Gooch is saviour for Cat boss Ross
PRES GANG: Browne celebrates with Clarke and Barkhuizen LYNDEN GOOCH headed a stoppage-time winner as Sunderland launched their bid to bounce straight back to the Championship with a 2-1 win against Charlton.
American midfielder Gooch (below) headed home for Jack Ross’s men in the sixth minute of added time. Josh Maja’s equaliser cancelled out Lyle Taylor’s early penalty.
Joey Barton’s first game in charge of Fleetwood did not go according to plan as Joe Pigott’s solitary goal on the hour sealed AFC Wimbledon’s
1-0 win at Highbury Stadium.
Barnsley made a flying start to life back in League One following relegation with an impressive
4-0 home win against Oxford.
Mamadou Thiam fired a first-half double before Brad Potts and substitute Victor Adeboyejo added further goals.
League Two champions Accrington’s first game in the third tier since 1960 ended in a 2-0 home defeat to Gillingham.
Relegated Burton found it tough going at the Pirelli Stadium, losing 2-1 to Rochdale. Coventry, promoted via the play-offs, let slip a second-half lead to lose 2-1 at home to Scunthorpe.
Tony Andreu’s free-kick broke the deadlock for Coventry but Stephen Humphrys levelled and then set up fellow debutant Andy Dales for the Iron’s winner.
Peterborough beat Bristol Rovers 2-1 at London Road thanks to first-half headers from Matt Godden and debutant Mark O’Hara before Tom Lockyer headed a consolation. Bradford secured victory in Michael Collins’ first game as boss, with loanee Jack Payne securing a 1-0 win at Shrewsbury.
Portsmouth rode their luck in a 1-0 home win against newly promoted Luton.
Grant McCann made a winning start as Doncaster’s manager as his side held on to win 3-2 at Southend.
Walsall came back from behind to win 2-1 at home against Plymouth.
Wycombe were the only promoted side to avoid defeat on the opening day as they were held to a 0-0 home draw by Blackpool.