Performance of the week
George Miller scored the only goal of
the game in a win away to Forest
Green Rovers as Walsall ended the
home side’s 19-game unbeaten run
and helped their new manager,
Michael Flynn, make a winning start.
Player of the week
A superb curling goal from Sam
Hoskins, to go with his late assist,
were the highlights of Northampton
Town’s 3-0 win over Colchester
United, who remain just above the
relegation zone.
Goal of the week
A neat, flowing, passing move ended
with a confident finish from Josh
Hawkes to give Tranmere Rovers the
lead in a 1-1 draw with Port Vale.
Rising star
Louie Barry, Swindon Town’s
highly rated, on-loan Aston Villa
teenager — who scored on his first-
team debut for the Premier League
club against Liverpool in last season’s
FA Cup — grabbed the first league goal
of his career in a 3-0 win away to
Carlisle United.Villain of the week
John-Joe O’Toole, the Mansfield Town
midfielder, was sent off for grabbing
Newport County’s Courtney Baker-
Richardson by the neck in an ugly
touchline scuffle involving players
from both sides. As the incident
escalated even supporters became
involved in an attempt to separate
them. The ten men conceded a late
equalising goal in the 1-1 draw.
Stat of the week
11 — Oldham Athletic have 11 points
from five games under John Sheridan
after a 2-0 win over Bradford City,
as many as they collected in the 16
games before his arrival.
Quote of the week
“The fans were great. You can see the
lift they give the players when the
players give them something to cheer,
so it’s a two-way thing. It’s a little bit
cheesy but never mind. Hopefully,
I’ll do it a few more times.” Robbie
Stockdale, the Rochdale manager,
makes no apologies for his emotions
after his side’s important 2-1 win away
to fellow strugglers Scunthorpe United.LEAGUE TWO ROUND-UPPremier League
Home Away
PWDL FAWDL FAGDPts
W 1 Manchester City................................. 26 10 1 2 36 9 10 2 1 27 8 46 63
W 2 Liverpool............................................... 25 9 3 0 30 7 8 3 2 34 13 44 57
W 3 Chelsea................................................... 25 6 5 1 27 10 8 3 2 22 8 31 50
Y 4 Manchester United............................ 26 7 2 4 21 16 6 5 2 23 18 10 46
Z 5 West Ham United............................... 26 6 3 4 24 19 6 3 4 21 15 11 42
W 6 Arsenal................................................... 23 8 2 2 20 9 5 1 5 16 17 10 42
W 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers........... 24 5 2 5 10 10 7 2 3 13 8 5 40
W 8 Tottenham Hotspur........................... 23 7 1 4 18 15 5 2 4 13 16 0 39
W 9 Brighton & Hove Albion................... 25 3 5 4 10 14 4 7 2 15 14 -3 33
W10 Southampton....................................... 25 4 7 1 16 10 3 4 6 16 27 -5 32
W 11 Leicester City....................................... 23 5 3 4 21 18 2 3 6 16 25 -6 27
W 12 Aston Villa............................................. 24 4 3 5 20 20 4 0 8 11 17 -6 27
W 13 Crystal Palace...................................... 25 4 5 4 21 16 1 6 5 11 20 -4 26
W14 Brentford............................................... 26 4 2 7 14 17 2 4 7 13 25 -15 24
W 15 Leeds United........................................ 24 3 4 5 15 21 2 4 6 14 29 -21 23
W16 Everton................................................... 23 5 1 5 18 17 1 3 8 10 23 -12 22
W 17 Newcastle United............................... 24 3 6 4 18 24 1 4 6 8 21 -19 22
Y18 Watford.................................................. 24 2 1 9 11 27 3 2 7 13 16 -19 18
Y19 Burnley................................................... 22 1 6 3 9 10 1 5 6 11 19 -9 17
Z20 Norwich City........................................ 25 2 3 8 8 25 2 2 8 7 28 -38 17Non-League, Women, Scotland and Europe
Vanarama National League
Chesterfield 2 Solihull Moors 3
Whittle 14
Asante 21
7,391Clarke 37
Maycock 51
Boyes 55
Sent off: C Weston (Chesterfield) 22
Maidenhead United^2 Boreham Wood^0
Kelly 32
Blissett 842,324Notts County^2 Eastleigh^0
Roberts 35
Wootton 41
Stockport^1 Woking^0
Palmer 72 6,820
Sent off: L Hogan (Stockport) 54
Torquay United^2 Barnet^2
Lemonheigh-Evans 8, 27
2,221Marriott 37
Mason-Clark 60
Wealdstone^1 Wrexham^2
Browne 71 (pen)
1,991Davies 88
Hall-Johnson 90+5
Sent off: J Cook (Wealdstone) 86
P W D L F A GD Pts
Stockport County 2919 4 6 59 27 3261
Chesterfield.............. 28 15 10 3 52 27 25 55
Boreham Wood....... 2515 7 3 36 17 19 52
Halifax........................ 2615 5 6 4121 20 50
Bromley...................... 2715 5 7 43 31 12 50
Solihull Moors.......... 2714 7 6 44 25 19 49
Wrexham................... 2714 7 6 44 27 17 49
Notts County............ 2614 6 6 49 2920 48
Grimsby...................... 2814 4 10 42 29 13 46
Dagenham & R......... 2713 3 11 49 37 12 42
Torquay..................... 2812 5 11 44 43 141
Southend................... 27 11 5 11 30 37 -7 38
Yeovil..........................27 10 7 10 26 27 -1 37
Eastleigh.................... 28 9 6 13 28 41 -13 33
Woking.......................28 10 2 16 42 44 -2 32
Wealdstone............... 27 8 7 12 28 39 -11 31
Barnet......................... 28 8 7 13 34 55-21 31
Aldershot................... 28 8 6 14 32 44-12 30
Altrincham................ 29 8 6 15 40 54-14 30
Maidenhead Utd..... 26 8 6 12 30 47 -17 30
Weymouth................ 28 5 6 17 28 51 -23 21
Kings Lynn Town... 26 4 3 19 2451 -27 15
*Dover Athletic........ 28 1 4 2321 63 -42 -5
* deducted 12pts for breaching league rulesNorth Chester 2 Hereford 3; Gateshead 2
Spennymoor Town 1; Gloucester City 2 Darlington 2.
P W D LF A GD Pts
Gateshead................. 2719 3 5 59 31 28 60
Brackley Town........ 26 17 6 3 34 17 17 57
Kidderminster.......... 2516 5 4 49 19 30 53
AFC Fylde.................. 2514 5 6 44 25 19 47
Chorley....................... 25 12 9 4 45 27 18 45
Southport.................. 26 12 8 6 42 29 13 44
Hereford ................... 27 12 5 10 35 32 3 41
Kettering Town....... 26 11 6 9 38 30 8 39
Boston United.......... 25 11 4 10 39 37 2 37
Curzon Ashton........ 24 9 9 6 33 29 4 36
York............................. 24 11 3 10 35 33 2 36
Leamington.............. 27 8 8 11 27 35 -8 32
Darlington................. 27 8 7 12 42 42 031
Alfreton Town.......... 25 9 4 12 36 43 -7 31
Spennymoor............. 24 8 5 11 35 40 -5 29
Chester ...................... 27 7 7 13 46 50 -4 28
Bradford PA.............. 25 7 6 12 32 44-12 27
Gloucester City........ 27 5 9 13 26 42 -16 24
Blyth Spartans......... 26 7 3 16 23 48 -25 24Guiseley...................... (^256514) 21 36 -15 23
AFC Telford Utd...... 26 4 7 15 29 46-17 19
Farsley Celtic............ 25 4 6 15 22 57 -35 18
South Braintree Town 1 Hungerford Town 0;
Chippenham Town 1 Eastbourne Borough 1;
Dartford 2 Bath City 0; Dorking Wanderers 2
Chelmsford City 0; Dulwich Hamlet 0 St Albans City
0; Havant & Waterlooville 4 Ebbsfleet United 2;
Hemel Hempstead Town 3 Concord Rangers 1;
Maidstone United 2 Oxford City 1; Slough Town 2
Welling United 1.
P W D LF A GD Pts
Dorking Wands........ 2718 3 6 67 36 31 57
Maidstone United... 2616 6 4 50 24 26 54
Dartford..................... 2614 8 4 45 25 20 50
Oxford City................ 27 13 8 6 48 30 18 47
Ebbsfleet United..... 2614 2 10 53 40 13 44
Dulwich Hamlet....... 27 11 8 8 51 40 11 41
Eastbourne Boro..... 27 11 7 9 53 42 11 40
Chippenham Town28 10 9 9 44 35 9 39
St Albans City 24 11 5 8 38 33 5 38
Hungerford Town... 25 11 3 11 43 38 5 36
Hemel Hempstead.27 10 6 11 35 48-13 36
Slough Town............ 26 9 7 10 38 44 -6 34
Havant & W............... 26 9 6 11 35 42 -7 33
Chelmsford City...... 26 7 10 9 31 32 -1 31
Concord Rangers.... 26 8 6 12 35 50-15 30
Hampton & R............ 26 8 5 13 40 43 -3 29
Bath City..................... 27 9 1 17 29 51 -22 28
Tonbridge Angels... 25 6 7 12 27 36 -9 25
Braintree.................... 25 5 10 10 27 41 -14 25
Welling........................ 27 7 4 16 2761 -34 25
Billericay Town....... 26 4 7 15 22 47 -25 19
Pitching In Northern League: Preimer division
Buxton 1 Gainsborough Trinity 0; Morpeth Town 2
Hyde United 2; Scarborough Athletic 2 FC United of
Manchester 2.
Pitching In Southern League: Preimer division:
Central Barwell 1 Alvechurch 1; Rushall Olympic 4
Needham Market 1. South Gosport Borough 1 Truro
City 1; Hayes & Yeading 6 Poole Town 1; Merthyr
Town 0 Kings Langley 1; Metropolitan Police 1
Tiverton Town 0; Salisbury 1 Beaconsfield Town 2;
Taunton Town 3 Hendon 1.
Pitching In Isthmian League: Preimer division
Carshalton Athletic 2 Wingate & Finchley 0;
Hornchurch 6 East Thurrock United 0.
Women’s internationals England 0 Spain 0; Ireland
0 Russia 1; Northern Ireland 2 Switzerland 2;
Scotland 2 Slovakia 0; Wales 0 Belgium 0 (Belgium
win 3-1 on pens).
Cinch Scottish Premiership
Celtic^3 Dundee^2
Giakoumakis 34, 38, 86 Mullen 26
Sweeney 60
Dundee United^1 Rangers^1
Graham 29 Ayodele-Aribo 76
Hibernian^2 Ross County^0
Doyle-Hayes 50, 78 14,149
Livingston 1 St Mirren 1
Anderson 55
4,228
Kiltie 78
Sent off: C Dunne (St Mirren) 83
Motherwell^1 Aberdeen^1
O’Hara 68
5,171
Besuijen 34
St Johnstone 2 Heart of Midlothian 1
Crawford 1
McCart 56
Atkinson 6
4,409
P W D L F A GD Pts
Celtic............................ 2721 3 3 60 17 43 66
Rangers...................... 2719 6 2 56 22 34 63
Hearts.......................... 2712 7 8 36 29 7 43
Hibernian................... 27 9 7 11 28 30 -2 34
TOMORROW
Chelsea v Lille, Champions
League, BT Sport 2, 8pm
Chelsea’s defence of the trophy
continues with their first knockout
game of this season’s competition
— one that they are expected to
win comfortably.
TOMORROW
Middlesbrough v West Brom,
Sky Sports Football, 7.45pm
The home fans will be hoping
Saturday’s defeat was just a blip in
the Chris Wilder revolution, while
West Brom supporters will be
hoping Steve Bruce can start
having a similar impact.
WEDNESDAY
Atletico Madrid v Man Utd,
Champions League, BT Sport 2,
8pm
Two sides whose league seasons
haven’t gone to plan will be hoping
that Europe can provide the
chance to win some silverware.
RESULTS
Arsenal 2 Brentford 1
Smith Rowe 48
Saka 79
Norgaard 90+3
60,015
Aston Villa 0 Watford 1
Dennis 78
Brighton 0 Burnley 3
30,781 Weghorst 21
Brownhill 40
Lennon 69
Crystal Palace 0 Chelsea 1
25,109 Ziyech 89
Leeds United 2 Manchester United 4
Rodrigo 53
Raphinha 54
Maguire 34
Fernandes 45+5
Fred 70
Elanga 88
Liverpool 3 Norwich City 1
Mané 64
Salah 67
Díaz 81
Rashica 48
53,135
Manchester City 2 Tottenham Hotspur 3
Gundogan 33
Mahrez 90+2 (pen)
53,201
Kulusevski 4
Kane 59, 90+5
Southampton 2 Everton 0
Armstrong 52
Long 84
31,312
West Ham United 1 Newcastle United 1
Dawson 32
59,949
Willock 45+1
Wolverhampton 2 Leicester City 1
Neves 9
Podence 66
Lookman 41
TV HIGHLIGHTS
10
TOP SCORERS
17 Salah (Liverpool)
12 Jota (Liverpool)
10 Sterling (Man City)
9 Fernandes (Man Utd)
9 Ronaldo (Man Utd)
9 Dennis (Watford)
TOP ASSISTS
TOP SAVES
10 Alexander-Arnold
(Liverpool, right)
9 Salah (Liverpool)
8 Bowen (West Ham)
8 Pogba (Man Utd)
8 Robertson (Liverpool)
7 Jesus (Man City)
96 De Gea (Man Utd)
85 Meslier (Leeds)
82 Sá (Wolves)
81 Schmeichel (Leicester)
73 Fabianski (West Ham)
73 Pickford (Everton)
Performance of the week
For all of Sunderland’s problems, the
Stadium of Light is still a tough away
game, but that did not stop their
former striker Connor Wickham from
scoring the winning goal in a 2-1
victory for Milton Keynes Dons.
Player of the week
Alfie May, right, the Cheltenham Town
striker, scored four goals to take his
season tally to 15 and help his team
twice come back from two-goal
deficits in a thrilling 5-5 draw away
to Wycombe Wanderers.
Goal of the week
Cameron
Brannagan, of
Oxford United. The last
of Oxford’s goals in their 4-0
win away to Charlton Athletic
was the pick as Brannagan
switched the ball from his
left to his right foot and
buried an unstoppable
shot from 25 yards.
Rising star
Jordan Garrick, Plymouth Argyle’s
23-year-old midfielder on loan from
Swansea City, turned in a strong
performance, and scored his seventh
goal of the season, in a 2-0 win away
to Gillingham.
Villain of the week
Charlton were already trailing 3-0
when Sean Clare was shown a straight
red card for tangling unnecessarily,
and violently, with Matty Taylor.
Stat of the week
32 — The number of goals
the eight games that
survived the weather
produced. That total was
boosted by the ten from
Wycombe-Cheltenham.
Quote of the week
“Man of the match and
performance of the day
was the ground staff, the
volunteers, the stewards;
everything they did to enable
us to get this game on,” the
Bolton Wanderers manager,
Ian Evatt, said after a huge
effort beat a pre-match
blizzard, before his team
bested AFC Wimbledon 4-0.
LEAGUE ONE ROUND-UP
Performance of the week
Two first-half goals clinched a
stunning 2-1 win for Huddersfield Town
away to the leaders, Fulham, who are
still ten points clear of third place.
Player of the week
The fate of the Reading manager
Veljko Paunovic was sealed before
Lucas João’s two goals in their 3-2 win
away to Preston North End. But they
were massive in the club’s fight for
survival, as they edged four points
clear of the relegation zone.
Goal of the week
George Baldock’s superb
volley, in off the underside
of the crossbar, was the
highlight of Sheffield
United’s 4-0 victory
over Swansea City.
Rising star
Tyrese Campbell,
right, the 22-year-
old son of the
former Premier
League striker
Kevin, scored
both of Stoke City’s
goals in their
2-2 draw with
Birmingham City.
Villain of
the week
The Reading
owner, Dai
Yongge,
may
have
been
justified in dismissing Paunovic, but
the timing of the announcement —
coming minutes after the Serbian had
overseen their first win in 13 games —
was unfortunate. “It was not what we
wanted to hear. But that’s football.
Now we need to accept it and carry
on winning,” João said, as Paul Ince
took interim charge.
Stat of the week
8 — After a win over relegation rivals
Peterborough United on Saturday,
Wayne Rooney and Derby County
would be only eight points away from
the play-off positions, but for their 21-
point deduction. The defeat marked
the end for the Peterborough manager
Darren Ferguson, who
stood down
yesterday.
Quote of
the week
“Mum, Dad and Grandad, they
travel home and away. They
are buzzing for me and I’m
delighted they were here to
see it. My dad didn’t start as
young as me so it’s beyond his
thoughts what I’m doing at the
moment. All I want to do is
make them proud and I think
I’m doing that.” The
Birmingham midfielder
Jordan James, 17, who scored
his first professional goal away
to Stoke. His father, Tony,
played for Burton Albion
and Hereford United,
among others.
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