Motherwell goalkeeper Liam Kelly saved a penalty to help his side play out a hard-fought goalless draw in difficult conditions at St Mirren.The Scotland international parried away Mark O’Hara’s spot-kick four minutes after half-time, and despite the visitors having four one-on-one opportunities after surviving a close escape, they failed to find the net.Motherwell’s winless run i

Mansfield moved up to fourth in Sky Bet League Two with an impressive 3-1 win at 10-man Crawley.The Stags, pegged back by a penalty from Danilo Orsi after Baily Cargill’s opener, stepped up their game in the second half to clinch their first victory in three league matches.Scott Lindsey went into the contest believing Crawley have come “a hell of a long way” since he took over as

Arbroath ended a run of seven successive Scottish Championship defeats with a 2-1 victory at Inverness.The Red Lichties took the lead in the 29th minute when Jay Bird fired left-footed into the bottom corner from Scott Stewart’s cross for his seventh goal of the season.Billy Mckay maintained his fine form by levelling for Inverness 10 minutes later with a neat finish from Cameron Harper&rsqu

Dylan Easton’s second-half strike made it five cinch Championship wins in a row for Raith Rovers as they secured a 1-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.That left Rovers five points clear of the Terrors, who have a game in hand, at the top of the table.Easton scored his ninth goal of the season after 59 minutes when he weaved his way around a trio of defenders and curled into the top corne

Salford and AFC Wimbledon played out a goalless League Two stalemate at the Peninsula Stadium on Saturday.The visitors had 20 shots at the Salford goal, but could not make it count.Armani Little was the main goal threat for either side in the first half. The Dons midfielder had several efforts, the first of which he hit just off target from 25 yards out.Little tried his luck again from the edge of

Maidenhead extended their unbeaten National League run to seven games after beating struggling Kidderminster 1-0.Reece Smith came close for Maidenhead but Christian Dibble saved before Harriers had a chance when Amari Morgan-Smith headed wide from Jack Lambert’s free-kick.Casey Pettit broke the deadlock in the 67th minute, slotting the ball past Dibble to send the Magpies into the top half o

Morecambe emphatically ended a five-game winless run in League Two as they strolled to a 5-0 victory at Doncaster.Ged Brannan’s side had taken just one point from the previous 15 available but looked anything but strugglers as they swept past lacklustre Rovers, with Michael Mellon netting twice along with goals from Eli King, captain Jacob Bedeau and David Tutonda.King gave the visitors the

Reading picked up a well deserved point in their battle to avoid the drop from League One with a battling 1-1 draw against Lincoln at Sincil Bank.The home side opened the scoring after just three minutes when a dangerous cross from Ted Bishop was deflected into his own net by the unfortunate Nelson Abbey.The visitors responded well and could have levelled in the 13th minute when Lewis Wing’s

Ebbsfleet rescued a point against promotion hopefuls Barnet to draw 1-1 in the Vanarama National League.Both sides had chances in the first half as Zak Brunt rattled the crossbar and Dominic Poleon hit a post on the half-hour mark.Nicke Kabamba fired the Bees ahead two minutes into the second half after smashing the ball into the bottom corner and they came close again minutes later when Harry Pri

Armando Dobra scored the only goal of the game as National League leaders Chesterfield beat Hartlepool 1-0.They took the lead just five minutes in when a clearance fell to Dobra on the edge of the box and the midfielder fired the ball home.Emmanuel Dieseruvwe had a chance go wide for Pools, but the Spireites had opportunities to extend their lead in the second half with Jamie Grimes and James Berr