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Football League your thoughts: Plymouth Argyle enjoy another away day

Carlisle’s unbeaten run ends at basement side Newport, Millwall hit four past Bristol Rovers and more goals for John Akinde and Josh Morris • Scunthorpe United’s Josh Morris scored his 15th goal of the season to down Coventry City and cement the Iron’s position at the top of the division. Morris may have arrived at the club on a free transfer over the summer but he’s proving pretty priceless to the Scunthorpe manager Graham Alexander at present. Morris’s former club, Bradford City, are not exactly goal-shy themselves, though, and put four goals past 10-man Rochdale to clamber into second – with Bolton Wanderers not in action until Sunday. Related: Tim Sherwood watches Swindon Town ease past Charlton Athletic Related: Keith...

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Long, sorry decline of Coventry City leaves fans in a state of despair

The FA Cup glory of 1987 is a distant memory for the club lying bottom of League One with angry supporters blaming the owners and demanding they sell upThirty years ago next May, Keith Houchen stooped to conquer. A journeyman striker with Coventry City, who had nearly missed the 1987 FA Cup final against Tottenham Hotspur because of food poisoning, Houchen scored the defining goal of the match with a diving header of acrobatic grace. It was a goal that lived on beyond that game and helped seal a glorious chapter in the history of Coventry, who lifted the Cup for the first and only time. Today fans of the beleaguered club may be forgiven for thinking it was a...

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Football League your thoughts: Tammy Abraham strikes again for Bristol City

Huddersfield stay top, Brighton have another happy awayday, a memorable afternoon for Cambridge’s Will Norris and the 1000th EFL goal of the season Related: Roberto Di Matteo under increasing pressure after Aston Villa defeat Related: Roberto Di Matteo under increasing pressure after Aston Villa defeat Related: Leyton Orient sack Andy Hessenthaler after suffering back-to-back defeats Continue reading...

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