Tyler Walton’s superb solo strike was cancelled out by an own goal as Accrington drew 1-1 with pre-season promotion favourites Gillingham in Sky Bet League Two. Walton struck in the 67th minute, ...

Shrewsbury’s return to the fourth tier of English football resulted in a 0-0 stalemate at home to Bromley. John Marquis headed wide for the hosts early on after Luca Hoole drove down the line and ...

Josh McPake scored a hat-trick as relegated St Johnstone opened their William Hill Championship campaign with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Partick Thistle. Saints’ 16-year stay in the top flight came ...

Sam Nombe’s first-half double saw Rotherham begin their League One campaign with a 2-1 win over Port Vale. Nombe put his side in early control when he got on the end of Joe Rafferty’s brilliant cross ...

Cambridge beat Cheltenham 1-0 to make a winning start to life back in League Two. The hosts dominated the chances and struck the decisive blow through debutant striker Louis Appere. Dom Ball missed ...

Luke Molyneux’s late penalty ensured Doncaster marked their return to League One with a 1-0 victory at home to Exeter. The winger converted from the spot in the 88th minute after Exeter substitute ...

Lincoln began their League One season with a 2-0 victory over Reading at the LNER Stadium. The hosts looked dangerous early on, with Conor McGrandles seeing a 16th-minute effort deflected wide.

Jamie Reid scored twice and last season’s top scorer Dan Kemp also netted as Stevenage beat Blackpool 3-2 to record a first ever win at Bloomfield Road. Alex Revell’s side had lost two and drawn one ...

Connor Barrett was the coolest man in the chaos as 10-man Walsall stole a 2-1 victory over Swindon in added time of this tense League Two opener.

George Stanger’s second-half red card proved pivotal as 10-man Kilmarnock let a two-goal lead slip to draw 2-2 with newly-promoted Livingston in a dramatic opening match of the new William Hill ...

Barnsley took a 13th-minute lead when skipper Luca Connell sent a superbly flighted free-kick across the Argyle penalty area from wide out on the left and the ball hit Pilgrims midfielder Brendan ...

A Frankel half-brother to this year’s dual Derby hero Lambourn, Action finished behind his Aidan O’Brien-trained stablemates New Zealand and Isaac Newton on his initial run, with the latter boosting ...