Ollie Palmer nets early opener as Wrexham beat Gillingham to go second

Ollie Palmer scored one of the quickest goals in League Two this season as Stephen Clemence’s first league game in charge of Gillingham ended with a 2-0 defeat at Wrexham.The striker, who bagged 17 goals in last year’s famous promotion-winning campaign, opened the scoring inside the first minute before Ben Tozer wrapped up the points in the second half at the Racecourse Ground as the h

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Five-star Watford heap more misery on struggling Rotherham with dominant victory

A resurgent Watford continued their march up the Sky Bet Championship table with Mileta Rajovic’s double helping the hosts heap further misery on Rotherham with a 5-0 thumping at Vicarage Road.Valerien Ismael’s side endured a difficult start to the campaign, but are now six games unbeaten and eyeing up the top half after their biggest victory of the season.Despite just six places separ

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Danilo Orsi brace helps Crawley secure victory over Accrington

Crawley recovered from going behind to a second-minute goal from Jack Nolan to claim their first win in six league games with a 3-1 victory over 10-man Accrington.Danilo Orsi scored twice for the Reds including settling the issue late on with a penalty after Brad Hills received a straight red card for bringing down the Crawley striker.Corey Addai had been Crawley’s keeper in all of Crawley&r

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Norwich hit back to stun Cardiff and ease pressure on David Wagner

Norwich struck twice late on to come from behind and beat Cardiff 3-2 to ease the pressure on under-fire boss David Wagner.The Canaries silenced the Cardiff City Stadium crowd as Christian Fassnacht poked home his third goal of the campaign in the 22nd minute.Cardiff responded well and saw Josh Bowler equalise in the 39th minute before Callum Robinson headed them in front on 43 minutes.But Ryan Wi

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Last-gasp Liam Delap goal helps Hull finally see off struggling Huddersfield

Liam Delap’s stoppage-time goal consigned struggling Huddersfield to 1-0 Sky Bet Championship defeat at Hull.The visitors were resolute against the possession-driven Tigers but were finally outsmarted when Delap thrashed home from a central position.Hull bossed the game in terms of possession, but they lacked a necessary flash of quality to break down a well-constructed Town back five in reg

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Adam Armstrong seals Southampton victory over West Brom

Adam Armstrong continued Southampton’s reputation as the Championship’s late kings as his 79th-minute winner clinched a 2-1 victory over promotion rivals West Brom.Will Smallbone had put Saints ahead early on before Kyle Bartley levelled things, with West Brom almost leading when Darnell Furlong hit the crossbar.But Armstrong coolly prodded in his ninth goal of the season to grab the

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Arsenal pull level with Manchester City thanks to Burnley win

Oleksandr Zinchenko scored the pick of the goals as 10-man Arsenal secured a comfortable win over Burnley to move level on points with Premier League leaders Manchester City.Mikel Arteta’s side took advantage of rivals Tottenham losing earlier in the day to pick-up a 3-1 victory over struggling Burnley, whose captain Josh Brownhill cancelled out Leandro Trossard’s brave opener at the E

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Newport and MK Dons fail to make chances count in goalless stalemate

Newport and MK Dons battled to a 0-0 draw after both sides missed a host of chances at Rodney Parade.County striker Omar Bogle wasted several opportunities, but the closest either side came to opening the scoring in the first half was when Dons striker Max Dean forced Nick Townsend into a superb save after half an hour.Townsend’s opposite number Craig MacGillivray presented Will Evans with a

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Barnsley’s unbeaten away run ended by Derby with James Collins bagging brace

Derby ended Barnsley’s unbeaten away run in League One as James Collins scored twice in a 3-0 win.Collins fired in a first-half penalty and struck again after Craig Forsyth scored to condemn Barnsley to their first defeat on the road this season.Derby started strongly with Nathaniel Mendez-Laing causing problems on the left although Joe Wildsmith had to turn behind an Adam Phillips free-kick

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Middlesbrough moving up as leaders Leicester lose again

Championship leaders Leicester suffered their second successive 1-0 defeat after Sam Greenwood settled a tight game with a late stunner to send Middlesbrough into the international break on a high.Enzo Maresca’s side lost to Leeds last week and Greenwood – on loan at Boro from Elland Road – hit a brilliant free-kick seven minutes from time to lift Michael Carrick’s Boro up

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