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David Dunn claimed his second win as Oldham boss thanks to two second-half goals in Chesterfield, despite what the manager called an out-of-character first-half display.

Keith Hill has confessed that Rochdale are struggling to cope with the demands of League One football after Saturday’s 2-0 home defeat to high-flying Wigan Athletic.

Wigan manager Gary Caldwell was full of praise for his Wigan team as they stretched their unbeaten run to 12 games in the league and kept their first clean sheet away from home in the process.

Bury manager David Flitcroft urged his defenders to stand up and be counted and offer greater protection to the goalkeeper following the 3-1 loss to Gillingham.

It’s June 4 2005. The noise is deafening. 22,000 fans crammed into the M.E.N. Arena have finally seen what they have been waiting for.

Manchester United fans were perplexed with Louis van Gaal’s bizarre decision to allow promising youngster Adnan Januzaj to join German giants Borussia Dortmund on transfer deadline day.

Manchester City’s Joe Hart has for a long time been comfortable in his position as first-choice goalkeeper for both club and country, safe in his role and untroubled by underwhelming competition.

Manchester Phoenix are hoping for a top-four finish after Neil Morris’ men returned to winning ways last weekend.

The Football League’s announcement that it will be rebranded itself as the American-sounding ‘EFL’ from next season will do little to halt the growing apathy among supporters.

Rochdale boss Keith Hill says his players need to start grinding out results if they are to retain their League One status, starting with Wigan Athletic at home tomorrow.

David De Gea has insisted he is happy at Manchester United and has a strong relationship with manager Louis van Gaal despite a summer of uncertainty over his future.