Substitute Joe Aribo struck at the death to seal stuttering Sky Bet Championship promotion hopefuls Southampton a dramatic, much-needed 4-3 victory away to 10-man Birmingham.Russell Martin’s Saints were in desperate need of a morale-boosting win having lost four of their five games in all competitions since their club-record 25-match unbeaten run came to an end.Birmingham threatened to furth

Oxford City remain cut adrift at the bottom of the Vanarama National League after losing at home to play-off hopefuls Aldershot.The Hoops are 10 points behind second-bottom Woking and are rooted to the foot of the table, with a 2-1 defeat extending their winless run to seven matches.Lorent Tolaj put the visitors in front but Lewis Coyle levelled for Oxford before the half-hour.Aldershot, though, w

Fleetwood gave their League One survival hopes a boost with a 4-2 victory against Wigan.The relegation-battling Cod Army secured their first win in six matches for a vital three points at Highbury.Neither side could take control in the early stages but Bosun Lawal fired in a thunderous volley to give Fleetwood the lead, before Stephen Humphry levelled the scores just three minutes later.Thelo Aasg

Promotion-chasing Crewe were stunned as Morecambe produced a late fightback to win 3-2.A first-half header from Elliott Nevitt, the striker’s 12th goal of the season, and a blast from Shilow Tracey soon after the interval appeared to have Crewe heading for their fourth win in their last five games.But Joe Adams, substitute Jordan Slew and skipper Farrend Rawson netted in less than a quarter

Paul Mullin’s first-half hat-trick helped Wrexham thrash Accrington 4-0 at the Racecourse Ground.Mullin’s goals and Elliot Lee’s effort before half-time saw Wrexham return to League Two’s top three, with Stanley’s Lewis Shipley sent off late on.Accrington goalkeeper Radek Vitek kept out Ollie Palmer’s low shot but was unable to stop Mullin’s header from Ry

Play-off hopefuls Preston and Hull drew a frustrating blank with a 0-0 draw at Deepdale that did neither club any favours.Preston boss Ryan Lowe knew victory for the ambitious Lilywhites would see them go level with the Tigers in the Sky Bet Championship table.However, neither team could create the one piece of magic needed for a precious three points.Lowe stuck with the same side which dazzled wi

Luke Williams finally earned his first league home victory as Swansea head coach at the fifth attempt with a 2-1 win against Blackburn.Williams’ previous four Sky Bet Championship matches in front of Swansea fans had all ended in defeat, but first-half goals from Joe Allen and Jamie Paterson enabled him to break that sequence.The Championship’s top scorer Sammie Szmodics pulled a goal

West Ham scored twice in stoppage time to come from behind at Goodison Park as a mixed afternoon for Everton striker Beto ended in a 3-1 defeat.The Portuguese forward’s redemptive goal after missing the Toffees’ first penalty of the season had put his side ahead but his joy was short-lived.Kurt Zouma equalised within six minutes and then Tomas Soucek, with a brilliant outside-of-the-fo

Dwight Gayle scored his first Derby goal and Louie Sibley bagged a brace in a comfortable 3-0 win over struggling Port Vale.It keeps Derby second in League One and leaves Vale without a win this year and deep in relegation trouble.Derby made a lively start and went ahead in the fourth minute through Sibley whose shot took a big deflection to beat Connor Ripley.The Vale keeper denied Derby a second

Ipswich moved back up to second place in the Sky Bet Championship following a 2-0 win at Plymouth.Kieffer Moore sealed Town’s win after Conor Chaplin’s shot was deflected in by home defender Brendan Galloway in the 63rd minute.Argyle’s top scorer Morgan Whittaker forced an early save from Ipswich goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky.The keeper palmed the ball to Darko Gyabi, but the Leeds lo