League 1 & 2 Results, Tables, Reviews.

[Brock Landers]

Do the bottom teams in League 2 get relegated somewhere?

[johntheclaret]

Do the bottom teams in League 2 get relegated somewhere?

Sure do Brock. They end up in the Conference league ( a semi pro / amateur league)

Here's the table. I have highlighted former league clubs.

Teams P GD PTS
1 Torquay 19 13 37 long standing league club
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2 Histon 18 12 37
3 Burton 19 9 37
4 Cambridge 19 7 34
5 Kidderminster 18 10 33 made it into the league but was short lived
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6 Kettering Town 18 8 32
7 Crawley Town 18 11 31
8 Wrexham 17 11 30 Another long standing league side. Relegated last year
9 Stevenage 19 -2 28
10 Weymouth 20 -2 27
11 Rushden 19 4 26
12 Altrincham 18 -3 25
13 Barrow 18 -4 24
14 Ebbsfleet United 18 3 23
15 York City 19 -1 23
16 Salisbury City 18 -4 23
17 Oxford 18 -3 22 See below
18 Eastbourne Borough 18 -9 21
19 Mansfield 18 2 20 Also relegated last year IIRC
20 Woking 19 -7 18
21 Forest Gn 18 -11 16
22 Grays Athletic 18 -10 15
23 Northwich 19 -9 14
24 Lewes 19 -25 11

There is relegation from here to, into Northern and Southern leagues (at least 3more tiers below)

Note that only the top side wins automatic promotion with the next four battling it out in the play off's

Ref: Oxford Utd (once famously owned by Maxwell the newspaper magnate who died when he fell off his boat. Oxford were promoted to the league in 1964 at the expense of Accrington Stanley. 32 years later they were relegated from the league. guess who took their place. Yep, you got it, Accrington Stanley

[Brock Landers]

Well I'm a Rotherham United fan so hopefully they can stay away from the bottom 2, otherwise it's going to be a lot harder than just reading the sport in Monday's 'Tiser to check their scores next season.

[johntheclaret]

Well I'm a Rotherham United fan so hopefully they can stay away from the bottom 2, otherwise it's going to be a lot harder than just reading the sport in Monday's 'Tiser to check their scores next season.

Don't worry mate. they started the season on -16 points after two years of going into administration so I am sure they will be ok. Luton are still on -11 points at the bottom.

Had ex Burnley boy Ronnie Jepson as manager for a while, in fact there has been some close ties between the clubs over the years. Burnley's, then, record signing Ian Moore's dad was their manager, and there have been a few ex Clarets heading their way, John Mullin and Alan Lee spring to mind, only because the both scored twice in a 6 - 0 win at Burnley on their 1st return to Turf Moor after we let them go on free transfers.

Anyway, if the worst does happen, I will keep you posted on their progress on here.

[dinglinga]

Do the bottom teams in League 2 get relegated somewhere?

Sure do Brock. They end up in the Conference league ( a semi pro / amateur league)

Here's the table. I have highlighted former league clubs.

Teams P GD PTS
1 Torquay 19 13 37 long standing league club
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2 Histon 18 12 37
3 Burton 19 9 37
4 Cambridge 19 7 34
5 Kidderminster 18 10 33 made it into the league but was short lived
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6 Kettering Town 18 8 32
7 Crawley Town 18 11 31
8 Wrexham 17 11 30 Another long standing league side. Relegated last year
9 Stevenage 19 -2 28
10 Weymouth 20 -2 27
11 Rushden 19 4 26
12 Altrincham 18 -3 25
13 Barrow 18 -4 24
14 Ebbsfleet United 18 3 23
15 York City 19 -1 23
16 Salisbury City 18 -4 23
17 Oxford 18 -3 22 See below
18 Eastbourne Borough 18 -9 21
19 Mansfield 18 2 20 Also relegated last year IIRC
20 Woking 19 -7 18
21 Forest Gn 18 -11 16
22 Grays Athletic 18 -10 15
23 Northwich 19 -9 14
24 Lewes 19 -25 11

There is relegation from here to, into Northern and Southern leagues (at least 3more tiers below)

Note that only the top side wins automatic promotion with the next four battling it out in the play off's

Ref: Oxford Utd (once famously owned by Maxwell the newspaper magnate who died when he fell off his boat. Oxford were promoted to the league in 1964 at the expense of Accrington Stanley. 32 years later they were relegated from the league. guess who took their place. Yep, you got it, Accrington Stanley

now theres a derby oxford v cambridge

get the cucumber sandwiches for that one

[devilsadvocate]

now theres a derby oxford v cambridge

get the cucumber sandwiches for that one

Sheesh, if there's a Manure game at old Trafford, there could be a shortage of cucumbers.

Time to invest in cucumber futures.

[Dirko]

Yeah but the cucumbers at Old Trafford are used for uhh hummm "other" purposes......

[johntheclaret]

Sat Nov 22nd

LEAGUE 1

Results

Brighton 0 Huddersfield 1
Bristol Rov 2 Swindon 2
Carlisle 1 Cheltenham 0
Crewe 0 Stockport 3
Hereford 0 Northampton 2
Leeds 4 Hartlepool 1
Orient 0 Millwall 0
Peterborough 2 Colchester 1
Scun.thorpe 1 Leicester 2
Southend 1 Oldham 2
Walsall 0 MK Dons 3
Yeovil 1 Tranmere 0

Round Up

Leicester are the new League One leaders after beating Scun.thorpe 2-1, while MK Dons have climbed into second after a 3-0 win at Walsall.
In the top-of-the-table clash at Glanford Park, Andy King raced through the **** defence with nine minutes left to place the ball past Paul Henderson to seal the win which moves the visitors one point clear at the top.
The visitors went ahead minutes after 22 when striker Lloyd Dyer latched on to a Matt Fryatt through ball and slotted past Henderson.
The hosts hit back with a low drive from Paul Hayes 10 minutes later but the travelling fans went home the happier thanks to King's late finish.

MK Dons condemned Walsall to their third successive defeat with a 3-0 victory at the Bescot Stadium.
Jemal Johnson and Ali Gerba opened up a two-goal lead before Mark Wright tapped home Alan Navarro's cross from close-range to round off the win in with three minutes left.

Jermain Beckford scored twice as Leeds ran riot at Elland Road where they beat hapless Hartlepool 4-1.
Beckford opened the scoring with a glancing header after 15 minutes before Joel Porter headed Pool back into the game.
Second-half goals from Fabian Delph and Luciano Becchio put Gary McAllister's side ahead before Beckford secured the win which moves the Whites up to sixth in the table.

Peterborough stretched their unbeaten league run to 13 matches by beating Colchester 2-1 at London Road.
Craig Mackail-Smith gave the hosts the lead with a 45th-minute strike. Former Posh striker Clive Platt then levelled before George Boyd secured all three points for Darren Ferguson's side.

Oldham boosted their play-off chances by coming from behind to beat Southend 2-1 at Roots Hall.
James Walker gave the hosts the lead after 53 minutes with a 12-yard strike but Chris Taylor and Lee Hughes struck for the visitors to claim the win.

Chris Lines scored with the last kick of the game to grab Bristol Rovers a 2-2 draw with Swindon at the Memorial Stadium.

Goals from Craig Davies, Anthony Pilkington and Peter Thompson gave Stockport a 3-0 win over managerless Crewe at Gresty Road.

Graham Kavanagh's second-half strike gave Carlisle their second successive win as they overcame Cheltenham 1-0 at Brunton Park.

Michael Collins gave Huddersfield a 1-0 win over Brighton at the Withdean Stadium while Leyton Orient played out a 0-0 draw with Millwall at Brisbane Road.

Terry Skiverton's goal gave Yeovil a 1-0 win home win against Tranmere, while Danny Jackman and Ryan Gilligan were on target at Edgar Street where Northampton beat Hereford 2-0.

Table

Teams P GD Pts
1 Leicester 17 14 35
2 MK Dons 17 17 34
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3 Scun.thorpe 17 11 33
4 Millwall 17 5 33
5 Peterborough 17 13 32
6 Leeds 17 11 32
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7 Oldham 17 11 31
8 Stockport 17 9 28
9 Southend 17 0 26
10 Walsall 16 1 24
11 Tranmere 17 1 24
12 Hartlepool 17 -1 23
13 Huddersfield 17 -4 23
14 Bristol Rovers 17 4 21
15 Northampton 16 1 20
16 Carlisle 17 -7 20
17 Brighton 17 -3 19
18 Swindon 16 -4 18
19 Yeovil 17 -9 18
20 Leyton Orient 17 -9 17
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21 Colchester 16 -5 15
22 Hereford 17 -14 12
23 Cheltenham 17 -22 11
24 Crewe 17 -20 9

LEAGUE 2

Results

Barnet 1 Macclesfield 3
Brentford 1 Darlington 1
Bury 4 Gillingham 0
Chester 0 Aldershot 1
Chesterfield 1 Accrington 1
Dag & Red 6 Notts County 1
Lincoln 0 Shrewsbury 0
Morecambe 1 Exeter 1
Rochdale 2 Luton 0
Rotherham 0 Bradford 2
Wycombe 4 Port Vale 2
Grimsby 3 Bournemouth 3

Round Up

Chris Zebroski and Matt Harrold bagged two goals each as Coca-Cola League Two leaders Wycombe overcame Port Vale 4-2 at Adams Park.
Harrold's first came from the spot following a foul by Lee Collins on Angelo Balanta after 23 minutes. Zebroski then doubled Wycombe's lead on the stroke of half-time before Vale hit back through a Marc Richards penalty.
Zebroski restored Wanderers' two-goal cushion with a 65th-minute strike but they were immediately pegged back by Vale's second goal which came courtesy of Scott Brown's 18-yard strike.
Any hopes Vale fans had of coming away with a point were dashed eight minutes from time, however, when Harrold's 18-yard drive beat Joe Anyon.

Karleigh Osborne's injury-time strike denied Darlington all three points at Griffin Park where they drew 1-1 with Brentford.
Richie Foran headed home from point-blank range from a Franz Burgmeier cross to give the away side the lead but Osborne's six-yard shot stole a point for the home side.

Dagenham and Redbridge ran riot at Victoria Road where they put Notts County to the sword with a 6-1 hammering.
Paul Benson rounded off the win in the 89th minute when he headed home to secure his hat-trick. Magnus Okuonghae, Matt Ritchie and Ben Strevens were also on target for the hosts while Jonathan Forte grabbed County's consolation.

Macclesfield scored two goals in the last three minutes to beat Barnet 3-1 at Underhill.
Martin Gritton's left-foot volley gave the away side the lead after 12 minutes but John O'Flynn restored parity with a close-range header on the hour.
The game looked set for a draw until Francis Green stunned the home fans with an 18-yard strike after 87 minutes to put the visitors ahead before Nat Brown finished the game off two minutes later.

Andy Bishop and Glynn Hurst scored two apiece for Bury as they hammered Gillingham 4-0 at Gigg Lane.
Both scored either side of the break as the Shakers made light work of the Gills, who missed a second-half penalty through Adam Miller.

Second-half goals from Luke O'Brien and Nicky Law gave Bradford a 2-0 win over Rotherham at the Don Valley Stadium.

Goals from Lee Thorpe and Adam Le Fondre gave Rochdale a 2-0 win over bottom side Luton at Spotland while Marvin Morgan's late strike gave Aldershot a 1-0 win over Chester at the Deva Stadium.

James Ryan's second-half strike grabbed a point for Accrington Stanley in their 1-1 draw with Chesterfield at Saltergate.

Richard Walker's second-minute dismissal was the only talking point at Sincil Bank where Lincoln City drew 0-0 with Shrewsbury.

Table

Teams P GD Pts
1 Wycombe 16 12 34
2 Darlington 17 15 32
3 Rochdale 17 11 30
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4 Bradford 17 9 30
5 Shrewsbury 17 18 28
6 Bury 17 8 28
7 Brentford 17 8 28
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8 Exeter 17 3 28
9 Dag & Red 17 16 27
10 Gillingham 17 0 27
11 Aldershot 17 -7 24
12 Chesterfield 17 5 23
13 Lincoln 17 1 23
14 Accrington 17 -2 19
15 Port Vale 17 -10 19
16 Notts County 17 -4 18
17 Morecambe 17 -8 17
18 Macclesfield 16 -12 17
19 Chester 17 -15 13
20 Barnet 17 -18 13
21 Grimsby 17 -19 10
22 Rotherham 17 2 9
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23 Bournemouth 16 -8 -2
24 Luton 16 -5 -11

[drebin]

Hate to be picky JTC and I love your weekly summaries but it was Andy King who fired home the winner for the mighty foxes!

Hopefully we can win our next game and stay top for more than a week for once. We have been top at least 3 times this season only to to let it slip next game out!

[johntheclaret]

Hate to be picky JTC and I love your weekly summaries but it was Andy King who fired home the winner for the mighty foxes!

Hopefully we can win our next game and stay top for more than a week for once. We have been top at least 3 times this season only to to let it slip next game out!

Sorry Drebin. Edited now.

Deliberate mistake to see if you were taking notice










You passed

[johntheclaret]

Tue 25th Nov

LEAGUE 1

Results

Cheltenham 0 Southend 0
Colchester 1 Yeovil 0
Hartlepool 1 Bristol R 1
Huddersfield 0 Leyton 1
Leicester 2 Crewe 1
Millwall 1 Carlisle 0
MK Dons 3 Hereford 0
Northampton 2 Leeds 1
Oldham 3 Walsall 2
Stockport 2 Brighton 0
Swindon 2 Peterborough 2
Tranmere 2 **** 0

Round Up

Martin Allen saw his Cheltenham side end a run of six straight league defeats.
Boss Allen said: “All the players are exhausted. They showed great energy.”
The Robins had the ball in the net on 55 minutes but Ashley Vincent’s bicycle-kick was flagged offside. Southend chief Steve Tilson said: “This was a decent point for us.”

Jermaine Easter got off to a flier to end Colchester’s run of three consecutive defeats.
The U’s signed hitman Easter, 26, on loan from Plymouth on Friday.
And, in his second start for boss Paul Lambert’s strugglers, he landed the killer blow on 55 minutes. Lambert said: “The win’s the most important thing.”
Town boss Russell Slade said: “On another day we’d have got something.”

Jeff Hughes rescued a point for Rovers to leave both teams still searching for a league win in November.
Michael Nelson headed in Matty Robson’s cross to give Hartlepool a sixth-minute lead. But Hughes levelled from a tight angle in the 25th minute.
Pools boss Danny Wilson said: “At least it’s a point after three league defeats on the trot.”

Orient boss Martin Ling saw his side bag a third win in four games and said: “We showed great character.” Adam Boyd struck the winner after 68 seconds.
Ling added: “We were terrible in the first half but then improved a bit. It was backs to the wall at times.” Terriers boss Gerry Murphy said: “We had chances but didn’t work the keeper enough.”

City boss Nigel Pearson voiced his frustrations after his leaders scraped a win against rock-bottom Crewe.
Matty Fryatt’s measured shot put the Foxes ahead but DJ Campbell and Michael Morrison’s defensive mix-up let in Calvin Zola to level.
Andy King headed a 72nd-minute winner but Pearson said: “Our decision-making made for a frustrating evening. But we are top of the League so we have to be upbeat.”
Crewe stand-in manager Dario Gradi said: “We showed spirit.”

Eddie Newton hailed MK Dons boss Roberto Di Matteo as the man with the plan after a sixth straight league win.
Peter Leven’s 61st-minute penalty — after Karl Broadhurst’s foul on Miguel Llera — and Mark Wright’s strike two minutes later put Dons 2-0 up. Sub Jemal Johnson got in on the act at the death.
Assistant boss Newton said: “We formulated a plan. The boys knew we had to raise the tempo.”
The game was marred by a serious-looking knee injury to Hereford’s on- loan keeper Matt Murray.

Lee Hughes came to Oldham’s rescue with a two-goal blast to make it three wins on the trot.
Mark Allott put the home side ahead when his 20-yard shot took a wicked deflection.
But Walsall smashed two goals in as many minutes. Michael Ricketts stunned his old club with a close-range header on 23 minutes then set up Alex Nicholls.
However, Hughes levelled before half-time and flicked home a 89th-minute winner.
Delighted Latics boss John Sheridan said: “There is no better way to win a game than in the last minute. Luckily for us, Lee knows where the net is.”

Dominic Blizzard was ice-cool as County made it three straight wins.
Blizzard lashed his first goal of the season and Craig Davies hit a second-half penalty after Bradley Johnson handled.
Stockport boss Jim Gannon said: “That was definitely the best of our three recent victories.”
Brighton chief Micky Adams groaned: “We couldn’t handle them at set-pieces.”

Shaun Batt's late strike extended Peterborough’s unbeaten run to 14 games.
Swindon were leading 2-1 after Simon Cox’s 81st-minute goal but sub Batt flighted home a volley.
The home side struck first on 10 minutes when Jon-Paul McGovern’s cross was stabbed in by Jack Smith. But then McGovern steered George Boyd’s low centre into his own net.
Swindon caretaker David Byrne said: “That’s two on the trot where we’ve conceded at the very end.”

Ryan Shotton ran the show for Tranmere and helped send Scun.thorpe to their second defeat in four days. Ed Sonko lobbed keeper Joe Murphy for the opener in the 41st minute.
And Shotton put Rovers in the clear with a shot from an acute angle with 15 minutes left after his first effort rebounded off Matt Sparrow.
Scun.thorpe were poor in the first half but improved in the second.
Iron midfielder Gary Hooper saw an effort hit the post moments after Shotton’s strike.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 18 15 38
2 Milton Keynes Dons 18 20 37
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3 Millwall 18 6 36
4 Oldham 18 12 34
5 Peterborough 18 13 33
6 **** 18 9 33
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7 Leeds 18 10 32
8 Stockport 18 11 31
9 Tranmere 18 3 27
10 Southend 18 0 27
11 Walsall 17 0 24
12 Hartlepool 18 -1 24
13 Northampton 17 2 23
14 Huddersfield 18 -5 23
15 Bristol R 18 4 22
16 Carlisle 18 -8 20
17 Leyton O 18 -8 20
18 Swindon 17 -4 19
19 Brighton 18 -5 19
20 Colchester 17 -4 18
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21 Yeovil 18 -10 18
22 Hereford 18 -17 12
23 Cheltenham 18 -22 12
24 Crewe 18 -21 9


LEAGUE 2

Results

Aldershot Town 2-0 Lincoln City
Bournemouth 0-0 Morecambe
Bradford City 3-2 Chesterfield
Darlington 1-2 Chester City
Exeter City 1-1 Rotherham United
Gillingham 1-1 Rochdale
Luton Town 0-1 Brentford
Macclesfield Town 1-0 Grimsby Town
Notts County 0-2 Wycombe Wanderers
Port Vale 0-0 Barnet
Shrewsbury Town 2-1 Dagenham and Redb'ge

Round Up

Gary Waddock admitted life’s a beach for Andy Sandell after a debut goal and assist.
Shots boss Waddock said: “If he scores every time I’ll send him to Barbados. He loves it!”
The winger bundled home a corner and set up Scott Davies.
Lincoln manager Phil Jackson fumed: “We were proper rubbish.”

Danny Carlton missed twice in injury time as Morecambe blew their chances of an away win.
Carlton first drilled a 10-yard shot straight at Cherries keeper Shwan Jalal — then clipped the bar with a close-range header second later.
Struggling Bournemouth’s best effort came two minutes before the break when Michael Symes’ shot hit a post.

Striker Barry Conlon rounded off a Bradford fightback with the winner.
Graeme Lee and Michael Boulding rubbed out Jack Lester and Darren Currie’s strikes for Chesterfield.
Alan Goodhall earned a second yellow for fouling Nicky Law and Conlon scored from the spot.
Bantams boss Stuart McCall said: “We showed fantastic courage and character to come back.”

Ryan Lowe lashed home a stunning strike to set up Chester’s shock win. Lowe’s dipping volley just before half-time wiped out Rob Purdie’s seventh-minute opener for Darlo.
Shaun Kelly headed City’s 55th-minute winner.
Chester boss Mark Wright said: “It was a great piece of skill from Ryan.” Darlington chief Dave Penney moaned: “We were shocking.”

Ruebin Reid won the battle of the penalty takers as Rotherham rescued a draw. Sub Reid sent Paul Jones the wrong way from the spot on 66 minutes.
Ben Watson gave Exeter the lead but saw his penalty saved by David Stockdale before Reid struck the leveller.
Rotherham boss Mark Robins said: “I am happy to get a point. We were just sloppy.”

Adam Le Fondre's superb chip rescued a point for high-flying Rochdale.
Simeon Jackson put Gills ahead, smashing in his eighth goal of the season from Albert Jarrett’s cross. But Le Fondre curled into the top corner on the hour to extend the visitors’ unbeaten run to nine games.
Gills boss Mark Stimson said: “I thought Jackson’s goal was first class.”

Angry Mick Harford kept his Luton side locked in the dressing room after this defeat.
Nathan Elder headed his sixth goal of the season for Brentford while Hatters also had skipper Keith Keane sent off for an 85th-minute professional foul. Boss Harford admitted: “We’re in the s**t, basically.”

Nat Brown netted his third goal in four games as Macclesfield stole all three points. The Macc hitman hit a curling shot into the corner from 20 yards in the 68th minute.
Grimsby boss Mike Newell said: “It was a much-improved display. We strung together quality passing football.”

Leaders Wycombe went four points clear at the top of League Two. Striker Matt Harrold pounced on 47 minutes, his sixth in four games before Lewis Spence fired in from a set-piece.
County boss Ian McParland said: “I told the lads ‘be patient’ but we conceded a silly goal right after the break.”

Paul Fairclough was thrilled as the Bees kept a rare clean sheet. Boss Fairclough said: “To say some of our previous performances were amateurish would be unfair to amateurs.”
Loan defender Gareth Owen made a solid Vale debut but Albert Adomah and John O’Flynn hit Bees’ best chances over the bar.

On loan Jamie White helped to make it seven league games unbeaten for Shrewsbury.
Southampton starlet White, 19, fired home from the edge of the box on 50 minutes.
Sam Saunders levelled for Daggers with a free-kick but Grant Holt hit a late penalty winner after Danny Foster fouled him.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Wycombe 17 14 37
2 Bradford 18 10 33
3 Darlington 18 14 32
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4 Shrewsbury 18 19 31
5 Rochdale 18 11 31
6 Brentford 18 9 31
7 Exeter 18 3 29
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8 Bury 17 8 28
9 Gillingham 18 0 28
10 Dagenham R 18 15 27
11 Aldershot 18 -5 27
12 Chesterfield 18 4 23
13 Lincoln 18 -1 23
14 Port Vale 18 -10 20
15 Macclesfield 17 -11 20
16 Accrington Stanley 17 -2 19
17 Notts Co 18 -6 18
18 Morecambe 18 -8 18
19 Chester 18 -14 16
20 Barnet 18 -18 14
21 Rotherham 18 2 10
22 Grimsby 18 -20 10
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23 Bournemouth 17 -8 -1
24 Luton 17 -6 -11

[johntheclaret]

Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues 29th, 30th Nov & 1st, 2nd Dec

LEAGUE 1

Results

Northampton Town 1-2 Colchester United
Walsall 2-1 Swindon Town

Round Up

Colchester climbed clear of the danger zone in Coca-Cola League One after a much-needed 2-1 victory at Northampton.
Clive Platt (23) and Paul Reid (26) netted for the Us, with Danny Jackman (53) scoring a consolation for the Cobblers.

In Saturday's other game, former England striker Michael Ricketts (17) and Alex Nicholls (90) scored for Walsall as they defeated lowly Swindon 2-1.
Billy Paynter's injury-time strike not enough for the Robins.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 18 15 38
2 Milton Keynes Dons 18 20 37
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3 Millwall 18 6 36
4 Oldham 18 12 34
5 Peterborough 18 13 33
6 Scun.thorpe 18 9 33
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7 Leeds 18 10 32
8 Stockport 18 11 31
9 Tranmere 18 3 27
10 Walsall 18 1 27
11 Southend 18 0 27
12 Hartlepool 18 -1 24
13 Northampton 18 1 23
14 Huddersfield 18 -5 23
15 Bristol R 18 4 22
16 Colchester 18 -3 21
17 Carlisle 18 -8 20
18 Leyton O 18 -8 20
19 Swindon 18 -5 19
20 Brighton 18 -5 19
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21 Yeovil 18 -10 18
22 Hereford 18 -17 12
23 Cheltenham 18 -22 12
24 Crewe 18 -21 9

LEAGUE 2

Results

Accrington Stanley 1-2 Bury

Luton Town 3-3 Bournemouth
Wycombe Wanderers 4-0 Macclesfield Town

Round Up

Leaders Wycombe bounced back from their shock FA Cup defeat to non-league Eastwood in emphatic fashion as Magno Vieira scored twice in a 4-0 win against Macclesfield.
Mark Molesley's brace helped Bournemouth finally reach zero points in League Two and stay 10 points clear of basement club Luton after a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Table

Pos Team P Pts
1 Wycombe Wanderers 18 40
2 Bradford City 18 33
3 Darlington 18 32
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4 Shrewsbury Town 18 31
5 Rochdale 18 31
6 Bury 18 31
7 Brentford 18 31
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8 Exeter City 18 29
9 Gillingham 18 28
10 Dagenham & Redbridge 18 27
11 Aldershot Town 18 27
12 Chesterfield 18 23
13 Lincoln City 18 23
14 Port Vale 18 20
15 Macclesfield Town 18 20
16 Accrington Stanley 18 19
17 Notts County 18 18
18 Morecambe 18 18
19 Chester City 18 16
20 Barnet FC 18 14
21 Rotherham United 18 10
22 Grimsby Town 18 10
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23 Bournemouth 18 0
24 Luton Town 18 -10

[johntheclaret]

Sat 13th Dec

LEAGUE 1

Results

Bristol R 2 Tranmere 0
Carlisle 1 Leicester 2
Crewe 1 Swindon 0
Hereford 1 Hartlepool 1
Leeds 1 Colchester 2
L Orient 1 Cheltenham 2
Peterborough 2 Oldham 2
Scun.thorpe 4 Northampton 4
Southend 0 Huddersfield 1
Walsall 1 Millwall 2
Yeovil 2 Stockport 4
Brighton 2 MK Dons 4

Round Up

Leicester came from behind to beat Carlisle 2-1 at Brunton Park and maintain their two-point cushion at the top of Coca-Cola League One.
Carlisle had only won once in their previous four matches but shocked their high-flying opponents by taking the lead after 27 minutes through Danny Graham's 12th goal of the season.
Paul Thirlwell laid a neat ball through to the striker before he fired past David Martin to break the deadlock.
The home side held on to their lead for half-an-hour before Andy King picked up a Lloyd Dyer pass and hammered a 25-yard effort past Tim Krul in the Carlisle net.
The Foxes then completed their comeback when Mark Davies drilled a Matt Oakley corner into the roof of the net.

Andy Frampton's last-gasp header gave Millwall a 2-1 win at Walsall that keeps them two points off the pace.
Neil Harris' volley put the Lions ahead 16 minutes in before Alex Nicholls finished a Michael Ricketts flick to restore parity.
Walsall thought they had done enough to earn a point but Frampton popped up late on to convert a cross from close range to seal the win for Millwall.

A superb Danny Jackman goal stole a point for Northampton in their eight-goal thriller against Scun.thorpe at Glanford Park.
Ben May and Gary Hooper had given Scun.thorpe a two-goal lead before Scott McGleish pulled one back for the visitors.
May and Hooper both notched again to give the Iron a three-goal cushion before goals from Giles Coke and Jackman (two) levelled the scores.

Colchester came from behind to shock Leeds 2-1 at Elland Road.
Gary McAlliser's men looked set for their seventh home win of the season when they went ahead through Robert Snodgrass, but Dean Hammond and Mark Yeates struck to give Paul Lambert's men a valuable win.

Peterborough paid the price for missing two penalties as they were held to a 2-2 draw with Oldham at London Road.
Aaron McLean and Craig Mackail-Smith both missed from the spot for Peterborough, who had raced ahead thanks to goals from McLean and a Stefan Stam own goal.
Lee Hughes then hit back for the Oldham on 40 minutes with a right-foot drive.
He then stole a point for the away side when he tapped home from close range after a mistake by Posh goalkeeper Joe Lewis.

A Johnny Mullins double helped Stockport beat Yeovil 4-2 in an entertaining encounter at Huish Park.
Tommy Rowe and Carl Baker were also on target for the away side while Paul Warne and Nathan Smith struck for Yeovil.

Ian Westlake's second-half strike gave 10-man Cheltenham a 2-1 win over Leyton Orient at Brisbane Road.
Barry Hayles' early goal gave Cheltenham the lead before Adam Boyd's penalty after 33 minutes levelled the scores.
Westlake's 18-yard strike secured the win for the away side who had been reduced to 10 men after Ashley Vincent had seen red for his second booking.

Shaun Miller struck deep into first-half injury time to give Crewe a 1-0 home win over 10-man Swindon, who had Billy Paynter sent off with 23 minutes left.
Jo Kuffour and Chris Lines were on target for Bristol Rovers as they beat Tranmere 2-0 at the Memorial Stadium.

James Walker missed a late penalty for Southend at Roots Hall where they went down 1-0 to Huddersfield thanks to a Ian Craney goal.

Dean Beckwith's own goal gave Hartlepool a point at Hereford, who had taken the lead through Stephen Guinan's 18th-minute strike.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 20 17 41
2 Milton Keynes Dons 20 20 40
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3 Millwall 20 7 40
4 Peterborough 20 16 39
5 **** 20 14 39
6 Oldham 20 11 35
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7 Stockport 20 10 34
8 Leeds 20 9 33
9 Tranmere 20 2 30
10 Huddersfield 20 -3 29
11 Walsall 20 0 28
12 Southend 20 -4 27
13 Hartlepool 20 -1 26
14 Bristol R 20 5 25
15 Northampton 20 -2 24
16 Carlisle 20 -7 24
17 Colchester 20 -4 22
18 Leyton O 20 -8 22
19 Swindon 20 -6 20
20 Brighton 20 -7 20
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21 Yeovil 20 -11 19
22 Hereford 20 -16 16
23 Cheltenham 20 -21 16
24 Crewe 20 -21 12

LEAGUE 2

Results

Barnet 2 Gillingham 2
Brentford 2 Bradford 1
Bury 3 Port Vale 0
Chester 2 Notts Co 0
Dag & Red 1 Exeter 0
Grimsby 1 Shrewsbury 0
Morecambe 1 Darlington 0
Rochdale 1 Bournemouth 1
Wycombe 0 Luton 0

Round Up

Bury climbed into second place in Coca-Cola League Two after cruising past a poor Port Vale side 3-0 at Gigg Lane.
Ben Futcher wasted no time in giving Bury the lead when he got on the end of a Paul Scott cross just two minutes in to fire past Joe Anyon.
Glynn Hurst then doubled the home side's advantage nine minutes later when he drilled home an Elliott Bennett cross.
Hurst then put the game beyond doubt in first-half injury time when he tapped in Mike Jones' corner to extend the Shakers' unbeaten run to four matches.

Wycombe maintained their six-point lead at the top of the table despite being held to a 0-0 draw with Luton at Adams Park.
Gary Holt had Wycombe's best chance of the game 17 minutes in but his curling shot was saved by Conrad Logan.
Magno Vieira was thrown on by Peter Taylor as he looked to add some potency to his attack in the second half but they failed to break the deadlock.

Nathan Elder scored deep into injury time to cap a mad final few minutes of Brentford's 2-1 win over Bradford at Griffin Park.
The game had remained goalless until the 88th minute when Marcus Bean gave Brentford the lead.
Michael Boulding thought he has stolen a point for Bradford a minute later but Elder's late, late header gave the Bees all three points.

Simeon Jackson's last-gasp strike stole a point for Gillingham in their four-goal thriller with Barnet at Underhill.
The Gills' Andy Barcham levelled Michael Leary's opener before John O'Flynn put the home side back in front.
He thought that was enough to seal the win for Barnet but Jackson picked up Garry Richards' long pass before beating Rob Beckwith to equalise.

Adam Proudlock's second-half goal gave Grimsby a 1-0 win over Shrewsbury at Blundell Park.

Notts County had Jamie Forrester sent off as they lost 2-0 to Chester at the Deva Stadium.
Ryan Lowe and Kevin Roberts were on target for County while Jamie Forrester saw red late on for foul and abusive language.

Rene Howe scored for Morecambe to overcome high-flying Darlington 1-0 at Christie Park.

Adam Le Fondre's second-half strike denied Bournemouth all three points in their clash with Rochdale at Spotland.
Lee Bradbury's first-half penalty had put Bournemouth ahead but Le Fondre turned home a Clark Keltie cross to steal a point for the home side.

Dagenham and Redbridge were winning 1-0 at home against Exeter before floodlight failure meant their match had to be abandoned.

Rotherham's match with Aldershot at the Don Valley Stadium, meanwhile, was called off without a ball being kicked because of a waterlogged pitch.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Wycombe 20 17 41
2 Bury 20 12 35
3 Bradford 20 10 35
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4 Shrewsbury 20 19 34
5 Darlington 19 14 33
6 Brentford 19 9 32
7 Exeter 20 3 32
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8 Dagenham R 20 16 31
9 Rochdale 19 10 31
10 Gillingham 20 0 31
11 Aldershot 19 -4 30
12 Lincoln 20 2 26
13 Macclesfield 20 -13 24
14 Chesterfield 20 1 23
15 Port Vale 20 -12 23
16 Notts Co 20 -7 21
17 Accrington Stanley 19 -7 19
18 Morecambe 20 -9 19
19 Chester 20 -13 19
20 Barnet 20 -19 17
21 Grimsby 20 -20 13
22 Rotherham 19 1 10
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23 Bournemouth 20 -6 6
24 Luton 20 -4 -6

[drebin]

Sat 13th Dec

LEAGUE 1

Results


Carlisle 1 Leicester 2
Leicester came from behind to beat Carlisle 2-1 at Brunton Park and maintain their two-point cushion at the top of Coca-Cola League One.
Carlisle had only won once in their previous four matches but shocked their high-flying opponents by taking the lead after 27 minutes through Danny Graham's 12th goal of the season.
Paul Thirlwell laid a neat ball through to the striker before he fired past David Martin to break the deadlock.
The home side held on to their lead for half-an-hour before Andy King picked up a Lloyd Dyer pass and hammered a 25-yard effort past Tim Krul in the Carlisle net.
The Foxes then completed their comeback when Mark Davies drilled a Matt Oakley corner into the roof of the net.

Hate to be picky again JTC (and I do enjoy your efforts re the lower league wrap-ups) but where do you get the info from because it has been wrong a few times this season. Surely the "sites" you get it from could get the goalscorers correct.

Bruno Berner scored the Foxes winner.

[johntheclaret]

Totally agree Drebin. I do rely on a few sites for the news ans stories and expect them to get it right.

It's not my fault that they don't concentrate on the lower leagues

[johntheclaret]

ey Drebin, I checked out a few other sites.

Here's the Sun's review.

LEICESTER came from behind to beat Carlisle 2-1 at Brunton Park and maintain their two-point cushion at the top of the table.
Carlisle had only won once in their previous four matches but shocked their high-flying opponents by taking the lead after 27 minutes through Danny Graham’s 12th goal of the season.

Paul Thirlwell laid a neat ball through to the striker before he fired past David Martin.

The home side held on to their lead for half an hour before Andy King picked up a Lloyd Dyer pass and hammered a 25-yard effort past Tim Krul.

The Foxes then completed their comeback when Mark Davies drilled a Matt Oakley corner into the roof of the net.

It looks like most of them get their info from the same source.

[johntheclaret]

Being as it is a big week I will split the leagues into two posts. League One below, League Two to follow. Dec 26th & 28th Fri / Sun

LEAGUE 1

Results

Friday 26th December 2008
Brighton 1-2 Colchester
Bristol R 1-2 Milton K D
Carlisle U 3-0 Huddersfld
Crewe Alex 0-3 Oldham Ath
Hereford U 2-2 Tranmere R
Leeds Utd 1-1 Leicester
Leyton O 1-2 Swindon T
Peterboro 1-0 Millwall
Scun.thorpe 3-0 Hartlepool
Southend U 1-0 Northamptn
Walsall 1-0 Stockport
Yeovil T 1-1 Cheltenham

Round Up

Leaders Leicester were the visitors to Elland Road and Grayson was not able to give his new side a boost in the first half as Matt Oakley found the target, but Robert Snodgrass levelled for Leeds in the 90th minute.

Milton Keynes Dons strengthened their hold on second spot with a 2-1 win over Bristol Rovers. Roberto Di Matteo's side had a player sent off but clinched all three points thanks to Byron Anthony's own goal.

Peterborough, thumped by Leicester at the weekend, returned to winning ways as Aaron McLean's strike gave them a 1-0 victory against fellow high-flyers Millwall.

Scun.thorpe kept up their encouraging form with a comfortable 3-0 success at home to managerless Hartlepool at Glanford Park.

Stockport began the afternoon in fifth but they slipped out of the play-off places as Rhys Weston clinched a 1-0 win for Walsall.

Oldham extended their unbeaten run to seven games as they defeated bottom-of-the-table Crewe 3-0, with Lee Hughes grabbing a brace.

Second-bottom Hereford twice came from behind to play out a 2-2 draw with promotion hopefuls Tranmere, but the Bulls remain five points adrift of safety.

Cheltenham are also in trouble after being held to a 1-1 draw at Yeovil, with Luke Rodgers equalising for the home side after Ashley Vincent had opened the scoring.

Brighton's miserable run continued as they slumped to a 2-1 loss at home to Colchester, to leave Micky Adams' men in the relegation zone.

Swindon leapfrogged fellow strugglers Leyton Orient thanks to a 2-1 victory over their rivals.

Huddersfield's three-match winning streak came to an end as they lost 3-0 to Carlisle, who have been plummeting down the table in recent weeks and were in need of three points.

There was late drama in the final game of the day as Southend beat Northampton 1-0 courtesy of Junior Stanislas' last-gasp winner.

Results

Sunday 28th December 2008
Cheltenham 3-6 Peterboro
Colchester 1-0 Leyton O
Hartlepool 1-4 Crewe Alex
Huddersfld 2-0 Scun.thorpe
Leicester 2-1 Hereford U
Millwall 1-1 Yeovil T
Milton K D 2-0 Southend U
Northamptn 0-0 Bristol R
Oldham Ath 0-0 Carlisle U
Stockport 1-3 Leeds Utd
Swindon T 0-2 Brighton
Tranmere R 2-1 Walsall

Round Up

Leaders Leicester had few problems disposing of Hereford after Steve Howard put them on their way to victory after just nine minutes.
Andy King added a second midway through the second half, and though Karl Broadhurst pulled one back, the Foxes go into 2009 top of the pile courtesy of a 2-1 win and bang on course for a swift return to the Championship.

The Dons remain hard on the heels of Leicester and were also ahead early against Southend courtesy of Sean O'Hanlon's eighth-minute strike.
They doubled their lead 13 minutes after the interval thanks to teenage striker Sam Baldock to keep clear of the chasing pack.

Peterborough continued their fine form under Darren Ferguson during a goal feast at Cheltenham.
George Boyd set them on their way with an early strike but Ashley Vincent's penalty pegged back the Posh.
Charlie Lee and Craig Mackall-Smith looked to have sealed things for the visitors before a gradstand finish saw Elvis Hammond and Lloyd Owusu force the hosts back into it. However, Aaron McLean and Chris Whelpdale netted late on to seal a 6-3 win for the visitors.

Late goals from Fabian Delph and substitute Malcolm Christie secured new Leeds manager Simon Grayson a first victory in charge as they came from behind to win 3-1 at Stockport.
Stockport got off to a perfect start with a goal after three minutes through skipper Johnny Mullins but United equalised through Luciano Becchio.
Stockport's Dominic Blizzard was denied by a goal-line clearance before youngster Delph and veteran Christie sealed a first win in seven for the visitors.

Oldham stayed in the play-off hunt but were held to a goalless draw by Carlisle.
The home side were left to curse missed chances as they failed to convert any of their 21 shots in a one-way contest.

Scun.thorpe's push for promotion was dented by a 2-0 defeat at Huddersfield, Jim Goodwin and Gary Roberts scoring for Lee Clark's men.

Millwall remain in the play-off spots in spite of being held to a 1-1 draw by Yeovil, Paul Robinson's early strike being cancelled out by Luke Rodgers in the 37th minute.

Anthony Kay's last-minute goal earned Tranmere Rovers all three points in a see-saw encounter with Walsall.

Bottom club Crewe produced a shock at Hartlepool, running out 4-1 winners, scoring three goals in the second half courtesy of John Brayford, Shaun Miller, Luke Murphy and a Michael Nelson own goal.

In the day's other games, Steven Gillespie's penalty, awarded for handball against Tamika Mkandawire, gave Colchester a 1-0 win over Leyton Orient who drop into the relegation places.

Swindon slipped closer to the drop zone after going down 2-0 at home to fellow strugglers Brighton thanks to Nicky Forster's double while Bristol Rovers and Northampton fought out a goalless draw.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 23 24 51
2 Milton Keynes Dons 23 25 49
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3 Millwall 23 7 44
4 Peterborough 23 15 43
5 Oldham 23 15 41
6 Scun.thorpe 23 12 41
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7 Stockport 23 10 37
8 Tranmere 23 4 37
9 Leeds 23 8 36
10 Huddersfield 23 -2 35
11 Colchester 23 -1 31
12 Walsall 23 -1 31
13 Southend 23 -8 30
14 Northampton 23 1 29
15 Hartlepool 23 -4 29
16 Bristol R 23 2 26
17 Carlisle 23 -7 25
18 Yeovil 23 -11 24
19 Brighton 23 -7 23
20 Swindon 23 -8 23
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21 Leyton O 23 -11 22
22 Cheltenham 23 -23 20
23 Hereford 23 -19 17
24 Crewe 23 -21 16

[johntheclaret]

Dec 26th & 28th Fri / Sun

LEAGUE 2

Results

Friday 26th December 2008
Barnet 0-3 AldershotT
Brentford 2-0 Bournemth
Bury 2-2 Darlington
Chester C 2-0 Accrington
Chesterfld 2-2 Luton Town
Dag'ham &R 2-0 Gillingham
Grimsby T 0-1 Notts Co
Lincoln C 0-0 Bradford C
Morecambe 4-1 Macclesfld
Rochdale 2-1 Shrewsbury
Rotherham 1-0 Port Vale
Wycombe W 1-1 Exeter C

Round Up

Andy Scott's Brentford ended Bournemouth's six-match unbeaten run as they recorded a 2-0 triumph at Griffin Park with Marcus Bean netting a brace.

Wycombe were denied three points against fifth-placed Exeter after Emmanuel Panther struck to cancel out Matt Harrold's opener.

Darlington are now without a win in five league games and are down to ninth after they battled for a 2-2 draw at high-flying Bury.

Rochdale rose up to sixth after they came from a goal down to beat Shrewsbury Town 2-1 at Spotland.

Morecambe were in fine form as they downed Macclesfield 4-1, while Rotherham made it back-to-back wins with a 1-0 victory against Port Vale.

Chester City inflicted a fourth straight loss on Accrington Stanley as Ryan Lowe netted a brace at the Deva Stadium.

Notts County ended a poor run of form with a 1-0 success at Grimsby Town, while Lincoln City and Bradford played out a goalless stalemate.

Aldershot made it five wins in six League Two outings after they comfortably saw off lowly Barnet 3-0 at Underhill.

Chesterfield drew 2-2 with Luton Town, while Dagenham & Redbridge recorded a 2-0 victory over Gillingham to climb up to the play-off places.

Results

Sunday 28th December 2008
Accrington 3-1 Grimsby T
AldershotT 1-2 Dag'ham &R
Bournemth 0-2 Barnet
Bradford C 4-0 Morecambe
Darlington 0-0 Chesterfld
Exeter C 0-2 Brentford
Gillingham 1-1 Wycombe W
Luton Town 3-2 Lincoln C
Macclesfld 3-1 Chester C
Notts Co 0-3 Rotherham
Port Vale 2-1 Rochdale
Shrewsbury 1-0 Bury

Round Up

Peter Taylor's Wycombe were held to a late 1-1 draw at Gillingham to allow second-placed Brentford, who prevailed 2-0 at play-off hopefuls Exeter, to cut the gap at the summit to five points.

Fairclough announced he was to step down as Barnet boss after the weekend and he enjoyed his final game as the Bees ended an 11-game run without a win with a 2-0 away success over Bournemouth.

Luton were hit with a 30-point deduction at the beginning of the season after slipping into administration and breaching Football Association rules, but Mick Harford's side are now one victory away from a positive tally after defeating Lincoln 3-2.

Rotherham were also punished by the FA at the beginning of the campaign, but the Millers continued their surge away from relegation danger with a comprehensive 3-0 win over Notts County at Meadow Lane.

Bradford forced their way into the automatic promotion places as a 4-0 victory over Morecambe at Valley Parade allowed the Bantams to leapfrog Bury, who fell to sixth on the back of a 1-0 setback at promotion rivals Shrewsbury after Efe Sodje was sent off in the first half.

Rochdale threw away the chance to move into the top seven after a last-gasp 2-1 away defeat to Port Vale, who had Danny Glover sent off.

A Jamie Clarke hat-trick gave Accrington Stanley the 3-1 spoils against Grimsby, who are battling at the wrong end of the table, at the Fraser Eagle Stadium

Aldershot's unbeaten home league record ended as Dagenham & Redbridge came from behind to record a late 2-1 victory.

Macclesfield comfortably sunk Chester 3-1 at Moss Rose in their mid-table battle, while Darlington could not find a way past Chesterfield in a goalless draw.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Wycombe 23 18 46
2 Brentford 22 14 41
3 Bradford 23 13 39
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4 Dagenham R 22 22 37
5 Shrewsbury 23 18 37
6 Bury 23 9 36
7 Exeter 22 5 36
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8 Darlington 22 13 35
9 Rochdale 22 8 35
10 Gillingham 23 -1 34
11 Aldershot 22 -2 34
12 Lincoln 23 2 30
13 Chesterfield 23 2 28
14 Macclesfield 23 -18 27
15 Port Vale 23 -13 26
16 Morecambe 23 -9 25
17 Notts Co 23 -10 24
18 Chester 23 -13 23
19 Accrington Stanley 22 -9 22
20 Rotherham 22 7 19
21 Barnet 23 -21 19
22 Grimsby 23 -23 14
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23 Bournemouth 23 -9 7
24 Luton 23 -3 -1

[Pidge]

Any games lately? How are Leeds going?

[johntheclaret]

Any games lately? How are Leeds going?

FA Cup week last week. Back to the league this week Pidge. But there are a lot of fixtures off this week due to frozen pitches.

-10 again last night and the ground is rock solid frozen. 6 games off in League 1 so far, and about 8 games off in League 2.

Off so far,

Bristol R
Cheltenham
Oldham
Southend
Swindon
Tranmere
Wallsall

Accrington
Bournemouth
Chesterfield
Dag & Redbridge
Gillingham
Grimsby
Luton
Shrewsbury