It has been an exciting few weeks for Colchester United – and even more so, for Sammie Szmodics. The 22-year-old academy graduate has bagged ten for the season in all forms and five in his last six, including two in a man-of-the-match performance against Exeter City in their last home game. His individualism compliments the… Read more →
A couple of wins can change the mood around a club and nowhere is that more evident than Crawley Town. Many fans wanted Harry Kewell to be sacked as head coach after last month’s 4-0 defeat at Wycombe Wanderers, where he was accused of getting involved in an altercation with a supporter. Kewell shortly afterwards… Read more →
AFC Wimbledon v Charlton AFC Wimbledon took half an hour to get any sort of attacking momentum against Walsall last week and by that point they were two goals down. Andy Barcham was voted their best player in that match while Lyle Taylor got their goal, having also netted in the tight-fought 1-0 victory over… Read more →
MK Dons v Maidstone Joe Pigott is best remembered by EFL fans for his 122nd minute equalizer in the 2015 play-off final for Southend, who beat Wycombe on penalties. The forward is unsurprisingly in-form for Maidstone United, having scored nine goals this season including one in the previous round of the FA Cup. MK Dons’… Read more →
Fleetwood v Hereford The First Round clashes these teams played both swerved on a red card. Hereford struggled against Telford for 60 minutes, but they started to impose themselves after Jon Royle’s dismissal and eight minutes later, John Mills’ tapped home after Ashley Haysham’s shot was parried. Ironically, Fleetwood’s encounter with Chorley was almost the… Read more →
AFC Fylde v Wigan Paul Cook only made four changes for Wigan’s 2-1 win over Crawley Town in the First Round, when Ivan Toney and Lee Evans scored. The latter impressed in last week’s 3-1 win at Rotherham and if Paul Warne described the Latics as the best team his side have faced at home,… Read more →
Back in mid-September, Forest Green Rovers and Cheltenham Town occupied two of the bottom three places of the division and this El-Glosico looked like being a relegation six-pointer. Although neither side are now entirely safe, it is difficult to see either getting sucked into a dogfight. Forest Green are now one of the form teams… Read more →
Pop band Steps will be playing at Huish Park in June, but one could be forgiven for thinking ‘5, 6, 7, 8’ is merely what Yeovil Town fans were expecting when they went 4-0 down at Carlisle last week… Thankfully for the Glovers, a repeat of the opening day fiasco at Luton was avoided, but… Read more →
Mansfield Town moved within two points of the League Two play-off places after Alex MacDonald’s impressive late strike helped them to a 1-0 win at promotion contenders Coventry City. Here’s our player ratings from the game. Coventry City Lee Burge – might have been more commanding on occasions, but saved from Anderson on 20 minutes… Read more →
Mansfield Town moved within two points of the League Two play-off places after Alex MacDonald’s impressive late strike helped them to a 1-0 win at promotion contenders Coventry City. Here’s six things from the game. McNulty’s early movement Coventry started brightly, with Marc McNulty getting into good areas in the gaps between Mansfield’s defenders, his… Read more →