by johntheclaret » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:38 am
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LEAGUE 1
Results
Bristol Rovers 1-2 **** United
Carlisle United 3-1 Brighton and Hove A
Colchester United 0-2 Walsall
Crewe Alexandra 0-2 Leyton Orient
Hartlepool United 1-3 Milton Keynes Dons
Hereford United 3-0 Cheltenham Town
Leeds United 1-2 Huddersfield Town
Millwall 1-0 Stockport County
Northampton Town 0-1 Oldham Athletic
Swindon Town 2-2 Leicester City
Tranmere Rovers 2-2 Southend United
Yeovil Town 0-1 Peterborough United
Results
Leicester threw away the opportunity to move to the top of League One, as Crewe fell to the foot of the table.
**** moved to the summit with a victory over Bristol Rovers on Friday, but Leicester failed to overtake their rivals after surrendering a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 at managerless Swindon.
The County Ground outfit parted company with boss Maurice Malpas in the week, but battled back bravely to share the points with the Nigel Pearson's side.
Millwall moved into third position as they ended Stockport's unbeaten away record with a 1-0 success at the Den.
Kenny Jackett's men leapfrog Leeds, who lost 2-1 to Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield at Elland Road in the lunch-time kick-off.
In the battle of the strugglers, Crewe fell to the foot of the League following a 2-0 defeat to Leyton Orient at Gresty Road.
Carlisle, who are without a chief, eased their disappointing season, and ended a 10-game winless run, with a convincing 3-1 victory over Brighton at Brunton Park, with Marc Bridge-Wilikinson grabbing a brace.
Hereford climbed off the bottom of the table with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over fellow strugglers Cheltenham - who remain without an away success - at Edgar Street.
MK Dons boosted their promotion cause with a comfortable 3-1 win over 10-man Hartlepool, who had Sam Collins sent off after just 26 minutes at Victoria Park.
Oldham sit one point off the play-off places following a 1-0 victory at Northampton courtesy of an Andy Liddell penalty.
Tranmere and Southend drew 2-2 at Prenton Park as Francis Laurent was sent off for the visitors and Steven Jennings was dismissed for the home side.
Peterborough reinforced their place in the top six with a 1-0 victory at Yeovil, while Walsall upset Colchester with three away points following a 2-0 victory.
Table
Teams P GD PTS
1 **** 16 12 33
2 Leicester 16 13 32
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3 Millwall 16 5 32
4 Milton Keynes Dons 16 14 31
5 Peterborough 16 12 29
6 Leeds 16 8 29
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7 Oldham 16 10 28
8 Southend 16 1 26
9 Stockport 16 6 25
10 Walsall 15 4 24
11 Tranmere 16 2 24
12 Hartlepool 16 2 23
13 Bristol R 16 4 20
14 Huddersfield 16 -5 20
15 Brighton 16 -2 19
16 Northampton 15 -1 17
17 Swindon 15 -4 17
18 Carlisle 16 -8 17
19 Leyton O 16 -9 16
20 Colchester 15 -4 15
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21 Yeovil 16 -10 15
22 Hereford 16 -12 12
23 Cheltenham 16 -21 11
24 Crewe 16 -17 9
LEAGUE 2
Results
Chesterfield 2-2 Shrewsbury Town
Accrington Stanley 3-0 Bournemouth
Aldershot Town 1-0 Exeter City
Barnet 0-4 Notts County
Bury 0-2 Grimsby Town
Chester City 1-2 Morecambe
Darlington 2-0 Lincoln City
Gillingham 4-0 Rotherham United
Luton Town 2-1 Dagenham and Redb'ge
Port Vale 0-3 Brentford
Rochdale 1-1 Macclesfield Town
Wycombe Wanderers 1-0 Bradford City
Round Up
Darlington remain top of League Two after a 2-0 win over Lincoln City.
The Quakers remain ahead of Wycombe only on goal difference, though, as The Chairboys also had a home success over Bradford.
Dave Penney's men did it the hard way at the Darlington Arena after captain Steve Foster was dismissed early on.
But despite being down to 10 men, Darlington claimed all three points as Liam Hatch fired home just after the break and Richie Foran pounced in injury time.
Wycombe maintained their unbeaten record with a 1-0 victory over Bradford, who would have gone above Wanderers with a win themselves.
But it was Wycombe who claimed the victory thanks to Lewis Hunt's goal just 20 minutes from time.
Exeter, Rochdale and Bury all missed the chance to climb into the top three after failing to win.
The Grecians came up shot at Aldershot as they lost 1-0 with John Grant firing home the winner early in the second-half.
Dan Hylton was sent-off late on for the Shots, but they managed to hang on for all three points.
Rochdale had looked like grabbing the win which would have taken them into the automatic promotion spots as Adam Rundle put them ahead against Macclesfield on the hour.
But Nat Brown levelled matters with just minutes to seal a share of the spoils for the visitors.
Bury suffered a shock home loss as Grimsby Town claimed their first win of the season.
Liam Trotter and Nathan Jarman scored first-half goals to seal the win and they even finished with 10 men as Jean-Paul Kalala was dismissed.
Brentford are into fifth after they enjoyed a 3-0 success at Port Vale.
Vale had Ross Davidson dismissed early on and the Bees took advantage as Karleigh Osborne, Marcus Bean and Charlie MacDonald found the back of the net.
Gillingham leapt into the top six as they dispatched Rotherham 4-0 at Priestfield.
The Gills went ahead through Simon King just five minutes in and then the Millers were reduced to 10 men as Danny Harrison saw red.
Gillingham strolled to victory in the second half as they added three more goals through Adam Miller, Garry Richards and Luis Cumbers.
Dagenham & Redbridge could not move into the play-off berths as they lost 2-1 at bottom of the table Luton Town - who continue to chip away from their -30 points tally.
Sol Davis put Luton ahead, before Magnus Okuonghae levelled. The winner came just before half-time when Paul McVeigh fired home.
The Hatters are now on just -11 after they claimed the win at Kenilworth Road.
Bournemouth missed the chance to wipe out their deficit as they lost 3-0 at Accrington Stanley.
Stanley started brilliantly at The Crown Ground as they scored all their goals in the opening 20 minutes as Paul Mullen, Terry Gornell and Royston Griffiths all registered.
Mark Wright's first game back in charge ofChester ended in defeat at the Deva Stadium as Morecambe claimed a 2-1 victory.
Craig Stanley and Rene Howe set The Shrimpers on their way before Eddie Johnson gave Chester some hope with his goal - but the home side could not find an equaliser.
Both sides ended the match with 10 men as Danny Adams and Kevin Ellison were sent off in the same incident.
Finally, the performance of the day was witnessed at Underhill as Notts County debutant Jonathan Forte fired a first-half hat-trick in their 4-0 victory over Barnet.
Richard Butcher had opened the scoring for The Magpies before Forte took over and claimed the match-ball.
Table
Teams P GD PTS
1 Darlington 16 15 31
2 Wycombe 15 10 31
3 Shrewsbury 16 18 27
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4 Rochdale 16 9 27
5 Brentford 16 8 27
6 Bradford 16 7 27
7 Gillingham 16 4 27
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8 Exeter 16 3 27
9 Bury 16 4 25
10 Dagenham R 16 11 24
11 Chesterfield 16 5 22
12 Lincoln 16 1 22
13 Aldershot 16 -8 21
14 Port Vale 16 -8 19
15 Notts Co 16 1 18
16 Accrington Stanley 16 -2 18
17 Morecambe 16 -8 16
18 Macclesfield 15 -14 14
19 Chester 16 -14 13
20 Barnet 16 -16 13
21 Rotherham 16 4 9
22 Grimsby 16 -19 9
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23 Bournemouth 15 -8 -3
24 Luton 15 -3 -11