Josh Shonibare’s header early in the second half earned Maidstone a 1-1 draw in their Vanarama National League clash with Gateshead.
The on-loan Derby midfielder turned in a Jerome Binnom-Williams cross at the back post on 48 minutes to cancel out George Fowler’s early own goal.
Fowler had headed into his own net after 18 minutes.
Maidstone had also gone close as Sha’mar Lawson and James Alabi hit the woodwork, with the latter having another effort cleared off the line.
A first-half goal from former Morecambe player Carlos Mendes Gomes was enough to give Fleetwood Town the three points in this entertaining League One derby at Highbury.
The on-loan Luton Town man scored the only goal of the game on 13 minutes after a flowing move down the right.
Shaun Rooney played in Jayden Stockley and the striker’s cross was volleyed home by Mendes Gomes from six yards out.
Morecambe almost replied immediately when Michael Mellon headed a Danny Crowley cross against the crossbar.
Mendes Gomes curled an effort just wide and Rooney saw a shot blocked on the line as Fleetwood looked to extend their lead before the break.
The second half saw Morecambe substitute Ash Hunter force Jay Lynch into a save low to his right and have a good penalty shout for a Rooney handball waved away before Harvey Macadam and Rooney wasted glorious late chances to extend Fleetwood’s lead.
Jordan Garrick rescued a point for bottom club Forest Green as they drew 1-1 with Lincoln.
Winger Garrick spent the first half of the season on loan at the Imps from Swansea, but made a permanent switch in January to bottom club Rovers who are now winless in 13 league games.
Ben House had stunned Rovers to open the scoring with a side-footed volley after just four minutes, making up for lost time after serving a suspension last week.
Skipper Regan Poole sent over a teasing cross from the right flank and House nipped between two static defenders to bury his shot and claim his ninth goal of the season.
But Garrick levelled with his third goal for Forest Green in the 58th minute.
City failed to clear a cross from left-back Jamie Robson and Garrick pounced to blast home from 12 yards.
York put distance between themselves and the National League relegation zone with a 2-1 win over struggling Yeovil.
Oliver Dyson struck for the hosts in the 15th minute to set them on course for their first win in three matches, and only their third since the start of the year.
Yeovil, who remain in the drop zone, briefly levelled through Adam Crookes’ own goal in the 60th minute.
However, Lenell John-Lewis hit the winner in the 83rd minute to secure all three points for the home side.
Cristiano Ronaldo outclassed another Saudi Pro League defence as his second hat-trick in three games earned Al Nassr a 3-0 win over Damak on Saturday.
The former Real Madrid and Manchester United forward had his treble by half-time, following up his four-goal haul two weeks previously against Al Wehda.
Ronaldo’s first against Damak was an 18th-minute penalty, awarded after a handball by Farouk Chafai, while his second was a fierce left-footed strike from 20 yards five minutes later as defenders stood off.
The hat-trick was sealed in the 44th minute after a fast break out of defence, with Abdulrahman Ghareeb driving down the left before feeding a pass through to Ayman Yahya.
Yahya might have shot but elected to lay the ball off for 38-year-old Ronaldo to smash home from 10 yards.
Ronaldo hit 44 hat-tricks in his legendary Madrid career, becoming the Spanish giants’ record scorer, while he also netted three across two spells with United, and added three trebles during a three-year stint at Juventus.
Substitute Nahki Wells powered home a second-half penalty as Bristol City extended their unbeaten run to 12 games with a 1-0 Sky Bet Championship victory over Hull at Ashton Gate.
The striker sent goalkeeper Karl Darlow the wrong way with a fierce 70th-minute spot-kick after Anis Mehmeti’s cross from the left had struck a defender’s arm.
It looked a harsh decision, but the hosts deserved their win for edging a contest packed with commitment from both teams.
Robins manager Nigel Pearson made one change as his team looked to build on their impressive unbeaten sequence, Tomas Kalas replacing the injured Rob Atkinson, while Hull gave a debut to Darlow, on loan from Newcastle.
The hosts, wearing their new home shirt, red with double white pinstripes, made a fast start and Mark Sykes had a low shot saved by Darlow’s outstretched leg in the opening minute.
A goal-bound volley from George Tanner was blocked for a corner by the Hull defence before the Tigers had their first shot on seven minutes, Xavier Simons’ effort from distance going wide.
Darlow had to go full length to keep out Sam Bell’s low drive in the 12th minute. Then Mehmeti went down inside the box claiming a Robins penalty, but referee Sam Barrott was well placed and waved play on.
Oscar Estupinan might have fired Hull in front in the 26th minute, but he dragged his shot wide having broken through the hosts’ back line.
Cyrus Christie had a shot deflected for a corner but, at the other end, Hull were having to defend for their lives from a succession of dangerous crosses.
Mehmeti had a shot blocked in the final meaningful action of an open first half, which the Robins edged without finding a cutting edge.
Hull boss Liam Rosenior, back at the ground where he made his name as a player, changed things at the break, sending on Ryan Longman for Ozan Tufan.
Sykes sent a curling shot wide as the hosts looked to start the second half on the front foot. Again the home side were getting behind their opponents at will without fashioning a telling cross.
Rosenior responded with another change in the 55th minute, replacing Malcolm Ebiowei with Benjamin Tetteh. His side were showing plenty of defensive commitment, throwing bodies in the way of shots.
After Wells’ penalty had broken the deadlock, Hull almost levelled when Tetteh’s header from a 74th-minute corner hit a post before the ball was scrambled clear.
Bristol City goalkeeper Max O’Leary saved with his legs from Ryan Longman, but Pearson’s men controlled the closing stages to boost confidence ahead of Tuesday night’s FA Cup fifth-round home clash with Manchester City.
Bojan Miovski netted his 17th goal of the season as Aberdeen beat Livingston 1-0 to move back into the cinch Premiership top six.
The North Macedonia international fired home a close-range volley at the end of the first half.
The home side showed an early intent with Luis ‘Duk’ Lopes finding the side-netting after Jack MacKenzie’s clipped ball over the top, but the offside flag eventually went up.
Matches between these sides are often a battle and from a Sean Kelly throw-in, Aberdeen defended stoutly, throwing bodies in front of the ball before Stephen Kelly hit over the bar.
Duk was having a lot of success down the flanks for the Dons and the Cape Verde man sparked a superb counter with a turn near his own corner flag before switching the ball to the left flank. Ylber Ramadani’s cross sought Duk who had continued his run, but the ball was just out of reach.
A more direct approach presented Ross McCrorie with a chance four minutes before the interval as he ran onto a long ball from goalkeeper Jay Gorter, but his effort was blocked as a slew of visiting defenders descended on him.
The deadlock was broken before the interval though. Leighton Clarkson’s corner was partially cleared but Ryan Duncan picked up the scraps and sent in a teasing cross which was flicked back across goal by Mattie Pollock and Miovski drilled a sweet volley past Shamal George from close range.
Livi came out all guns blazing at the start of the second half and had a hopeful penalty claim reviewed by VAR as Nicky Devlin’s cross came off MacKenzie, but there was nothing doing.
As the play continued, Joel Nouble got a shot away and Angus MacDonald positioned himself well to head off the line.
At the other end, MacDonald met a Clarkson corner from the left and may feel he should have done better as he headed over the bar.
The contest descended into a niggly midfield battle but though the visitors began to get more balls into the box, Aberdeen were largely comfortable in seeing the game out.
Ipswich skipper Sam Morsy fired the Sky Bet League One promotion chasers to a 1-0 victory at relegation-threatened MK Dons.
The Egyptian midfielder made it back-to-back wins for the Tractor Boys for the first time since October as he ended a four-month goal drought in style.
Dons started brightly as Jonathan Leko saw an effort cleared off the line by Luke Woolfenden before Christian Walton produced a good double save to keep out Sullay Kaikai.
Morsy blasted the visitors in front with a fine 20-yard strike in the 26th minute.
After the break, goalkeeper Jamie Cumming denied Morsy a second as Nathan Broadhead missed with his rebound effort.
And the Dons stopper produced an even better save to tip George Hirst’s strike over the crossbar.
Wes Burns could only nod Leif Davis’ resultant corner over at the front post.
Cumming was at it again to punch Conor Chaplin’s left-footed strike away from danger at the near post just after the hour.
Town continued to bang on the door as Cumming kept out Davis’ fiercely-struck effort before Josh McEachran cleared a Broadhead header off the line.
Ryan Tunnicliffe scored one goal and made another as a dominant Portsmouth claimed an emphatic 4-0 win against relegation-threatened Cheltenham at Fratton Park.
Pompey went close after just 41 seconds as Colby Bishop was sent clear, only to see goalkeeper Luke Southwood block his tame effort.
But the hosts took the lead inside five minutes when a pass from Bishop teed up Tunnicliffe to side-foot into the corner of the net from outside the box.
On 20 minutes, a neat one-two between Bishop and Michael Jacobs saw the latter convert for 2-0.
Owen Dale beat two Cheltenham defenders and shot against the bar, before Ronan Curtis fired home following Tunnicliffe’s pass on 26 minutes.
As hard as Cheltenham tried at the start of the second half, Pompey took back control, and although not as dominant as they were in the first, they added a fourth courtesy of a rocket shot from Louis Thompson in stoppage time.
Burton and Accrington had to settle for a point apiece from a goalless draw at the Pirelli Stadium.
In a game high on endeavour but lacking quality in the final third, neither side could find a cutting edge to grab all three points and ease their relegation fears.
Both sides struggled to create any real chances of note in a tame first half and, while Albion dominated, there were few clear chances to test Lukas Jensen in the Accrington goal. Long throws and set-pieces looked to be the best avenues to opening up the visitors’ defence.
The only chance on target in the first 45 minutes was a tame effort from Stanley’s Mitch Clark, which was a routine stop for Craig MacGillivray.
Albion were inches away from the opening goal early in the second half when a firm header from Deji Oshilaja was deflected over his own keeper by Clark, with Sean McConville doing enough to clear off the line.
Substitutes Josh Walker and Matt Lowe went close for their respective sides late on but neither side could fashion a winner in a game that still leaves both sides looking over their shoulders.
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