 win at Barnsley which earned him his first win since taking charge.An own goal from Mael de Gevigney gave struggling Cambridge the lead before Gassan Ahadme sealed a crucial three points.Monk said: “We’ve had two weeks to work on stuff, for this particular game, and I was interested to see the level of fig

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Scott Lindsey demands Crawley ‘show their teeth’ after tame Doncaster defeat

Crawley boss Scott Lindsey called on his play-off-chasing side to “show their teeth” after describing their 2-0 home defeat by Doncaster as “a big missed opportunity”.The Red Devils slipped from seventh to ninth after goals from Hakeeb Adelakun and substitute Max Biamou gave 10-man Rovers their fourth successive win.Rovers battled for the last 24 minutes with a man less aft

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