MATCH CENTRE: Wins for Leeds United, Barnsley, Sheffield United and Bradford City, draws for Doncaster Rovers, Rotherham United and York City, defeat for Sheffield Wednesday

It promises to be a busy afternoon in the Football League and the Yorkshire Post has reporters at all the key games.

Keep logging on here throughout the day to get the latest from your club, and see the goals go flying in.

Results

Birmingham City 0-5 Barnsley

Leeds 2-1 Forest

Wednesday 1-2 Bolton

Yeovil 0-1 Sheffield United

Doncaster 1-1 Stevenage

Oxford United 0-2 Bradford

Barnet 0-0 Rotherham

York 0-0 Cheltenham

7.15pm. Full-time whistle at Birmingham. It’s a 5-0 away win for Barnsley. Has to be the result of the day.

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7.02pm. GOAL... Davies must wish he can play Birmingham every week, for the Barnsley striker has netted his fourth goal in front of the television cameras. 5-0 to Tykes.

6.47pm. GOAL... Barnsley fans must think they are dreaming, Davies has completed a hat-trick at Birmingham. The Reds now lead 4-0.

6.45pm. GOALS... In the late kick-off, Barnsley are leading Birmingham City 3-0 after an hour. Second half goals from Stephen Foster and Craig Davies (2) have put Keith Hill’s side in control.

4.50pm. Full-time whistles now going in our featured games,,,

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4.41pm. GOAL... Brown has snatched an equalise for Doncaster Rovers, it’s now 1-1 with Stevenage. And there’s been a red card for Rotherham United, Revell off meaning the Millers will have a numerical disadvantage for the last 10 minutes.

4.30pm. GOAL... Bradford City in control now at Oxford. Wells has made it 2-0 to the visitors on 68 minutes.

4.25pm. GOAL... Wednesday’s equaliser was shortlives. Mark Davies was allowed to waltz through the home defence to blast Bolton back into the lead.

4.23pm. GOAL... Forest back in the game at Elland Road, Dexter Blackstock making it 2-1 to Leeds with half an hour to go.

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4.21pm. GOAL... Ross Barkley from the penalty spot restores parity at Hillsborough, as Wednesday draw level with Bolton at 1-1.

4.18pm. GOAL... Captain Neil Collins has put Sheffield United in front at Yeovil.

4.14pm. GOAL... Bradford City are leading 1-0 at Oxford, Davies netted after 52 minutes.

3.45pm. Half-time whistles go around the country. Quiet first 45 minutes. Time to put the kettle on,

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3.43pm. GOAL... Sheffield Wednesday are trailing at Hillsborough, Marcos Alonso heads in a corner in front of Kop to give Bolton the lead.

3.25pm. GOAL... And it’s a second goal for Leeds, Poleon on target as they lead Forest 2-0.

3.16pm. GOAL... It’s bad news at the Keepmoat as Risser has netted to put Stevenage in front against Doncaster Rovers.

3.14pm. GOAL... First goal of the afternoon involving Yorkshire clubs comes at Elland Road, as Becchio puts the Whites in front against Forest.

2.55pm. More team news...

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Doncaster: Gary Woods, Quinn, Rob Jones, McCombe, Spurr, Syers, Martin Woods, Keegan, Bennett, Brown, Cotterill. Subs: Maxted, Husband, Martis, Blake, Hume, Harper. Stevenage: Day, Comminges, Roberts, Ashton, Gray, Risser, Akins, Dunne, Grant, Morais, Haber. Subs: Arnold, Charles, Tansey, Freeman, Lopez, N’Gala, Shroot. Referee: Phil Gibbs (West Midlands)

2.45pm. Teams are in from around the country...

Leeds: Kenny, Peltier, Lees, Pearce, Drury, Byram, Austin, Tonge, Diouf, Becchio, Poleon. Subs: Ashdown, Kisnorbo, Varney, White, Brown, Gray, Payne. Nottm Forest: Camp, Halford, Collins, Ayala, Harding, Coppinger, Gillett, Moussi, Reid, Cox, Blackstock. Subs: Evtimov, Cohen, McGugan, Moloney, Lansbury, Sharp, Majewski. Referee: Andy D’Urso (Essex)

Barnet: Stack, Fuller, Stephens, Pearce, Brown, Lee, Kamdjo, Abdulla, Oster, Holmes, Hyde. Subs: Cowler, Fortune, Saville, Nurse, Warren, Weston, Sykes. Rotherham: Shearer, Tonge, Sharps, Morgan, Bradley, Pringle, Taylor, O’Connor, Rose, Revell, Odejayi. Subs: Warrington, Mullins, Ainsworth, Evans, Nardiello, Hunt, Agard. Referee: Dean Whitestone (Northamptonshire)

Sheff Wed: Kirkland, Lee, Gardner, Taylor, Jones, Antonio, McCabe, Pecnik, Barkley, Rodri, Bothroyd. Subs: Bywater, Semedo, Madine, Jermaine Johnson, O’Grady, Beevers, Llera. Bolton: Bogdan, Mears, Mills, Knight, Alonso, Eagles, Andrews, Mark Davies, Spearing, Ngog, Kevin Davies. Subs: Lonergan, Petrov, Warnock, Afobe, Ricketts, Pratley, Lee. Referee: Keith Stroud (Hampshire)

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Oxford Utd: Clarke, Batt, Raynes, Wright, O’Brien, Heslop, Cox, Capaldi, Potter, Constable, Craddock. Subs: Brown, Smalley, Rigg, Leven, Worley, Boateng, Marsh. Bradford: McLaughlin, McArdle, Oliver, Davies, Meredith, Reid, Gary Jones, Doyle, Atkinson, Hanson, Wells. Subs: Duke, Darby, Ravenhill, Thompson, McHugh, Connell, Hines. Referee: Andy Davies (Hampshire)

York: Ingham, Oyebanjo, Chris Smith, Doig, Fyfield, Jonathan Smith, Parslow, McLaughlin, Coulson, Walker, Chambers. Subs: Musselwhite, Bullock, Johnson, McReady, Blair, Challinor, Taylor. Cheltenham: Brown, Jombati, Bennett, Elliott, Jones, Penn, Carter, Pack, McGlashan, Harrad, Zebroski. Subs: Roberts, Lowe, Hooman, Deering, Duffy, Goulding, Mohamed. Referee: Scott Mathieson (Cheshire)

2pm. News coming out of Elland Road, where Leeds play Forest today about a fresh twist in the investment saga.