Summary

  • Follow build-up, live text and score updates from 23 matches across League One & League Two.

  • League One: Leaders Cardiff thrash struggling Plymouth 4-0; Doncaster continue good start with win over Rotherham

  • Barnsley beat Huddersfield 3-1; Blackpool draw with Bolton; Luton win 3-0 away at Burton

  • League Two: Swindon enjoy 3-0 win over Crewe; Fleetwood beat 10-man Barrow

  • Grimsby lose to Bristol Rovers in their first match after beating Manchester United in the Carabao Cup; Walsall beat MK Dons

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  1. Postpublished at 14:18 BST 30 August

    Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood

    Barrow carve out another chance.

    In comes a corner from Ben Whitfield, Ben Jackson gets his head on it to play the ball across goal to Charlie Ragaln, who sees his volleyed effort fly over.

  2. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 14:17 BST 30 August

    Cardiff 3-0 Plymouth

    Joel Colwill is heading off for the Bluebirds with Perry Ng coming on for the final four minutes of normal time, and change.

  3. GREAT SAVE!published at 14:15 BST 30 August

    Cardiff 3-0 Plymouth

    A good run from City sub Isaak Davies paves the way for Rubin Colwill to renew his battle with Luca Ashby-Hammond, only for the keeper to get down well, low to his right, to parry his shot, with his defence able to hack clear.

  4. GREAT SAVE!published at 14:14 BST 30 August

    Crewe 0-3 Swindon

    Town go close to a fourth - that's been said a lot - as the ball sits up nicely and sub Daniel Butterworth has a crack from distance

    But Tom Booth is equal to it, clawing the blow shot away for a corner.

  5. SUBSTITUTIONSpublished at 14:13 BST 30 August

    Doncaster 1-0 Rotherham

    Brandon Hanlan, John McGrath and Jack Senior are coming on for Rovers to try to see this one out.

    Billy Sharp, James Maxwell and Glenn Middleton are the ones to make way.

  6. Postpublished at 14:10 BST 30 August

    Crewe 0-3 Swindon

    A quiet second half in terms of goalmouth action, but it's so often the way when one side has a big half-time lead.

    Swindon won't mind the lack of action one bit as they close in on a fourth league win from five matches.

    Swindon sub Princewill Ehibhatiomhan almost breaks clear with a superb piece of skill, touching the ball past his marker, but he's closed down by the last defender.

  7. Postpublished at 14:10 BST 30 August

    Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood

    Some good stuff from the Bluebirds as Tom Barkhuizen tries one but his curled effort flies over the bar.

    You can't knock the effort in this second half from 10-man Barrow.

  8. GREAT SAVE!published at 14:09 BST 30 August

    Cardiff 3-0 Plymouth

    Nearly a glorious fourth.

    Rubin Colwill glides onto a pass into the box, pokes in a shot which Luca Ashby-Hammond blocks, but can't gather, only for the keeper to bounce up and get a strong hand to Colwill's fierce angled follow-up turning it around the near post.

  9. Postpublished at 14:07 BST 30 August

    Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood

    Barrow are doing well to stay in this game

    Will Davies plays through Ryan Graydon and he gets a shot off towards the bottom right corner but Lewis Shipley is there to make a great block.

  10. Postpublished at 14:06 BST 30 August

    Doncaster 1-0 Rotherham

    Glenn Middleton still seeking his first Rovers goal as he tries his luck with that trusty left peg from the edge of the box, only for keeper Cameron Dawson to somehow deflect his low shot away with his knees. Unorthodox save, but they all count.

  11. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 14:06 BST 30 August

    Crewe 0-3 Swindon

    Final roll of the dice from Crewe boss Lee Bell as he makes a double change with 16 minutes left.

    Centre-forward replaces centre back as Louis Moult comes on for James Connolly. And Charlie Finnet replaces Calum Agius.

    Swindon also make a double substitution as Daniel Butterworth replaces goalscorer Aaron Drinan and Princewill Ehibhatiomhan is on for Tom Nichols.

  12. 'Today it's just not worked for him'published at 14:06 BST 30 August

    Doncaster 1-0 Rotherham

    Ronnie Moore
    Ex-Rotherham manager on BBC Radio Sheffield

    Shaun McWilliams has done well, but today it's just not worked for him.

    I don't think he knows where he is supposed to be. Sometimes, he is the 10 other times he's deeper.

    The other midfielders need to drag him back to his position.

  13. Postpublished at 14:05 BST 30 August

    Cardiff 3-0 Plymouth

    Lorent Tolaj plays EFL football like a man who spent a long time in non league, it's good to see, even 3-0 down.

    He battles in the box to win a corner, which he takes short to Bali Mumba, who works some space neatly only to welly in a cross from the right which bounces six yards outside the far side of the penalty area. Not good.

  14. Postpublished at 14:03 BST 30 August

    Crewe 0-3 Swindon

    Swindon new boy Ollie Palmer gets his first sight of goal but doesn't get a strong connection with his header from Aaron Drinan's cross.

    Tom Nichols stays down and needs treatment after a coming together with Max Sanders. Looks like he may have caught his studs in the turf.

    He's back on his feet and looks set to continue.

  15. YELLOW CARDpublished at 14:02 BST 30 August

    Doncaster 1-0 Rotherham

    George Broadbent goes into the book after bringing down the marauding Dru Yearwood outside the Rovers box.

    Can Rotherham make one of their many set-pieces count? Not this time. Denzel Hall can only find the side-netting from an impossible angle amid a chaotic melee in the mixer.

  16. Postpublished at 14:00 BST 30 August

    Barrow 0-1 Fleetwood

    The 10 men of Barrow have tried to push for a leveller but Fleetwood come close on the break as Ryan Graydon's effort inside the area is off target.

  17. Postpublished at 14:00 BST 30 August

    Crewe 0-3 Swindon

    Swindon are really bucking the trend with this scoreline.

    Prior to this afternoon, Swindon had lost five and won none of their last six league trips to Crewe, conceding 12 in that sequence.

    They were without a win against the Railwaymen in any of their past six meetings. Some way to change all that.

    Crewe need something, and fast.

  18. SUBSTITUTIONSpublished at 13:59 BST 30 August

    Doncaster 1-0 Rotherham

    The Millers are applying pressure with a series of dangerous set-pieces but the Rovers defence have dealt with them well so far.

    Harry Clifton is coming off for the hosts, with Ben Close coming on for his first Rovers league appearance of 2025. Jordan Gibson is also off, with Damola Ajayi, on loan from Spurs, being introduced.

    Blades loanee Jamal Baptiste and Jordan Hugill are coming on for Rotherham too, with Joe Rafferty and Zak Jules the ones heading to the dugout. Attacking change, that.

  19. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 13:56 BST 30 August

    Cardiff 3-0 Plymouth

    Matty Sorinola makes way for Plymouth, with Frederick Issaka coming on to try to change the game.

  20. Stat attackpublished at 13:54 BST 30 August

    Crewe 0-3 Swindon

    Crewe might be clutching at straws here, but Swindon do have a habit of conceding late goals.

    No team in League Two has let in more goals in the last 15 minutes this season than Swindon's four.

    But they won't be sweating just yet with a hefty three-goal lead.