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League One: Rotherham United have taken the lead in opposition to newly promoted Port Vale after Sam Nombe bought on the tip of a protracted ball from deep to volley house a superb effort from distance.
At House Park, Plymouth midfielder Brendan Sarpong-Wiredu has marked his debut for the membership by shinning a Barnsley free-kick into his personal web on the again submit. Oops.
League Two: Ian Holloway’s Swindon City path at Walsall after Evan Weir put the house facet a purpose up. In the meantime on the Peninsula, Salford Metropolis have gone a purpose down in opposition to Crewe after Kadeem Harris put the ball into his personal web. At Blundell Park, Grimsby have gone forward in opposition to Crawley because of Jaze Kabia’s penalty on 10 minutes, whereas kick-off within the sport between Newport County and Notts County has been delaeyd till 3.45pm.
League One: Antoni Sarcevic fires Bradford forward in opposition to Wycombe in entrance of 20,000 followers at Valley Parade.
League One: Signed from Millwall this summer time, George Honeyman slots house to provide Steve Bruce’s Blackpool the lead over Stevenage after six minutes.
In the meantime on the Accu Stadium, house facet Huddersfield have gone a purpose up in opposition to Leyton Orient courtesy of a scruffy effort that went in off Joe Low’s shoulder from shut vary.
League One: Plymouth Argyle, who’re being managed by Tom Cleverley, thought they’d opened the scoring in opposition to Barnsley courtesy of a Caleb Watts strike from eight yards however his effort has been disallowed.
Switch watch: I’ve simply found that my compatriot the Rep of Eire striker Aaron Connolly performs for Leyton Orient and has lined up with the Os to face Huddersfield City at present. The final I heard, Connolly was at Millwall.
Our three o’clock kick-offs are go. Properly, most of them are. We’ve but to listen to if the sport between Newport County and Notts County at Rodney Parade was in a position to get beneath means after an air ambulance needed to land on the pitch earlier so its occupants may attend to a fan who fell unwell within the stands.
Not lengthy now: It’s the hope that kills you and everywhere in the UK, followers of groups in Leagues One and Two are brimful of optimism forward of at present’s three o’clock kick-offs as their groups put together for his or her first video games of the season. Whereas your crew can’t win the league on the opening day of the season, they will actually give followers a reasonably good thought of which finish of the desk they’ll be battling on the final day!
Sheffield Wednesday: In some uncommon excellent news throughout determined occasions for Sheffield Wednesday followers, membership captain Barry Bannan has signed a brand new contract with the troubled Championship membership.
The 35-year-old midfielder, who had attracted curiosity from Millwall and Middlesbrough after his earlier deal expired, has dedicated to the Sheffield Wednesday on the finish of per week through which the membership didn’t pay their gamers and different employees on time for the third successive month. The membership has not disclosed the small print of Bannan’s new deal.
“This membership is a giant a part of me and my household, who’re with me right here at present as I’m signing,” mentioned Bannan. “They’ll all the time stand by me with no matter determination I make and I’ve determined to remain. With the season getting nearer, this final week has been robust as a result of there was curiosity from elsewhere and I had loads to consider. We had lots of conversations as a household and after I advised my daughter Elsie that I is likely to be leaving she began crying. Then final night time after I advised her I used to be staying she began crying once more. I requested her why and she or he mentioned they’re simply joyful tears.”
Bannan has made a complete of 447 appearances for the Owls, inserting him eighth on the membership’s all-time listing. his new deal comes two days after it was revealed gamers and employees had refused to participate in a scheduled behind-closed-doors pleasant in opposition to Burnley scheduled for at present.
That sport was cancelled amid an escalating monetary disaster at Hillsborough beneath proprietor Dejphon Chansiri and prompted rising concern throughout the English Soccer League over whether or not the membership will be capable of play their opening sport of the season at Leicester on 10 August. Wednesday have been positioned beneath a number of EFL embargoes for breaching monetary guidelines.
They at the moment have solely 16 senior gamers contracted to the membership following the departures of Djeidi Gassama, Anthony Musaba, Josh Windass and Michael Smith. The latter two had their contracts terminated by mutual consent to permit them to hitch Wrexham and Preston.
The newest missed funds to gamers and employees in July heaped additional stress on Chansiri, who insists he’s prepared to promote the membership for the fitting value. He just lately revealed he had rejected one consortium’s £40million bid, whereas talks with varied different events have stalled.
Newport County: The League Two membership have introduced on social media that the kick-off for his or her sport in opposition to Notts County is “probably” to be delayed after a fan took unwell within the stands, prompting an air ambulance to land on the pitch at Rodney Parade. “We ship our perfect needs to the person involved,” wrote the membership on X.
Full time: Cardiff Metropolis 2-1 Peterborough
League One: Cardiff Metropolis have gotten their third tier marketing campaign off to a profitable begin, coming from behind to beat Peterborough United within the Welsh capital. Rubin Colwill cancelled out Bradley Ihionvien’s first-half penalty with pretty much as good a free-kick as you’re ever prone to see at this or another stage, earlier than teenage right-back Ronan Kpakio received the sport for Cardiff with the primary senior purpose of his fledgling profession.
Premier League switch information: Callum Wilson has determined the well-known West Ham striker hoodoo is nothing to be apprehensive about and has agreed a deal to hitch Graham Potter’s squad on a free switch after leaving Newcastle United in June. Wilson, 33, will signal a one-year take care of the London membership.
Interview: In a predictably entertaining and at occasions poignant sit-down, veteran supervisor Neil Warnock recollects the time Crystal Palace’s information boffins stopped him from signing a younger Virgil van Dijk for £4m after arriving on the deranged conclusion the Dutchman was “not fast sufficient”, discusses his unlikely bromances with Pep Guardiola and Arsene Wenger, and appears ahead to seeing his identify up in lights exterior the London Palladium in September. Phrases: Donald McRae.
Nationwide League: Forest Inexperienced proprietor Dale Vince is likely one of the companions in an initiative the place GPs can prescribe a time out watching his Nationwide League crew as an alternative choice to antidepressants. And whereas the jokes clearly write themselves, it looks like an excellent thought earlier than a ball has been kicked within the present marketing campaign. Eze Obasi experiences …
Newport County: David Hughes has a wealth of teaching expertise on the highest stage however is having fun with his first actual tilt at frontline administration in his new function as head coach of Newport County, who’ve one of many tiniest budgets in League Two. Interview: Ben Fisher.
League One preview: Luton look the crew to beat after back-to-back relegations and Stockport County have proven loads of ambition within the switch market, whereas Darren Moore’s Port Vale will probably be hoping to stave off the drop following their promotion final season. Will Unwin casts an eye fixed over the runners and riders within the third tier …
League Two preview: MK Dons are many pundits’ thought of probably winners beneath Paul Warne and Bristol Rovers will probably be hoping theirs is a brief keep within the fourth tier, whereas one other troublesome season awaits Accrington. Will Unwin gazes into his his crystal ball …
GOAL! Cardiff Metropolis 2-1 Peterborough United
League One: Ronan Kpakio, Cardiff Metropolis’s 18-year-old right-back, has simply swept house his first ever senior purpose to provide his facet the lead within the Welsh capital. It was a superb effort from a ways which got here on the finish of Cardiff transfer down the left.
Scottish Premiership: There are two Scottish Premiership fixtures at present, with Kilmarnock and Livingston getting the ball rolling for the brand new marketing campaign at 3pm (BST), adopted by Rangers’ journey to Fir Park for his or her season-opener in opposition to Motherwell.
League One fixtures
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Cardiff Metropolis 2-1 Peterborough (L)
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Blackpool v Stevenage
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Bradford Metropolis v Wycombe
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Burton v Mansfield City
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Doncaster Rovers v Exeter
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Huddersfield City v Leyton Orient
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Lincoln Metropolis v Studying
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Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley
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Rotherham United v Port Vale
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Wigan v Northampton City
League Two fixtures
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Accrington Stanley v Gillingham
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Barnet v Fleetwood City
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Bristol Rovers v Harrogate City
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Cambridge United v Cheltenham
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Chesterfield v Barrow
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Colchester v Tranmere Rovers
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Grimsby City v Crawley City
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MK Dons v Oldham Athletic
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Newport County v Notts County
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Salford Metropolis v Crewe
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Shrewsbury City v Bromley
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Walsall v Swindon City
Luton City 1-0 AFC Wimbledon
League One match report: A late, unfortunate Ryan Johnson personal purpose gifted all three factors to the hosts and urged that Luton’s fortunes would possibly lastly have modified for the higher after back-to-back relegations. Matthew Dunn was at Kenilworth Street final night time to see the opening sport of the EFL season …
A brand new EFL season dawns
As soon as extra on to the hamster wheel, because the marathon that’s the new season’s EFL will get beneath means in earnest after final night time’s League One curtain-raiser between Luton City and AFC Wimbledon at Kenilworth Street. The Hatters have been considerably lucky to come back away with all three factors, after Ryan Johnson capped an in any other case respectable show by over-stretching for a header, solely to loop the ball into his personal web for the one purpose of the sport 5 minutes from time.
Immediately’s early motion kicked off in Wales, the place Brian Barry-Murphy is taking cost of his first sport as Cardiff Metropolis supervisor. But to signal a participant this summer time after their relegation from the Championship, the Bluebirds are at the moment all sq. with Peterborough United after Rubin Colwill cancelled out Bradley Ihionvien’s first-half penalty on the Cardiff Metropolis Stadium with an exquisite free-kick.
Theirs is one in all 10 video games being performed within the third tier at present and with 12 extra being performed within the division beneath, now we have no scarcity of motion to remain throughout. We’ll carry you information of the objectives as they go in and flag up any main speaking factors alongside the way in which.