Another goal for Swinkels

Sil Swinkels scored his second goal for loan club Bristol Rovers over the weekend, in the Gas’ 3-2 defeat at home to Rotherham United.

Making his first start for the League One outfit, the Dutch defender nodded Luke Thomas’ ball into the box home at the far post to restore parity for a second time at The Memorial Ground.

Ruel Sotiriou had cancelled out Sam Nombe’s early opener for Rotherham, before Zak Jules put the Yorkshire side back ahead, only for Swinkels to notch with 18 minutes to play.

But the game would end sourly for Iñigo Calderón’s side, as Nombe struck again two minutes into injury time to condemn Rovers to defeat, leaving them fifth bottom of the League One standings. Lino Sousa also started and played 61 minutes for the hosts.

In the FA Cup on Saturday, Kaine Kesler-Hayden put in a Player of the Match performance as Preston North End booked their place in the quarter-finals with a convincing 3-0 win over fellow Championship side Burnley.

Preston will, of course, host Aston Villa in the last eight, after the draw was conducted on Sunday evening, though the right-back will be ineligible to face his parent club.

In the Championship, Samuel Iling-Jr played the final six minutes off the bench for Middlesbrough, who triumphed 1-0 at home to Derby County.

And Lewis Dobbin was forced off with injury 35 minutes into Norwich City’s 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers, former Villan Andreas Weimann stealing a 96th-minute point for the Lancashire outfit at Ewood Park, after Ante Crnac had put the Canaries ahead not long before.

League One saw another 90 minutes for Josh Feeney at London Road, as his Shrewsbury Town side lost 3-1 to Peterborough United.

In League Two, Filip Marschall played 90 minutes in goal for Crewe Alexandra who triumphed 3-1 at Chesterfield, and Travis Patterson again played the full game for MK Dons, who fell to a late 1-0 defeat at home to Colchester United.

Tommi O’Reilly played the final 11 minutes off the bench for the Milton Keynes side, whose manager Scott Lindsey was relieved of his duties on Sunday.

For Port Vale, Rico Richards came off the bench for the final few minutes at Prenton Park, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Tranmere Rovers, and Kobei Moore was an unused substitute for Fleetwood Town as they drew 2-2 at home to promotion-chasing Notts County.

In Belgium, there was a full Royal Antwerp debut for Kadan Young on Saturday, the winger playing 63 minutes of a goalless draw away at Cercle Brugge, while on Sunday, Leander Dendoncker played 90 minutes in Anderlecht’s 2-0 win at Standard Liège.

Enzo Barrenechea again impressed for Valencia, playing 80 minutes as Los Ches drew 3-3 at Osasuna in La Liga on Sunday night, while James Wright and Fin Munroe again started for Real Unión, the former playing the full 90 minutes and the defender being replaced 12 minutes from time, in a 1-0 defeat at Amorebieta.

In Germany, Emi Buendía and Kosta Nedeljković made respective substitute appearances for Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig, the former playing seven minutes in a 4-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, while the young defender came on for the final 18 minutes as Marco Rose’s men lost 2-1 at home to Mainz.

In Brazil, Philippe Coutinho started and played 75 minutes for Vasco da Gama in their 1-0 defeat at home to Flamengo in the first leg of their Carioca Taça Guanabara play-off semi-final.

And in the National League North, Charlie Lutz played 33 minutes off the bench for Kidderminster Harriers, who triumphed 6-0 away at Farsley Celtic on Saturday.

Monday evening sees Àlex Moreno’s Nottingham Forest in FA Cup fifth-round action at home to Ipswich Town, the winner set to travel to Brighton & Hove Albion in the quarter-finals.