Summary

  • League One: Top two Cardiff and Lincoln both held to 1-1 draws by Wycombe and Huddersfield respectively.

  • Mansfield cruise to 3-0 win at Bradford, wins for Reading 2-0 versus Burton and Peterborough 2-0 Rotherham.

  • At the bottom, managerless Port Vale end a 12-game run without a win to thrashing 10-man Blackpool 5-1.

  • Exeter spoil Luton manager Jack Wilshere's birthday with 1-0 win.

  • Stevenage 1-1 Plymouth, Wigan held 1-1 by Barnsley,

  • League Two, Bromley stay top with 2-0 win at relegation zone Newport.

  • Swindon 1-0 Gillingham to stay second while Walsall drop points in third with 2-0 loss to Cambridge who move up to sixth.

  • Cheltenham fall to heavy 4-1 loss at Crewe, while Salford, Barnet and Tranmere all win.

  • Bristol Rovers beat fellow strugglers Shrewsbury 3-0 to win in league for first time since 27 September

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Ben Ashton, Harry Everett, Deepak Mahay and Jamie Riley

  1. HITS THE WOODWORK

    Cambridge 2-0 Walsall

    Ben Knight is so close to a hat-trick and what a goal it would have been for Cambridge. He tries for the overhead kick from a cross but his effort cannons out off the crossbar!

  2. YELLOW CARD

    Lincoln 0-1 Huddersfield

    Conor McGrandles has been shown a yellow card for Lincoln shortly after his side conceded that goal.

  3. Elsewhere in League Two

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    Swindon are two points off the top, and now have the lead over Gillingham, Ryan Tafazolli the scorer.

    Oldham lead Chesterfield 1-0 through Kane Drummond.

  4. goal

    GOAL: Lincoln 0-1 Huddersfield

    Leo Castledine (61 mins)

    Huddersfield players stand together and celebrate in front of fansShutterstock

    Huddersfield find the breakthrough and it's that man Leo Castledine yet again!

    Alfie May takes an excellent touch to spin into the right channel. His first attempt at a cross is blocked but it come back to him and he gets more joy at the second time of asking.

    May lifts it into the six-yard box for Castledine to head home into an empty net from a couple of yards out.

    Chelsea loanee Castledine now has eight goals in nine games for the Terriers.

  5. Shrewsbury 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    It's all happening in a chaotic first 10 minutes of this second-half.

    Shaq Forde comes inside off the right and curls a left-footed strike across the Shrewsbury goal, but Will Brook gets down to push it behind for another Bristol Rovers corner.

    Tom Lockyer got away with a more rugby than football tackle, but the referee playing advantage and with so much else happening maybe allowed him to get away with it when the ball later went out of play.

  6. goal

    GOAL: Doncaster 1-0 Bolton

    Glenn Middleton (54 mins)

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    Deadlock broken.

    Summer signing Glenn Middleton gets his first for Doncaster.

    Luke Molyneux puts in a low ball which reaches Middleton at the far post. His initial effort is blocked but he makes no mistake at his second attempt.

  7. goal

    GOAL: Cambridge 2-0 Walsall

    Ben Knight (53 mins)

    A double for Ben Knight! Double trouble for Walsall!

    Louis Appere lifts it forward and Knight races onto the through ball and finishes brilliantly, lobbing Myles Roberts from the edge of the area.

    Great goal and Cambridge are on track to stretch their unbeaten run to 10 games.

    The Saddlers are on course for two straight defeats.

  8. Doncaster 0-0 Bolton

    Decent start to the second half from Bolton.

    Sam Dalby releases Marcus Forss down the right who looks to cross but the whistle goes for a foul off the ball and Xavier Simons is booked.

    Dalby and Forss combine again as Dalby chests the ball down to Forss on the edge of the box and his volley is blocked.

  9. SUBSTITUTION

    Shrewsbury 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    Another tactical change for Steve Evans soon in this second half.

    Shrewsbury looking a lot more urgent in their attacking play this period perhaps prompting the change.

    Alfie Change on for Joel Cotterill.

  10. Lincoln 0-0 Huddersfield

    A decent chance for Lincoln from a corner.

    It's met by the head of Ryley Towler at the back post but it's well blocked by the Huddersfield bodies in the six-yard box.

  11. Shrewsbury 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    John Marquis had the best chance of the firt-half, despite Rovers being the better side.

    And the now Shrews striker also gets in behind the Rovers backline in this half.

    Luke Southwood manages to block his effort out for a corner, who's Sam Clucas cross Will Boyle heads well, but again the Shrews' effort is blocked.

  12. 'No pattern for either side'

    Cambridge 1-0 Walsall

    Mike Taylor
    BBC WM commentator

    There has not been any distinguishable pattern at the start of this second half for either side, very much similar to the first half in that respect.

  13. SUBSTITUTION

    Shrewsbury 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    The last of the games to restart this afternoon sees a half-time swap for Bristol Rovers so each side has now used one of their replacements each.

    Taylor Moore is on for Kacper Lopata.

    Meanwhile 5,872 is the healthy New Year's Day attendance in Shropshire.

  14. Cambridge 1-0 Walsall

    Can Walsall bounce back from going behind here? They're going to have to breach the second strongest defence in League Two to do so.

    Only Oldham (18) have conceded fewer goals than Cambridge (19).

  15. 'Bright start from Doncaster'

    Doncaster 0-0 Bolton

    Jack Dearden
    BBC Radio Manchester commentator

    It has been a really bright start to the second half for the home side, Bolton have been trying to gain possession, but haven't managed it yet.

  16. Lincoln showing they're the real deal'

    Lincoln 0-0 Huddersfield

    Mark Hone
    Former Lincoln City defender on BBC Radio Lincolnshire

    We are less than a minute back into the second half, and straight away the speed of the game has resumed.

    Lincoln are showing they are the real deal in this top six, with this performance.

  17. Lincoln 0-0 Huddersfield

    Much better start to this second half by Huddersfield, who are getting on the front foot. Lee Grant's words clearly ringing in his players' ears.

  18. KICK-OFF

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    We're getting back under way for the second half across our 24 games in League One and League Two.

    What drama awaits us for the start of 2026?

  19. League Two half-time headlines

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    The first goal of 2026 in League Two went to Matus Holicek in the first minute.

    Crewe Alexander are now 3-1 up at home to Cheltenham, James Connolly and Josh March made it 3-0 before a late reply from George Miller.

    Joe Kizzi gave Barnet the lead over Crawley with a header from close range. Harry McKirdy made it 1-1 just after the half hour mark.

    Salford took the lead up in the Lake District, Barrow conceding to Daniel Udoh in the 11th minute, then drew level through Isaac Fletcher.

    Chesterfield have the lead at Oldham through Adam Lewis.

    An own goal from Courtney Baker-Richardson just before the interval gave Bromley (the only unbeaten home side in the EFL) the half-time lead over Newport.

    Still 0-0 for Colchester v MK Dons, Fleetwood v Grimsby, Harrogate v Tranmere, Notts County v Accrington Stanley and Swindon v Gillingham.

  20. Get Involved

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    Michael: Sounds like it's only a matter of time before Lincoln open the scoring. Come on Town get a grip.

    The Imps have certainly been the stronger side in the first half and you feel Huddersfield will need to improve to come away with something this afternoon.