Huddersfield 3-0 Leyton Orient, Bradford 2-1 Wycombe, and more: football – as it happened | Soccer
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Key events
League Two: The points have been shared at Rodney Parade in a match between Newport County and Notts County that kicked off an hour later than shceduled due to a pre-match medical emergency in the stands. Gerard Garner opened the scoring for the hosts, only to have his effort cancelled out by a Jodi Jones penalty after 65 minutes.
League One best and worst
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Promotion favourites Huddersfield got their campaign off to a flier under rookie manager Lee Grant by beating Leyton Orient 3-0, with £1.2m summer signing Alfie May scoring his first goal for the club from the penalty spot.
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Signed from Kilmarnock during the summer, Fraser Murray scored twice on his debut in Wigan’s 3-1 win over Kevin Nolan’s Northampton Town.
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Newly promoted Bradford got their League One campaign off to the best possible start, beating Wycombe 2-1 in front of a crowd of over 20,000 fans at Valley Parade.
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Tom Cleverley endured a miserable start to his stint as Plymouth Argyle manager, picking up a yellow card for dissent as his side flattered to deceive in the second half of their defeat at the hands of Conor Hourihane’s Barnsley.
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And Nigel Clough tasted defeat in the first Nigel Clough Derby of the season, as his Mansfield Town side ran out 2-1 losers against his former side Burton Albion.
League Two: Newport County’s match against Notts County didn’t kick off until 4pm due to a pre-match medical emergency in the stands at Rodney Parade that required an air ambulance to land on the pitch. It is now well under way and it’s 1-1 between the two sides after a Jodi Jones penalty for Notts County in the 65th minute cancelled out Gerard Garner’s opener for the hosts.
Some housekeeping: In my post timestamped 16.27, I revealed that Barnsley’s Jack Shepherd had been sent off wasn’t entirely sure why. Well, it turns out that the defender was booked for a handball outside his own penalty area and, oblivious to the fact that Shepherd was already on a yellow card, the referee took no further action after showing him his second one.
About 30 seconds later, he remembered (or was reminded) that Shepherd had already been booked earlier in the game and returned to the scene of his most recent crime to show the Barnsley player the obligatory, if slightly tardy red card.
And breathe. Well, the new EFL season is well and truly up and running and it could be argued that the best result of the day has been secured by Lee Grant’s Huddersfield Town. The former goalkeeper and rookie manager, who was taking his first ever game in charge, will be delighted with his massively revamped side’s 3-0 demolition of Leyton Orient, a victory in which £1.2m signing Alfie May opened his account for a side who are among the favourites to top the third tier comes season’s end.
Scottish Premiership result
League Two results
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Accrington Stanley 1-1 Gillingham
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Barnet 0-2 Fleetwood Town
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Bristol Rovers 0-1 Harrogate Town
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Cambridge United 1-0 Cheltenham
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Chesterfield 1-0 Barrow
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Colchester 1-1 Tranmere Rovers
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Grimsby Town 3-0 Crawley Town
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MK Dons 0-0 Oldham Athletic
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Newport County 0-0 Notts County (HT)
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Salford City 1-3 Crewe
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Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Bromley
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Walsall 2-1 Swindon Town
League One results
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Cardiff City 2-1 Peterborough
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Blackpool 2-3 Stevenage
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Bradford City 2-1 Wycombe
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Burton 2-1 Mansfield Town
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Doncaster Rovers 1-0 Exeter
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Huddersfield Town 3-0 Leyton Orient
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Lincoln City 2-0 Reading
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Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Barnsley
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Rotherham United 2-1 Port vale
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Wigan 3-1 Northampton Town
League One: Huddersfield Town wrap up their win against Leyton Orient with a late, late goal from Dutch defender Ruben Roosken. The Terriers are 3-0 ahead with just seconds remaining.
Scottish Premiership: Livingston will leave Rugby Park delighted with the result of their first match upon their return to the Scottish top flight. They’ve come from two goals down to sgare the points with hosts Kilmarnock.
League Two: Ian Holloway’s Swindon Town look set for some opening day heartbreak after 10-man Walsall go 2-1 up courtesy of what looks like a Connor Barrett winner in added time. It’s 2-1 at the Bescot.
League Two: It’s scoreless at half-time in the delayed kick-off between Newport County and Notts County.
Scottish Premiership: Livingston’s equaliser survives a long, long VAR check and it’s 2-2 deep in added time of their match against Kilmarnock at Rugby Park.
League One: Niall Ennis takes advantage of a defensive mix-up to score Blackpool’s second goal and make it 2-3 in their game against Stevenage. At Home Park, Plymouth’s chances of snatching a draw look dashed after David Keillor-Dunn took advantage of a shambles at the back to make it 3-1 to Barnsley. At the Eco-Power Stadium, Doncaster Rovers’ Luke Molyneux scores from the spot to put his side 1-0 ahead against Exeter City.
Scottish Premiership: Back in the top flight after winning promotion, Livingston have come from two goals down to equalise at Kilmarnock but Scott Pitman’s strike is currently the subject of a lengthy VAR check.
League Two: Will Wright scores from the spot to get Swindon Town back on level terms against Walsall at the Bescot Stadium. At Accrington’s Wham Stadium, Devon Matthews has put the boom-boom back into the hearts of travelling Gillingham fans by scoring an own goal at a corner to make it all square between the sides at 1-1 with 11 minutes of normal time remaining.
League One: Bailey Cargill nods home a far post header from close range to get Mansfield Town back into their game against Burton Albion, who had been in total control of this Nigel Clough derby but now only lead 2-1.
League One: Rotherham’s Zak Jules has been sent off for his second bookable offence at the New York Stadium. His side are still 2-1 up against Port Vale, who are also a man down.
Scottish Premiership: Robbie Muirhead has made a game of it at Rugby Park, pulling a goal back for Livingston, who trail host Kilmarnock 2-1.
League One: Daniel Udoh pulls a goal back for Wycombe against Bradford, who still lead 2-1 at Valley Parade.
League Two: Grimsby go 3-0 up against Crawley Town thanks to an Evan Khouri goal on 64 minutes, while Stephen Duke-McKenna has given Harrogate a 1-0 lead over Bristol Rovers courtesy of a goal that had more than a whiff of offside about it.
League One: Rereco Hackett doubles Lincoln’s lead against Reading, while Michael Forbes has started Northampton’s revival against Wigan with a far post header from close range. The Cobblers trail 3-1.
League One: Barnsley lead Plymouth 2-1 but are down to 10 men following the dismissal of defender Jack Shepherd for – I think – dissent, or possibly in a case of mistaken identity after a handball by one of his teammates. More news as I get it but Shepherd has walked …
Transfer news: Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney has rejected an approach from Ipswich Town despite the two clubs agreeing a £20m fee for his transfer.
League One: Connor Hall pulls a goal back for newly promoted, 10-man Port Vale, who now trail Rotherham by the odd goal in three at the New York Stadium.
League One: Brought in from Birmingham City after helping their promotion push last season, Alfie May repays some of his transfer fee by scoring his first goal for Lee Grant’s Huddersfield Town from the spot to put his new side 2-0 ahead against Leyton Orient.
League Two: In good news for my firend and colleague the Guardian Football Weekly podcast presenter Max Rushden, Louis Appere has put Cambridge United a goal ahead against Cheltenham Town at the Abbey Stadium.
League One: Playing in goal for Blackpool, Bailey Peacock-Farrell gifts possession to Stevenage with a dismal clearance and seconds later has to pick the ball out of the net after Dan Kemp had slotted home to put the visitors 3-1 up at Bloomfield Road.
League One: Charlie Webster scores his second eye-catching goal of the afternoon to notch up the first double of his career and give Burton Albion a 2-0 lead against Mansfield Town at the Pirelli Stadium. Following on from his splendid first-half volley, this was a dipping shot from distance that found its way into the bottom corner.
League One: Caleb Watts chests down a pass and stabs the ball past Barnsley goalkeeper Murphy Cooper from close range to halve Plymouth’s deficit against the team from Oakwell.
League Two: Elliott Bonds spanks a shot past Owen Evans from about 14 yards to double Fleetwoood’s lead against Barnet.
League One: I can confirm that Fraser Murray has never played in goal for Rangers but a cursory bit of research reveals he has played in midfield for both Hibernian and Kilmarnock, who he was playing for as recently as last season. His curled strike from just inside the penalty area took a wicked deflection on its way past Northampton goalkeeper Lee Burge.
League One: A bad afternoon for Kevin Nolan has just got worse after his Northampton side conceded their third goal without reply to Wigan. Fraser Murray, who with a name like that sounds like he should be playing in goal for Rangers, extends Wigan’s lead at the Brick Community Stadium.
Those first halves: I was rather hoping for a gentle reintroduction to the occasional chaos that is the Guardian’s Saturday clockwatch but the goals have been flying in courtesy of all these restless players who are clearly champing at the bit after their summer holidays in Ibiza. Of course a few of them, specifically Barnet’s goalkeeper, Owen Evans, have been playing like they’re still on the sun-lounger with their noses buried in the latest John Grisham novel. Anyway, it’s good to be back!
A late goal for Stevenage: I’m afraid I jumped the gun there and got caught out! Stevenage went 2-1 up against Blackpool courtesy of a Jamie Reid penalty in the 10th minute of six minutes of allocated added time. I’ve amended the previous entry accordingly.
League One half-times
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Cardiff City 2-1 Peterborough (R)
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Blackpool 1-2 Stevenage
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Bradford City 2-0 Wycombe
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Burton 1-0 Mansfield Town
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Doncaster Rovers 0-0 Exeter
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Huddersfield Town 1-0 Leyton Orient
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Lincoln City 1-0 Reading
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Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Barnsley
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Rotherham United 2-0 Port vale
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Wigan 2-0 Northampton Town
League Two half-times
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Accrington Stanley 0-0 Gillingham
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Barnet 0-1 Fleetwood Town
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Bristol Rovers 0-0 Harrogate Town
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Cambridge United 0-0 Cheltenham
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Chesterfield 1-0 Barrow
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Colchester 0-1 Tranmere Rovers
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Grimsby Town 2-0 Crawley Town
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MK Dons 0-0 Oldham Athletic
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Newport County v Notts County (kick-off delayed)
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Salford City 1-1 Crewe
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Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Bromley
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Walsall 1-0 Swindon Town
League Two: Conor Thomas strikes again, firing Crewe 3-1 up against Salford City in the third minute of time added on at the end of the first half. Salford City owner Gary Neville will not be impressed, although one suspects his friend and co-owner David Beckham won’t be scaling quite the same levels of umbrage.
League Two: Conor Thomas restores Crewe’s lead over Salford City, putting them 2-1 ahead against Karl Robinson’s side.
League One: Wigan double their lead against Kevin Nolan’s Northampton Town, going 2-0 up thanks to a near-post header at a corner from Jensen Weir.
Scottish Premiership: Kilmarnock increase their lead at the top of the Scottish Premiership, doubling their lead against Livingston through David Watson.
Scottish Premiership: Kilmarnock score the first goal of the Premiership season, taking the lead against newly promoted Livingston courtesy of a Djenario Daniels dink.
League Two: Newport County have now put kick-off in their game against Notts County at Rodney Parade back to 4pm, due to a pre-match medical emergency involving a fan that required the summoning of an air ambulance that landed on the pitch. Here’s hoping the supporter in question is OK.
League One: Port Vale’s return to League One under Darren Moore could scarcely be going more badly. Already two down against Rotherham to a Sam Nombe brace, they’ve just lost Jaheim Headley to a red card for a high challenge on the goalscorer.
