Blackpool boss Neil Critchley hails Jake Beesley’s patience after Shrewsbury win

Boss Neil Critchley hailed a patient Jake Beesley as the striker scored twice to help Blackpool to a comprehensive 4-0 League One win at home to Shrewsbury.Beesley scored once in each half, either side of a Kyle Joseph strike that sealed all three points after Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring from the penalty spot.It was the striker’s first league goals of the season following on from a doub

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Stephen Clemence keen to unleash Gillingham’s attacking threat after Salford win

Stephen Clemence pledged to lift the shackles on low-scoring Gillingham after they powered past Salford in a 3-1 victory.Goals from Connor Mahoney, Tom Nichols and Dom Jefferies earned victory in Clemence’s first home league game at the helm.Clemence has inherited the joint-least potent attack in Sky Bet League Two and the Gills had only scored more than one goal in a game only twice before

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Nigel Adkins says Tranmere draw ‘felt like a defeat’ after late Sutton leveller

Tranmere boss Nigel Adkins admitted his side’s 1-1 draw at Sutton “felt like a defeat” after Louis John rescued a point for the division’s bottom side with a late equaliser.Rovers seemed on course to end a run of eight successive away league defeats this season by claiming victory at Gander Green Lane thanks to Ben Goodliffe’s first-half own goal.But, with just two mi

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John Coleman salutes Accrington ‘passion’ after victory over big-spending Wrexham

John Coleman praised the clinical nature of his Accrington Stanley side as they moved back into the play-off places with a 2-0 win which ended Wrexham’s 11-game unbeaten streak in all competitions.Wrexham dropped out of the automatic promotion places with their first league loss in eight games while Stanley, after two league losses and a midweek extra-time defeat in the FA Cup, returned to s

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Nigel Clough delighted by Mansfield’s ‘brilliant’ unbeaten start to the season

Mansfield manager Nigel Clough was delighted to see his side continue their unbeaten start to the Sky Bet League Two season after a 2-0 home victory over Newport.A Davis Keillor-Dunn brace secured the Stags their fifth straight win during an unbeaten run which has stretched to 17 league matches.Mansfield climbed to second in the table after the result, which a beaming Clough said: “To still

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Steve Evans challenges Stevenage to continue upsetting applecart

Manager Steve Evans wants Stevenage to continue gatecrashing the upper regions of League One after their 1-0 victory over Lincoln lifted them up to fourth in the table.It is 12 years since the Boro reached the play-offs in what was their first season in the third tier and few would have had them down to threaten a repeat after winning promotion back in May.They continue to defy expectations, howev

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Duncan Ferguson remains unbeaten as Inverness boss despite late Dunfermline draw

Lewis McCann rescued a point for Dunfermline as Duncan Ferguson maintained his unbeaten record as Inverness boss in a 1-1 draw.The former Everton striker is yet to lose after six games in charge despite seeing victory slip away late on.Danny Devine gave the visitors the lead two minutes before the break when he fired in from inside the box.But McCann levelled for the hosts with three minutes left

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Jake Beesley bags brace as Blackpool breeze by beaten Shrewsbury

Jake Beesley’s double helped Blackpool to their sixth home League One win of the season with a dominant 4-0 victory over Shrewsbury.Top scorer Jordan Rhodes opened the scoring before Beesley netted either side of a Kyle Joseph strike to continue the Seasiders’ fine record at Bloomfield Road, with 20 of their 27 points being picked up at home.A chance presented itself to Rhodes from the

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Scott Quigley and Paul McCallum on target as Eastleigh edge Altrincham

Scott Quigley and Paul McCallum were on target as Eastleigh extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to three matches thanks to a narrow 2-1 National League win over Altrincham.Eastleigh opened the scoring after 12 minutes as Quigley fired the ball into the bottom corner from the edge of the box.Altrincham equalised midway through the second half as Chris Conn-Clarke converted a penalty &nd

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Dom Telford strikes against former club Crawley as in-form Barrow maintain unbeaten run

Dom Telford scored a second-half goal to earn in-form Barrow a 1-0 League Two victory against his former club Crawley.Telford, who swapped Sussex for Cumbria last August, fired in his fourth goal in six games after 46 minutes as Pete Wild’s side won for a fifth successive match in all competitions.But Crawley believed the striker’s match-winner should have been disallowed for a foul on

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