Summary

  • Live coverage of the opening day of the season with 24 matches across League One & Two

  • League One: Leicester begin life in third tier with 1-1 draw at Notts County

  • Luton score stoppage time winner to beat Reading 4-3 after Jack Marriott hat-trick; Oxford held by MK Dons

  • Nine games at 15:00 including Leyton Orient v Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley v Bromley & Plymouth v Stockport

  • League Two: Oldham and Newport earn comfortable wins in early kick-offs

  • Ten games at 15:00 including York v Bristol Rovers, Barnet v Salford and Gillingham v Walsall

  • Get Involved: Use the yellow button on this page to send us your views

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  1. GREAT SAVE!published at 15:17 BST

    Barnsley 0-0 Bromley

    What a save from Rogan Ravenhill in the Barnsley goal as gets down low to smother Mitch Pinnock's effort when clean through on goal.

  2. Postpublished at 15:16 BST

    Barnet 0-0 Salford

    Barnet have had a good chance, as Oisin Gallagher gets one-on-one with Salford goalkeeper Will Norris, but is denied.

  3. 'Attacking football from York'published at 15:14 BST

    York 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    Iain Dunn
    Former York City winger on BBC Radio York

    It is good, attacking football so far from York.

    They are not letting Bristol Rovers have time on the ball.

    They just need a goal for their hard work.

  4. goal

    GOAL: Plymouth 0-1 Stockportpublished at 15:14 BST

    Jack Diamond (13 mins)

    Big goal.

    Jack Diamond is played into space on the right and drives into the box, jinks one way and another and fires in a low shot with his left foot which deflects off Matty Sorinola and wrongfoots Murphy Cooper to give the Hatters the lead.

    If it's Diamond's goal it's a perfect way to mark his 100th appearance.

  5. Postpublished at 15:14 BST

    Barnsley 0-0 Bromley

    After Arley Kay flashed a header across the face of goal for the Tykes before Luke Alker stung the palms of Shamal George in the Ravens goal from distance.

  6. League Two latestpublished at 15:13 BST

    #bbcefl

    Nearly 15 minutes gone and League Two is a goalless wilderness...

  7. Postpublished at 15:12 BST

    Barnsley 0-0 Bromley

    Bright start at Oakwell with both sides winning corners in the opening exchanges and Arley Kay going close for the Reds while Ben Thompson has done likewise for the visitors.

  8. League One latestpublished at 15:12 BST

    #bbcefl

    Wycombe have taken the lead against Blackpool, with Fred Onyedinma finding the back of the net.

    Elsewhere, AFC Wimbledon are behind at Huddersfield after a goal from Derensili Sanches Fernandes.

  9. Postpublished at 15:11 BST

    York 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    To sum up York's dominance, they've had 88% of the ball.

    They wanted a penalty when Macauley Southam-Hales seemed to bundle awkwardly into Harry Boyes, and then Dipo Akinyemi headed at the goalkeeper.

  10. 'It's all York at the minute'published at 15:10 BST

    York 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    Iain Dunn
    Former York City winger on BBC Radio York

    The York players are trying to press hard and really get into the faces of the Bristol Rovers players. This already feels completely different to the Crawley game.

    Very attack minded play from York so far, it's all them at the minute.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 15:09 BST

    3-4. How do I give 50 thumbs up?

    Dave, Luton

    Leicester fans aren't worried! We all knew the season won't start until October, when we appoint a competent manager!

    Steve, Leicester

    Great draw for Notts against Leicester, and an attendance Bournemouth would be proud of!

    John, Lubrin

  12. CLOSE!published at 15:09 BST

    Plymouth 0-0 Stockport

    Harry Wood drives forward as the Argyle defence backs off and fires a shot in from 20-yards which flashes past the base of Murphy Cooper's post.

    Lively start at Home Park.

  13. DISALLOWED GOALpublished at 15:08 BST

    Barnet 0-0 Salford

    Barnet thought they had an early goal, with Tom Knowles putting it in the back of the net, but the referee consults with his assistant and between them they rule it out for offside.

  14. goal

    GOAL: Cambridge 1-0 Wiganpublished at 15:06 BST

    Kell Watts (3 mins)

    And we already have the first goal from the 3pm kick-offs, and it's Kell Watts!

    The defender scores his seventh since joining Cambridge in 2024.

  15. Postpublished at 15:05 BST

    Plymouth 0-0 Stockport

    Argyle on the front foot early on and Hatters keeper Ollie Whatmuff has to tip a first-time Matty Sorinola cross over his bar the near post.

    The subsequent corner is swung in by Harvey White but Mathias Ross can't convert at the back stick.

  16. 'The atmosphere is absolutely electric'published at 15:02 BST

    York 0-0 Bristol Rovers

    Iain Dunn
    Former York City winger on BBC Radio York

    The atmosphere is absolutely electric here, everyone feels up for the game and the wait is over.

  17. KICK-OFFpublished at 15:00 BST

    19 games kick-off at 15:00 BST

    Here we go again...

    Goals galore in the five early games on the opening day of the League and Two programme, but what can we expect from the 19 games to come this afternoon?

    Let's find out...

  18. 'Oxford should be happy with the way things have ended'published at 14:59 BST

    FT: Oxford 2-2 MK Dons

    Peter Rhoades-Brown
    Former Oxford and Chelsea winger on BBC Radio Oxford

    Oxford should be happy with the way that things have ended. You go ahead and everything seems good but then find yourself behind and it is a real test of character. MK Dons have massively dropped two points here, but you are going to get games like this.

  19. More opening day stats from League Twopublished at 14:58 BST

    League Two

    • Northampton have lost their past three opening day fixtures, the Cobblers last endured a longer streak between 1996 and 1999.
    • Rotherham have won each of their past five opening fixtures in League Two.
    • After remaining unbeaten across their first five opening EFL fixtures (W3 D2), Salford have lost their past two in a row.
    • The past 10 Shrewsbury fixtures on the opening day have produced just seven goals in total (W3 D3 L4 - 3 goals for, 4 goals against).
    • After winning each of their eight EFL openers between 2014 and 2021, Swindon are winless across their past four (D2 L2).
    • Tranmere have won just one of their past 10 opening fixtures.
    • Walsall have started a league campaign with victory in seven of the past 10 seasons (L3), including the past two.
    • This will be York City’s first home game in the EFL since April 2016, a 4-1 loss to Bristol Rovers when they were already relegated.
  20. How the heatwave has impacted ground staffpublished at 14:57 BST

    EFL kick off

    Jared Evitts
    BBC Newsbeat

    Thomas Belsey is sitting on a big motorised lawnmower with two giant blades at the front. Haydn Lawrance is stood to his right leaning on a big wooden stick. Behind them is a green lush football pitch with a hosepipe going across the pitch and water coming from it.
    Image caption,

    Haydn Lawrance (right) and his apprentice Thomas Belsey hard at work in Gillingham

    While players get to enjoy a few weeks off over the summer, the hard work's not stopped for others at football clubs up and down the EFL.

    And a summer consisting of five heatwaves has been a nightmare for one set of workers - the grounds staff.

    BBC Newsbeat went to Gillingham's training ground ahead of their League Two opener against Walsall to chat with head groundsman Haydn Lawrance.

    "It's not been ideal no, it gets to a point where, at 38 degrees, there's only so much we can do," he says.

    "We are out here all day, sometimes 12 to 13 hours a day."

    The 29-year-old says they usually get in at 07:30 BST but have been turning up two hours earlier during this summer.

    "Just to get the moisture down before the sun's up," he says.

    "When you're watering when the sun's up it's evaporating quicker than it's getting into the ground so you're not actually doing anything beneficial."

    So do the players ever try and blame Haydn's pitches for bad performances?

    "They tend to try, [but] we give as good as we get," he says.

    "If a player starts giving me lip about how the pitch performed, I will tell them to look at their own review of the game.

    "And say: 'Listen mate no-one's perfect so you might want to sort yourself out before you come to me about it'."