Under-fire Erik ten Hag pleaded for fans to stay patient after misfiring Manchester United blew a late lead against relegation-threatened Burnley at an unhappy Old Trafford.Things have gone off the boil since United won the Carabao Cup, reached the FA Cup final and finished third in the Premier League during a promising first season under the Dutchman.United are scrapping for Europa League qualifi

Steven Naismith felt Hearts did everything but find the net as they moved closer to clinching third place in the cinch Premiership with a 0-0 draw against Kilmarnock.The Jambos struck the woodwork twice in the first half, though found chances after the break limited.Hearts remain 11 points ahead of Killie with four games of the season remaining.“I thought our performance today was brilliant,

Blackburn missed the chance to secure their Championship survival as they could only draw 0-0 with 10-man Coventry.John Eustace’s men were much the better side in a game that would have made them mathematically safe with a win, but missed a series of chances, the best of which fell to Sammie Szmodics in the first half, but the league’s top scorer missed the target.They made most of the

Phil Parkinson insists plenty of hard work will come this summer as Wrexham prepare for life in League One after ending the campaign with a 2-1 win over champions Stockport.Connor Lemonheigh-Evans put the Hatters in front and after Ollie Palmer equalised, Andy Cannon grabbed a brilliant late winner to secure second place for the Dragons.Parkinson was pleased to end the campaign on a high, but now

Crewe boss Lee Bell revelled in the emotion of guiding his side into the League Two play-offs following a 1-1 draw at Colchester.Elliott Nevitt struck a stoppage-time equaliser, converting substitute Charlie Kirk’s low cross from close range, as Crewe set up a semi-final meeting with Doncaster.Colchester, who got the point they needed to ensure their Football League status, had gone ahead in

Southampton manager Russell Martin fears three consecutive defeats will cause negativity to seep into supporters ahead of the play-offs as his side lost 1-0 to Stoke.Saints have been beaten by Cardiff, Leicester and Stoke in eight days, having hoped to mount an automatic promotion charge, and must now rely on the Championship play-offs.Tyrese Campbell netted the only goal for the Potters at St Mar

Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman is hoping to tie down Erol Bulut to a fresh contract “maybe tonight”, despite a 4-1 Championship defeat at the hands of Middlesbrough.The Bluebirds boss’ future has been the subject of speculation for weeks, with his team’s inconsistency prompting club owner Vincent Tan to reserve judgement on his future.Dalman admitted that the ongoing uncert

Norwich head coach David Wagner was pleased with his side’s performance despite seeing them drop a couple of points in a 2-2 draw with Swansea at Carrow Road.A win would have confirmed a place in the Championship play-offs for the Canaries but their destiny is still in their own hands ahead of next Saturday’s trip to Birmingham.Matt Grimes’ penalty secured a share of the spoils a

David Martindale refused to entertain talk of cinch Premiership survival after spirited Livingston secured a rare win to stave off the threat of relegation for at least another week.The Lions would have been officially demoted to the Championship if they had lost to second-bottom Ross County on Saturday, but an early goal from Bruce Anderson and a Sean Kelly penalty gave them a 2-0 victory.It was

Nick Montgomery praised his Hibernian players for recovering from top-six disappointment to convincingly beat St Johnstone 3-1 at McDiarmid Park.Defeats by Saints at Easter Road and a draw at Motherwell earlier in the month helped lead to a bottom-half finish in the cinch Premiership and the Hibs board publicly described their manager’s failure to reach the top six as “simply unaccepta