29/11/2018 - The former Arsenal and England defender is unveiled at the League Two club’s Moss Rose ground and is delighted to have the opportunity to manageSol Campbell arrived a few minutes late for the debut press conference of his belated managerial career having overrun with his first full training session at Macclesfield Town earlier in the day. He apologised to those assembled in the McIlroy Lounge at Moss Rose, looked and sounded remarkably at ease in his new, humble surroundings and preferred to thank the club that has given him the opportunity rather than dwell on the many who did not. But there were hints of dismay at what has been an exhausting path from celebrated player to manager of the Football League’s bottom club. Related: Sol Campbell finally gets his chance to manage after years in the shadows | Sachin Nakrani You’ve got an international footballer who has been one of the best players in the world coming to your club Continue reading... Collapse

24/11/2018 - Leeds see off Bristol City, Middlesbrough win at BrentfordPreston rout Blackburn in derby, Sunderland snatch drawSheffield United lost ground in the promotion race after a dramatic South Yorkshire derby at Rotherham. Chris Basham thought he had earned the Blades victory with his 85th-minute winner but Jamie Proctor struck in stoppage time to earn the hosts a deserved draw. Middlesbrough returned to the top two with a hard-fought 2-1 win at Brentford. Jordan Hugill and academy product Marcus Tavernier were on target for Tony Pulis’s side. Related: Swansea exposed after Emiliano Buendía sparks Norwich romp Leeds moved to third but were made to work for victory by Bristol City. Marcelo Bielsa’s side struggled to break the visitors down before Josh Brownhill’s red card, but the hosts turned up the pressure to win through goals from Kemar Roofe and Pablo Hernandez.Norwich tightened their grip on top spot, and extended their winning run to six league games, with an impressive 4-1 win at Collapse

19/11/2018 - • Some Championship clubs not keen on parts of proposed deal• Aston Villa, Derby and Leeds among clubs who voiced concernsThe English Football League has announced it has formally agreed to a five-year domestic broadcasting deal with Sky Sports worth £595m, starting next season.The deal was unanimously approved by the league’s nine-strong board but is slightly different to the agreement provisionally made with the broadcaster last September. Related: More than 200 footballers endorse call for Gordon Taylor to step down at PFA Continue reading... Collapse

03/11/2018 - Paul Gallagher scores and then goes in goal for PrestonScunthorpe rally from 3-0 down to draw with OxfordNorwich are top of the table after a crushing 4-0 defeat of Sheffield Wednesday secured a fourth victory in a row. The damage was done for Wednesday over eleven second-half minutes, Teemu Pukki scoring two goals that sandwiched Emiliano Buendía’s strike. Substitute Dennis Srbeny notched the fourth ten minutes from time with his first touch since coming off the bench.Championship results Related: Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish opens his account in win over Bolton League One resultsLeague Two results Continue reading... Collapse

17/10/2018 - Former Exeter captain stepped into the long-serving Paul Tisdale’s managerial shoes last summer and is making a decent fist of it – second in League TwoWhen Sir Alex Ferguson left Manchester United, the impossible job fell to David Moyes. They may not operate in quite the same stratosphere but for whoever filled Paul Tisdale’s brogues at fan-owned Exeter, it had threatened to be a thankless task. It is not the first time Matt Taylor has heard the comparison but at this rate – unbeaten in nine matches and second in League Two – it may be one of the last.“It gets mentioned,” Taylor says, smiling. “When you take over from someone who had been in the job for 12 years, the start is so, so important. We really targeted the first five or six league games, because a good start settles everyone down, stops any questions and takes a bit of pressure off the whole club in general. But, we are three games away from a poor run of form, and then all of sudden people are going to be talking about Collapse

06/10/2018 - Trevoh Chalobah scores winner for IpswichForest Green only unbeaten team in Football LeagueAt the 12th attempt, Ipswich secured their first win of the campaign, defeating Swansea 3-2 away. It looked like it would be another desperate afternoon for Ipswich when the defender Janoi Donacien turned the ball into his own net –perhaps one reason he was withdrawn at half-time. By that point the Tractor Boys were ahead thanks to Gwion Edwards and the game’s second own-goal courtesy of Mike van der Hoorn. the former Ipswich loanee Bersant Celina levelled the scores but current temporary Tractor Boy Trevoh Chalobah snuck an effort in at the far post to lift his side off the bottom. Related: Pontus Jansson rescues Leeds with late equaliser against Brentford Championship resultsLeague One resultsLeague Two Continue reading... Collapse

15/09/2018 - Blackpool players sent off after almost coming to blowsYeovil smash six past Newport; frustration for KewellJack Harrison scored a late equaliser to preserve Leeds’ unbeaten start to the season with a hard-fought 1-1 draw with Millwall at the Den. Jed Wallace broke the deadlock 10 minutes into the second half but Harrison, on loan from Manchester City, levelled for the Championship leaders with a low shot into the bottom corner a minute from time. Leeds still nearly lost though, Tom Elliott heading against the inside of the post for the Lions in stoppage time. Related: Marley Watkins’ header sinks Sheffield United to keep Bristol City flying high Championship resultsThe red mist descended! It is not often two players of the same team are shown straight red cards.#pafc #weareargyle #blackpoolfc #bfc #utp https://t.co/evNoILiQTvLeague One results Related: Lenny Pidgeley says club statement forced him to make depression public Carlisle 0-2 Tranmere, Cheltenham 0-0 Crewe, Colchester 3-0 Collapse

08/09/2018 - Fleetwood’s Paddy Madden had a potentially decisive penalty saved on a day while Blackpool, 2-0 down with six minutes to play, came back to beat Bradford 3-2 5.04pm BST Ok, that’s the conclusion of our lower league live action. Better than IFollow? Very possibly not, but the old ways are the best. Join us later for a round-up for League One and Two. 5.02pm BST At the top of League One, Peterborough stay top on 19 points, two points clear of Portsmouth on 17. Barnsley and Sunderland are on 15 points behind them. 5.01pm BST Lincoln City have lost 1-0 to Crawley, meaning that Newport are joint-top of League Two, behind Lincoln on goal difference. 4.59pm BST Stevenage have beaten Macclesfield 1-0, which means that the quartet of winless teams in League One and Two have all kept their barren runs going. That’s Macc and Notts County, Shrewbury, who drew 1-1 with Portsmouth, and poor old Plymouth who drew 0-0 with Bristol Rovers in the earlier game. 4.57pm BST The story there will be Collapse

06/09/2018 - Lower-division sides help young players develop and benefit from having them but there’s growing disquiet about demands that loanees play regardless of form“You can get a player, an 18-year‑old who’s on 10 grand a week, and you do a deal with the club on his wages,” says Darragh MacAnthony. “Then they not only want the wages, they want you to pay for his accommodation. They’re then on you all the time about ‘Why is he playing?’, ‘Why is he not playing?’ They’re on at you every day. If the player then has an attitude issue and we go and complain they say: ‘Get on with it, you’re not sending him back, you’ve agreed a contract, pay his wages.’”Forthright opinions, such as the one above, are hardly unusual for MacAnthony, but the Peterborough United chairman is not alone in being disgruntled with football’s loan system. This summer, EFL clubs struck a total of 254 loan deals, making up about one in seven of all players in the Football League. Last season, over the course of the year, 458 Collapse