Interim manager Mike Dodds hailed the impact of Jobe Bellingham as a centre-forward after Sunderland beat Cardiff 2-0 to claim their first win since February 10.Bellingham, the 18-year-old younger brother of England and Real Madrid midfielder Jude, won an early penalty before scoring his seventh goal of the season in all-round mature performance.“We should be excited about his performance, s

Michael Carrick revealed details of Middlesbrough’s scary 24 hours before securing a late 1-1 draw with promotion-chasing Southampton.Emmanuel Latte Lath headed in a 90th-minute equaliser after Adam Armstrong had put Saints into the driving seat.It had come after 70mph winds battered the south coast and forced a hairy two attempts at landing into Southampton Airport on Thursday.Boro boss Car

Paul Simpson hailed hat-trick hero Jon Mellish after Carlisle produced one of the shocks of the season in Sky Bet League One.Matchwinner Mellish bagged a first career hat-trick as the basement boys left Posh’s automatic promotion hopes in tatters with just their sixth win of a miserable season.Mellish headed Simpson’s men into a 27th-minute lead, which he doubled with a smart volley th

Liam Rosenior admitted his shot-shy Hull players need to learn how to win when they do not play well.The Tigers failed to produce a shot on target against a Stoke side who eased their Championship relegation fears with a 2-0 away win courtesy of goals from Josh Laurent and Ki-Jana Hoever.Defeat dropped Hull two places to ninth in the table as the Potters moved five points clear of the drop zone.Ro

Notts County boss Stuart Maynard bemoaned a pair of “horrendous” defensive errors after his side were beaten 2-1 by Swindon.The Robins were gifted the lead after 19 minutes in farcical circumstances as Scott Robertson tried to play the ball back to his keeper but it hit the post and rebounded for Aaron Drinan to score.In the 73rd minute, Sam Slocombe came out of his goal and attempted

Matty Warburton’s late goal earned Solihull a point from a 2-2 draw with second-placed Barnet in the Vanarama National League.James Clarke headed in Jamey Osborne’s corner after only nine minutes to give Moors the lead but Barnet turned the game around late in the first half.First Nicke Kabamba controlled the ball with his back to goal before turning and finding the bottom corner in th

Ged Brannan is delighted his Morecambe side are now back in the promotion mix after their 2-1 win over Lancashire rivals Accrington.Bolton loanee Nelson Khumbeni fired home his first Shrimps goal in the 55th minute before a Charlie Brown free-kick was seemingly turned home by Chris Stokes from close-range after 62 minutes – although the Shrimps are appealing it as they believe it curled stra

Josh Rees fired a first-half double against his former club as Dagenham and Redbridge won 4-1 at Boreham Wood.Daggers’ summer signing Rees gave his side a flying start when he fired into the top corner in the fourth minute after being set up by Dion Pereira.Rees then struck his 15th league goal of the campaign from close range, following up to steer home a rebound after Pereira’s shot

Jay Mingi scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to secure relegation-battling Colchester a vital 2-1 comeback victory over Newport.Mingi slammed a shot into the roof of the net from Noah Chilvers’ pass in the second minute of stoppage time to earn a first win in nine matches for the U’s.Colchester, who had drawn six of their previous eight matches, came close to scoring in the 24th mi

Aidan Keena’s first goal of the season earned Cheltenham a 2-1 win at relegation rivals Fleetwood.Liam Sercombe put the Robins in front after half an hour but Ryan Graydon levelled for Fleetwood in the 79th minute.Keena then fired in from close range after good work from Joe Nuttall on the left to end a 327-day drought and Fleetwood’s six-game unbeaten run.Cheltenham were the better si