Cardiff v Peterborough, Huddersfield v Leyton Orient, and more: football
Date: 2025-08-02T12:50:26.000Z
Title: GOAL! Cardiff City 2-1 Peterborough United
Content: League One: Ronan Kpakio, Cardiff City's 18-year-old right-back, has just swept home his first ever senior goal to give his side the lead in the Welsh capital.
Update:
Date: 2025-08-02T12:41:24.000Z
Title: Scottish Premiership:
Content: There are two Scottish Premiership fixtures today, with Kilmarnock and Livingston getting the ball rolling for the new campaign at 3pm (BST), followed by Rangers' trip to Fir Park for their season-opener against Motherwell.
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Date: 2025-08-02T12:41:12.000Z
Title: League One fixtures
Content: Cardiff City v Peterborough
Blackpool v Stevenage
Bradford City v Wycombe
Burton v Mansfield Town
Doncaster Rovers v Exeter
Huddersfield Town v Leyton Orient
Lincoln City v Reading
Plymouth Argyle v Barnsley
Rotherham United v Port Vale
Wigan v Northampton Town
Update:
Date: 2025-08-02T12:40:55.000Z
Title: League Two fixtures
Content: Accrington Stanley v Gillingham
Barnet v Fleetwood Town
Bristol Rovers v Harrogate Town
Cambridge United v Cheltenham
Chesterfield v Barrow
Colchester v Tranmere Rovers
Grimsby Town v Crawley Town
MK Dons v Oldham Athletic
Newport County v Notts County
Salford City v Crewe
Shrewsbury Town v Bromley
Walsall v Swindon Town
Update:
Date: 2025-08-02T12:39:48.000Z
Title: Luton Town 1-0 AFC Wimbledon
Content:
League One match report: A late, unlucky Ryan Johnson own goal gifted all three points to the hosts and suggested that Luton's fortunes might finally have changed for the better after back-to-back relegations. Matthew Dunn was at Kenilworth Road last night to see the opening game of the EFL season …
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Date: 2025-08-02T12:38:34.000Z
Title: A new EFL season dawns
Content: Once more on to the hamster wheel, as the marathon that is the new season's EFL gets under way in earnest after last night's League One curtain-raiser between Luton Town and AFC Wimbledon at Kenilworth Road. The Hatters were somewhat fortunate to come away with all three points, after Ryan Johnson capped an otherwise decent display by over-stretching for a header, only to loop the ball into his own net for the only goal of the game five minutes from time.
Today's early action kicked off in Wales, where Brian Barry-Murphy is taking charge of his first game as Cardiff City manager. Yet to sign a player this summer after their relegation from the Championship, the Bluebirds are currently all square with Peterborough United after Rubin Colwill cancelled out Bradley Ihionvien's first-half penalty at the Cardiff City Stadium with a wonderful free-kick.
Theirs is one of 10 games being played in the third tier today and with 12 more being played in the division below, we have no shortage of action to stay across. We'll bring you news of the goals as they go in and flag up any major talking points along the way.
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