League One

Round three of the FA Cup is where the ‘big boys’ come in. Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea all enter the competition at this stage, but ultimately this leaves bigger scalps for the lower ranked sides to take. As usual in the FA Cup, there were some upsets, and here ...

The FA Cup; an historic tournament that over the years has produced some major shocks. As usual, this season has already produced a number of early bigger scalps and round two was no different. Here is the FA Cupsets, round two:   View image | gettyimages.com Friday 4 December  Salford ...

Over the weekend, the first round of this year’s Emirates FA Cup took place, and as usual, there were a number of giant killings, shock results and big name scalps dumped out of the competition. Here at The Sports Lowdown, we take a look at those smaller sides that have ...

View image | gettyimages.com Chesterfield will be looking to bounce back against Gillingham later this afternoon, when they return to League action following a disappointing evening in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy on Tuesday. Dean Saunders made five changes to the side that beat Crewe last weekend but it failed to ...

  It may have only been a second round tie in the Johnstones Paint Trophy, but Oxford have retained their bragging rights over rivals Swindon Town after the U’s defeated the Robins at the Kassam Stadium. A brace from in-form striker Kemar Roofe earned Michael Appleton’s side a fifth successive ...

Football is a funny old game, none more so than in League Two it seems after an eventful Tuesday night. New league leaders Portsmouth and early season pacesetters Leyton Orient suffered home defeats against Exeter and Carlisle respectively, and there was a one sided affair at Newport as the two bottom clubs ...

View image | gettyimages.com   The Johnstones Paint Trophy gives many managers from League’s One and Two the opportunity to field a few younger players, with the match, and the competition itself, often seen as a bit of an inconvenience. But next Tuesday, Oxford United welcome fierce rivals Swindon Town ...

View image | gettyimages.com Doncaster Rovers manager Paul Dickov has left his position at the Keepmoat Stadium, the club has confirmed. Rovers currently sit in 17th position in League One, with only one win currently to their name. Having lost 1-0 away to Gillingham on Saturday, the club have relieved ...

View image | gettyimages.com The first round of the Football League Trophy got underway last night, with a number of exciting matches taking place in both the Northern and Southern sections of the draw. Here at The Sport Lowdown we review the action from the opening round matches. Northampton Town ...

View image | gettyimages.com With just over 6 hours until the transfer window shuts for the winter, clubs across the country are looking to tie up their squads for the run up to the Christmas period and here we round up some of the deals from each league. The deals ...