League 1 & 2 Results, Tables, Reviews.

[johntheclaret]

Leeds are back in the top 6

Live on the box tonight Pidge v Oldham.

78 mins. Oldham 1 - Leeds 1

[johntheclaret]

btw, Oldham are playing in pink tonight in support of Breast Cancer.

Noble thing to do for a great cause, but they don't half look stupid

[johntheclaret]

Last weeks news up to Mon 2nd Mar

LEAGUE 1

Monday, 2 March 2009
Oldham 1-1 Leeds

Saturday, 28 February 2009
Brighton 0-4 Crewe
Carlisle 1-1 Bristol R.
Cheltenham 0-1 Northampton
Colchester 1-1 Hartlepool
Hereford 2-1 Leyton O
Leeds 3-2 ****
Millwall 2-3 Oldham
Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Leicester
Peterborough 1-2 Southend
Stockport 1-1 Huddersfield
Tranmere 1-0 Swindon
Walsall 2-0 Yeovil

Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Brighton 1-1 Northampton
Cheltenham 1-3 Millwall
Colchester 1-0 Stockport
Crewe 2-0 Yeovil
Oldham 0-2 Bristol R.
Peterborough 1-0 Carlisle
Southend 2-0 ****

Round Up

Substitute Max-Alain Gradel scored a stoppage-time equaliser as Leicester's top-of-the-table clash with MK Dons finished 2-2.
Gradel's late goal ensured the Foxes maintained their eight-point lead at the top, with their hopes of automatic promotion further boosted after third-placed Peterborough lost 2-1 at home to Southend.
Leicester are now 14 points clear of Posh and it would seem only a catastrophic loss of form will prevent them from bouncing back to the Coca-Cola Championship at the first time of asking.
Top scorer Matty Fryatt had put the Foxes ahead after just five minutes but Peter Leven struck either side of the break to put the hosts in front.
It looked as though Roberto Di Matteo's side would take all three points until Gradel thrashed a 20-yard free-kick into the top-left corner.

Southend came from behind to dent Peterborough's automatic promotion hopes.
Dean Keates put Posh ahead from the penalty spot after six minutes but goals from Jean Francois Christophe (25) and a Shane Blackett own goal (62) condemned them to just their third home league defeat of the season.

Leeds moved into the play-off places at Scun.thorpe's expense after beating them 3-2 at Elland Road.
Iron's prolific 21-year-old striker Gary Hooper cancelled out goals from Jermaine Beckford and Bradley Johnson as the visitors looked set to defend their place in the table.
But just as he did on the opening day, when Leeds beat Scun.thorpe 2-1, Beckford struck the winner.

Chris Taylor scored a stoppage-time winner as Oldham beat Millwall 3-2 to go fourth.
Deane Smalley and Lee Hughes had the Latics 2-0 up after 10 minutes but that advantage was cancelled out by Neil Harris' 56th-minute penalty and Ashley Grimes' goal 10 minutes later.

At the other end of the table, Crewe moved out of the drop zone with a 4-0 thumping away to fellow strugglers Brighton.
The visitors scored three time in the final 11 minutes after Billy Jones got the ball rolling with a 24th-minute penalty.
Steven Schumacher made it 2-0 after 79 minutes before Jones got his second and Gylfi Sigurdsson completed the rout.

Bottom club Cheltenham look doomed to relegation after Northampton defender Jason Crowe (45) scored the only goal of the game to leave them 12 points adrift of safety.

Second-from-bottom Hereford pulled Leyton Orient into the bottom four with a 2-1 win.
Febian Brandy and a Stephen Guinan penalty put them 2-0 up after 16 minutes to render Tamika Mkandawire's 44th-minute reply a consolation effort.

Elsewhere, there were home wins for Walsall and Tranmere as they beat Yeovil and Swindon 2-0 and 1-0 respectively.

Hartlepool claimed a 1-1 draw from their trip to fellow mid-table team Colchester while the same result was produced from the matches between Carlisle and Bristol Rovers as well as Stockport and Huddersfield.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 34 36 74
2 Milton Keynes Dons 32 28 62
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3 Peterborough 34 16 60
4 Oldham 35 11 58
5 Leeds 34 13 55
6 Millwall 32 7 55
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7 **** 32 9 53
8 Stockport 34 12 52
9 Tranmere 33 7 52
10 Huddersfield 33 -4 48
11 Walsall 33 1 46
12 Colchester 33 1 46
13 Southend 33 -8 46
14 Bristol R 32 9 43
15 Hartlepool 34 -6 40
16 Northampton 32 -1 37
17 Carlisle 33 -9 37
18 Yeovil 33 -16 37
19 Crewe 32 -17 34
20 Swindon 32 -8 33
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21 Leyton O 33 -15 33
22 Brighton 32 -15 32
23 Hereford 31 -16 30
24 Cheltenham 32 -35 21

LEAGUE 2

Saturday, 28 February 2009
Aldershot 3-1 Accrington Stanley
Brentford 1-0 Bury
Chester 2-2 Dagenham R
Chesterfield 1-1 Barnet
Exeter 2-0 Darlington
Gillingham 1-0 Bournemouth
Lincoln 0-1 Rotherham
Macclesfield 3-0 Shrewsbury
Morecambe 0-0 Wycombe
Notts Co 3-1 Bradford
Port Vale 1-3 Luton
Rochdale 2-0 Grimsby
Wednesday, 25 February 2009
Macclesfield 0-2 Port Vale

Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Accrington Stanley 0-0 Luton
Dagenham R 0-1 Bournemouth
Darlington 1-2 Rochdale
Grimsby 2-3 Morecambe

Round Up

Brentford extended their lead at the top of the Coca-Cola League Two table with a 1-0 win over promotion rivals Bury.
The Shakers could have gone level on points with their hosts had they won, but it was Brentford who took the lead six minutes from the break through Marcus Bean.
Any hope the visitors had of getting back into the match evaporated when Stephen Dawson was dismissed 20 minutes from time.

Wycombe dropped a place to third on goal difference after they were held to a goalless draw at Morecambe. Rochdale replaced them in second spot with a comfortable 2-0 home win over Grimsby.
First-half goals from Adam Rundle and Adam Le Fondre were enough to see off the relegation-threatened side who remain two points off the drop zone.

Promotion-chasing Shrewsbury shot themselves in the foot at Macclesfield as first Shane Cansdell-Sherriff headed into his own net in the 21st minute before Ben Herd gave away a second-half penalty which Gareth Evans duly converted.
Nathaniel Brown capped off a good result for the hosts as he netted in stoppage time.

Bournemouth failed to move out of the relegation zone as they lost 1-0 at Gillingham, with Nicky Southall getting the only goal of the game in the 58th minute to see the hosts move into the play-off zone.

Exeter maintained their push for promotion with a 2-0 triumph against 10-man Darlington.
Neil Austin handled in the area and Matthew Gill stepped up to convert the penalty in the 72nd minute before Craig McAllister's header doubled their lead 10 minutes later.
Alan White was dismissed two minutes from time to add to Darlington's misery in the week they entered administration.

Bradford slipped out of the play-off places after they lost 3-1 at 15th-placed Notts County.
A first-half brace from Jonathan Forte put County comfortably in the lead before Delroy Facey bagged a third in first-half stoppage time.
Peter Thorne grabbed a late consolation for the visitors five minutes from time.

Two goals in the final four minutes saw relegation-threatened Chester come back from two goals down to snatch a point against Dagenham & Redbridge.
The promotion-chasing visitors seemed on the cusp of an important victory following first-half goals from Ben Strevens and Matt Ritchie.
But David Mannix pulled one back four minutes from time and Kevin Roberts headed in the equaliser three minutes later.

Luton triumphed 3-1 at Port Vale to keep alive their slim hopes of avoiding relegation, and are now 14 points off safety with a game in hand.
John McCombe gave Vale the lead in the 26th minute but Asa Hall levelled matters two minutes from the break and Kevin Gallen fired the visitors in front seven minutes after the interval. Chris Martin sealed the points in the 63rd minute.

Aldershot also triumphed 3-1, against Accrington Stanley.
A strike by Kirk Hudson and a Jake Robinson brace put Aldershot firmly in control at the end of the first half before Craig Lindfield grabbed a consolation for the visitors in the 62nd minute.

Elsewhere, Rotherham beat Lincoln 1-0 thanks to Michael Cummins' 65th-minute goal and Chesterfield were held to a 1-1 draw by Barnet.
Ismail Yakubu gave the visitors the lead in the 33rd minute but Daniel Hall pounced 16 minutes from time to snatch a share of the points.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Brentford 33 22 62
2 Rochdale 33 19 58
3 Wycombe 32 17 58
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4 Bury 33 14 56
5 Exeter 33 11 54
6 Gillingham 33 2 53
7 Shrewsbury 34 15 52
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8 Bradford 33 12 52
9 Dagenham R 34 20 49
10 Morecambe 34 -3 44
11 Darlington 31 17 41
12 Chesterfield 30 5 41
13 Lincoln 31 3 41
14 Aldershot 31 -9 40
15 Notts Co 33 -9 39
16 Macclesfield 33 -24 36
17 Port Vale 32 -17 34
18 Rotherham 30 9 33
19 Accrington Stanley 33 -16 30
20 Barnet 32 -22 27
21 Chester 34 -27 27
22 Grimsby 33 -26 23
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23 Bournemouth 33 -8 21
24 Luton 32 -5 9

[drebin]

Thanks JTC - we have a 12 point lead btw not 8 as you had in your report.

I watched the highlights (and read a few reports) and it is not often a team scores an equilising goal in the 97th minute! A bit of luck there with the amount of added time but the dons only had themselves to blame making 2 injury time subs! Also the Dons 2nd goal was an "arsey piece of luck" with our on loan keeper Bunn (who has just gone back to Blackburn too) making a great save after Leven caught out our sleepy defenders only to see the ball bounce of the keepers legs back onto the striker and rebound in. Having said that Bunn should have saved the first goal - it was a weak attempt IMO.

Fryatt's first for us was a great goal!

[johntheclaret]

Bollocks You know I am beginning to dread it when I see you have posted on this thread.

My excuse, it is 1:30 am here

Record crowd for the dons new stadium I heard, just over 17,700 there. They have come along way since the 4,500 they used to get when they were in the CCC, or the 7,500 in th EPL.

Wimbledon AFC currently top if the Conference League South too. Never forgive them for beating Burnley 1 - 0 in the FA Cup at Turf Moor. We were in the old 1st Div and they were in the Southern League then. Probably one of the biggest shock in FA Cup history . Sorry side tracked.

[drebin]

Bollocks You know I am beginning to dread it when I see you have posted on this thread.

My excuse, it is 1:30 am here

Record crowd for the dons new stadium I heard, just over 17,700 there. They have come along way since the 4,500 they used to get when they were in the CCC, or the 7,500 in th EPL.

Wimbledon AFC currently top if the Conference League South too. Never forgive them for beating Burnley 1 - 0 in the FA Cup at Turf Moor. We were in the old 1st Div and they were in the Southern League then. Probably one of the biggest shock in FA Cup history . Sorry side tracked.

No worries JTC - BTW the Blue Army provided 4500 of the 17500. Not a bad travelling crowd. The club wanted more tickets as there were plenty of extras that wanted to travel but as with Leeds, the FL Officials had decided pre-season to limit the number of away tickets for both clubs due to the fears of violence (at the grounds and around the various towns!) with the large travelling support both clubs have. Ironically whilst Leicester's "Baby Squad" were recently polled in 2nd as the worst hooligan element in English Football, the notorious Millwall supporters have no limits on their travelling support although they don't have anywhere the numbers Leeds and Leicester do!

[johntheclaret]

Tues 3rd Mar

LEAGUE 1

Results

Crewe 1 Carlisle 2
Hartlepool 2 Tranmere 1
Huddersfield 2 Colchester 2
Leicester 1 Stockport 1
L Orient 2 Peterborough 3
Scun.thorpe 1 Walsall 1
Southend 0 Millwall 1
Swindon 2 Cheltenham 2
N'hampton v MK Dons (aban)
Bristol R P-P Brighton
Yeovil P-P Hereford

Round Up

Coca-Cola League One leaders Leicester could manage only a 1-1 draw with Stockport as Peterborough moved into second place with a win at Leyton Orient tonight.
Leicester scored after 65 seconds through Kerrea Gilbert. But the visitors responded just a minute later, former Foxes player Chris O'Grady slotting the ball past debutant goalkeeper David Stockdale.
The result maintained Leicester's 12-point advantage at the top.

But it is now Peterborough who lead the chasing pack, Darren Ferguson's side hanging on for a 3-2 victory over Leyton Orient which moved them above MK Dons into the second automatic promotion spot.
Chris Whelpdale (6) and Sergio Torres (12) netted early on to put Posh firmly in control - and after Scott McGleish had responded from the penalty spot, Russell Martin's header on the stroke of half-time restored the two-goal advantage.
McGleish scored his second on 56 minutes to set up a nervy finale, but the visitors held firm to go a point clear of Roberto Di Matteo's MK Dons - albeit having played three games more.

The Dons' match with Northampton was abandoned at half-time because of a waterlogged pitch, with the score at 0-0.

Millwall consolidated their play-off position by halting Southend's good run of form with a 1-0 win at Roots Hall.
Gary Alexander scored the winner on 39 minutes to move the Lions into fifth place at the expense of Leeds, who could only draw at fellow promotion rivals Oldham yesterday.

Scun.thorpe missed their chance to overtake Leeds after being held to a 1-1 draw at home to Walsall.
The Iron looked set for victory when Kayode Odejayi headed in with a little over 10 minutes to go - but five minutes later, Troy Deeney equalised to leave the match all square and **** still a point outside the play-off places.

Tranmere's promotion push faltered with a 2-1 defeat at Hartlepool, Michael Nelson (69) and a penalty from Ben Clark (83) securing the points for Pool either side of a strike from Ben Chorley (70) in a late flurry of goals at Victoria Park.

Bottom club Cheltenham showed spirit on the day their manager announced the entire squad was up for sale, holding struggling Swindon to a 2-2 draw at the County Ground.
Hal Robson-Kanu gave the hosts the lead in the 35th minute, but Elvis Hammond (33, 54) hit back before Kevin Amankwaah's equaliser on 66 minutes.

Crewe remain in trouble a point from the drop zone, after they were defeated 2-1 at home by Carlisle.
Substitute Joe Anyinsah (73) gave the visitors all three points after goals in the first half from Gareth Taylor (17) and Clayton Donaldson (34).

Elsewhere, Huddersfield and Colchester drew 2-2 at the Galpharm Stadium - Dean Hammond adding to his first half penalty (19) by scoring an injury-time equaliser for the Us to cancel out strikes from Anthony Pilkington (51) and Gary Roberts (66).

Yeovil's match with Hereford and Bristol Rovers' encounter with Brighton were both postponed because of waterlogged pitches.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 35 36 75
2 Peterborough 35 17 63
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3 Milton Keynes Dons 32 28 62
4 Oldham 35 11 58
5 Millwall 33 8 58
6 Leeds 34 13 55
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7 Scun.thorpe 33 9 54
8 Stockport 35 12 53
9 Tranmere 34 6 52
10 Huddersfield 34 -4 49
11 Walsall 34 1 47
12 Colchester 34 1 47
13 Southend 34 -9 46
14 Bristol R 32 9 43
15 Hartlepool 35 -5 43
16 Carlisle 34 -8 40
17 Northampton 32 -1 37
18 Yeovil 33 -16 37
19 Swindon 33 -8 34
20 Crewe 33 -18 34
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21 Leyton O 34 -16 33
22 Brighton 32 -15 32
23 Hereford 31 -16 30
24 Cheltenham 33 -35 22



LEAGUE 2

Results

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

Round Up

Front-runners Brentford extended their lead at the top of Coca-Cola League Two tonight with a 1-0 win at relegation-threatened Grimsby.
The division's top goalscorer Charlie MacDonald netted the winner on 27 minutes to put the Bees four points clear of their nearest rivals.

The result sent Grimsby into the bottom two - allowing Bournemouth, who started the season on minus 17 points, to move out of the relegation zone for the first time after they beat Aldershot 2-0.
Danny Hollands scored on 39 minutes before Steve Fletcher, the 36-year-old who has made a record 502 appearances for the Cherries, scored his first goal since returning to the club from Crawley in January.

Back near the top, Wycombe recovered their form against Chester - Matt Phillips (26) and John-Paul Pittman (66) on target either side of the break to secure a 2-0 win which moved the Chairboys up to second.

They replaced Rochdale, who slumped to a 2-1 defeat at strugglers Barnet.
John O'Flynn put the hosts ahead on 42 minutes only for Lee McEvilly to equalise seconds later. Yannick Bolasie sealed a valuable three points for Barnet with a winner in injury time.

Bury stayed fourth but were similarly disappointing, losing 2-1 at home to Chesterfield.
Aaron Downes put the visitors ahead after just two minutes, with Jack Lester doubling the lead on 40 minutes before Andy Bishop's consolation penalty in the second half.

Bradford enjoyed the greatest surge, moving up three places into fifth with a 1-0 win over Macclesfield courtesy of Dean Furman's winner on the hour.

They leapfrogged promotion rivals Exeter and Shrewsbury, who played out a 1-1 draw at the Prostar Stadium.
Grant Holt opened the scoring with a powerful strike from the penalty spot on 51 minutes, but Marcus Stewart's equaliser seven minutes from time made it honours even and left the sides in sixth and eighth place respectively.

In between them occupying the final play-off spot is Gillingham, who could only manage a goaless draw at basement boys Luton.

Dagenham & Redbridge slid further behind in the race for the play-offs, losing 3-0 at home to Lincoln to leave them 10 points adrift in ninth place.
Aaron Brown (44) scored just prior to half-time, before late strikes from Anthony Elding (84) and Janos Kovacs (87) put the gloss on a victory that moves Lincoln up to 12th.

Darlington put their administration woes behind them, Robin Hulbert's (5) early goal giving them a 1-0 win against Notts County a week after they were hit with a 10-point deduction.

Rotherham's match against Morecambe and Accrington's encounter with Port Vale were both postponed because of waterlogged pitches.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Brentford 34 23 65
2 Wycombe 33 19 61
3 Rochdale 34 18 58
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4 Bury 34 13 56
5 Bradford 34 13 55
6 Exeter 34 11 55
7 Gillingham 34 2 54
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8 Shrewsbury 35 15 53
9 Dagenham R 35 17 49
10 Darlington 32 18 44
11 Chesterfield 31 6 44
12 Lincoln 32 6 44
13 Morecambe 34 -3 44
14 Aldershot 32 -11 40
15 Notts Co 34 -10 39
16 Macclesfield 34 -25 36
17 Port Vale 32 -17 34
18 Rotherham 30 9 33
19 Accrington Stanley 33 -16 30
20 Barnet 33 -21 30
21 Chester 35 -29 27
22 Bournemouth 34 -6 24
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23 Grimsby 34 -27 23
24 Luton 33 -5 10

Bournemouth move out of the relegtion spot after over coming their 16 point deduction from the start of the season

[drebin]

I am going to do it again JTC 13 point lead as the Dons game was abandoned.

They now have 3 games in hand so if they win all 3 they could draw within 4 points of us! God knows when we are next going to actually win a game and at home too but I suppose we still are remaining unbeaten. Doesn't help when we have a revolving door of injured and on loan keepers - I think 5 blokes have donned the keepers shirt in the first tam at Leicster this season!

Surely we will beat rock bottom Cheltenham at home this Sat???

[johntheclaret]

I am going to do it again JTC 13 point lead as the Dons game was abandoned.

They now have 3 games in hand so if they win all 3 they could draw within 4 points of us! God knows when we are next going to actually win a game and at home too but I suppose we still are remaining unbeaten. Doesn't help when we have a revolving door of injured and on loan keepers - I think 5 blokes have donned the keepers shirt in the first tam at Leicster this season!

Surely we will beat rock bottom Cheltenham at home this Sat???

Yeah but Peterborough has moved up into 2nd on 63 points Drebin.

[johntheclaret]

Have been in London on "business" so here's a catch up

LEAGUE 1

Results

Saturday 7th March 2009
Bristol R 2-2 Leeds Utd
Crewe Alex 2-1 Hereford U
Hartlepool 1-2 Peterboro
Huddersfld 1-2 Millwall
Leicester 4-0 Cheltenham
Leyton O 2-1 Brighton
Northamptn 1-1 Tranmere R
Oldham Ath 0-1 Colchester
Scun.thorpe 2-1 Stockport
Southend U 2-0 Walsall
Swindon T 1-1 Milton K D
Yeovil T 1-1 Carlisle U

Tuesday 10th March 2009
Brighton 1-3 Southend U
Carlisle U 1-3 Leyton O
Colchester 3-2 Swindon T
Hereford U 0-3 Bristol R
Leeds Utd 4-0 Yeovil T
Millwall 1-0 Northamptn
Milton K D 1-1 Huddersfld
Peterboro 2-1 Scun.thorpe
Stockport 2-1 Hartlepool
Walsall 1-1 Crewe Alex

Wednesday 11th March 2009
Tranmere R 2-0 Leicester

Mid week Round Up

Peterborough cemented their automatic promotion status after bouncing back from a goal deficit against a determined **** at London Road.
Chris Whelpdale and Craig Mackail-Smith converted to cancel out Henri Lansbury's first half strike to bridge the gap between second and third place.

Promotion rivals MK Dons, however, were made to settle for a point against Huddersfield as defender Andy Butler brought the visitors level late on following Sam Boldock's earlier strike.

Jermaine Beckford scooped a hat-trick as Leeds United regained their play-off status with an impressive 4-0 win over Yeovil at Elland Road.

Elsewhere, fellow promotion hopefuls Millwall required just the one goal from Gary Alexander to secure their third consecutive league victory against Northampton.

Stockport continued their challenge on the top six with their first win in five games against a lacklustre Hartlepool, Michael Mackay's late strike offering minor consolation for the travelling fans.

Colchester's Clive Platt netted a brace in a five-goal thriller in Essex as the U's saw out a narrow 3-2 victory over strugglers Swindon.

Elsewhere, fellow relegation battlers Leyton Orient picked up a crucial three points on the road against Carlisle pulling them four points clear of the drop zone.

Brighton, in the mean time, were dealt a hammer blow to their survival hopes with yet another home defeat at the hands of Southend, Lee Barnard netting a brace for the Blues who fought out 3-1 victors at the Whitdean Stadium.

Lowly Hereford were also left licking their wounds as Rickie Lambert netted a hatrick for the travelling Bristol Rovers fans, whilst Crewe secured a stoppage time point against Walsall in a hard-fought 1-1 draw.

Leicester's club-record 23-match unbeaten league run came to a halt as they were beaten 2-0 by play-off chasing Tranmere.
There was not a real chance in the first-half until the 39th minute, when a mistake by City's Michael Morrison let in Bas Savage but David Stockdale turned the shot away for a corner.
Steve Howard twice missed the target for the visitors and Antony Kay and Ben Chorley had no better fortune for the Merseysiders,
Tranmere's opening goal came two minutes after half-time with a fine strike from the corner of the box by Kay when set up by Savage.
The home side continued to hold the upper hand but Terry Gornell saw a 63rd-minute header deflected for a corner and then Savage fired across the face of the goal.
But eight minutes from time Savage was brought down by Chris Powell and Steve Jennings found the right-hand corner with the spot kick.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 37 38 78
2 Peterborough 37 19 69
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3 Milton Keynes Dons 34 28 64
4 Millwall 35 10 64
5 Leeds 36 17 59
6 Oldham 36 10 58
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7 Scun.thorpe 35 9 57
8 Stockport 37 12 56
9 Tranmere 36 8 56
10 Colchester 36 3 53
11 Southend 36 -5 52
12 Huddersfield 36 -5 50
13 Walsall 36 -1 48
14 Bristol R 34 12 47
15 Hartlepool 37 -7 43
16 Carlisle 36 -10 41
17 Leyton O 36 -13 39
18 Northampton 34 -2 38
19 Crewe 35 -17 38
20 Yeovil 35 -20 38
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21 Swindon 35 -9 35
22 Brighton 34 -18 32
23 Hereford 33 -20 30
24 Cheltenham 34 -39 22

LEAGUE 2

Results

Saturday 7th March 2009
Accrington 0-2 Gillingham
Barnet 3-1 Chester C
Bournemth 0-0 Port Vale
Bradford C 5-0 AldershotT
Bury 2-1 Rochdale
Dag'ham &R 0-2 Morecambe
Darlington 1-2 Macclesfld
Grimsby T 5-1 Lincoln C
Luton Town 1-2 Exeter C
Rotherham 0-0 Brentford
Shrewsbury 3-2 Notts Co
Wycombe W 1-1 Chesterfld

Tuesday 10th March 2009
AldershotT 0-0 Shrewsbury
Brentford 1-0 Barnet
Chester C 1-5 Rotherham
Exeter C 1-3 Bournemth
Gillingham 1-0 Darlington
Lincoln C 1-0 Wycombe W
Macclesfld 0-2 Accrington
Morecambe 0-0 Bury
Notts Co 0-2 Luton Town
Port Vale 0-1 Dag'ham &R
Rochdale 3-0 Bradford C

Wednesday 11th March 2009
Chesterfld 2-1 Grimsby T

Round Up

League leaders Brentford saw results go their way as their 1-0 win over Barnet extended their lead at the top to seven points.
Marcus Bean scored his ninth goal of the season with eight minutes gone and it proved the difference as Barnet slip to 20th.

Bournemouth did their survival quest the world of good by beating Exeter 3-1 at St James' Park.
Adam Stansfield put the hosts ahead on 13 minutes, but Danny Hollands pegged it back for the Cherries in the 56th minute before Brett Pitman's brace (59, 87) secured the away win which lifts Bournemouth out of the drop-zone.

Rochdale move into the automatic promotion places after a 3-0 home victory against Bradford.
Rory McArdle gave Dale the lead in the 49th minute before Adam Le Fondre (56,74) twice scored from the penalty spot

A Rueben Reid hat trick was the highlight as Rotherham romped to a 5-1 win away to Chester.
Kevin Ellison put the home side a goal to the good in the 14th minute, but the Millers were on level terms on 26 minutes when Reid opened his account for the evening from the penalty spot.
On 38 minutes Michael Cummins put the visitors ahead, before Drewe Broughton made it three on the brink of half-time. Reid made it four for Rotherham on 50 minutes before getting his third in the 72nd minute.

Lincoln upset the league table when they beat Wycombe 1-0 thanks to Antony Edling 49th minute goal to see the Imps rise to 11th, while the Blues aspirations of finishing 1st evaporates.

Gillingham rise to fifth after leaving it late to beat Darlington 1-0 at home.
Simeon Jackson's 90th minute penalty proved the difference as the travelling Quakers slip to 13th.

Accrington Stanley rose to 19th in the table after beating Macclesfield 2-0.
Robert Williams put Stanley ahead on 42 minutes and Andrew Procter sealed the away victory one minute from time.

Lowly Luton enjoyed away joy as they beat Notts County 2-0 at Meadow Lane.
Chris Martin netted his ninth league goal to put the basement boys a goal up on 25 minutes, before Tom Craddock doubled the Hatters' lead with a penalty right before half-time. Notts stay 15th.

Dagenham & Redbridge overcame Port Vale 1-0 at Vale Park to stay ninth.
The visitors went ahead on 25 minutes thanks to Jamie Guy's header, which proved the winner as Vale slip to 18th.

Morecambe versus Bury finished 0-0 as did Aldershot against Shrewsbury - with the Shakers sliding to fourth following the draw at Christie Park, while the Shrews stay eighth after their away stalemate.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Brentford 36 24 69
2 Wycombe 35 18 62
3 Rochdale 36 20 61
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4 Bury 36 14 60
5 Gillingham 36 5 60
6 Bradford 36 15 58
7 Exeter 36 10 58
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8 Shrewsbury 37 16 57
9 Dagenham R 37 16 52
10 Chesterfield 33 7 48
11 Morecambe 36 -1 48
12 Lincoln 34 3 47
13 Darlington 34 16 44
14 Aldershot 34 -16 41
15 Notts Co 36 -13 39
16 Macclesfield 36 -26 39
17 Rotherham 32 13 37
18 Port Vale 34 -18 35
19 Accrington Stanley 35 -16 33
20 Barnet 35 -20 33
21 Bournemouth 36 -4 28
22 Chester 37 -35 27
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23 Grimsby 36 -24 26
24 Luton 35 -4 13

[Pidge]

Leeds are continuing to show their mid-late season form!

[johntheclaret]

Leeds are continuing to show their mid-late season form!

Yeah, but Scun.thorpe have that game in hand. Sure is tight in the bottom half of the pay offs now Pidge. Only a couple of points separate about 6 sides.

Makes for an exciting season end for the fans tough

[johntheclaret]

Sat 14 Mar

LEAGUE 1

Results

Brighton 5-0 Yeovil
Carlisle 1-1 Scun.thorpe
Cheltenham 2-0 Hartlepool
Colchester 0-1 Crewe
Hereford 0-1 Southend
Leeds 1-0 Swindon
Millwall 0-1 Leicester
Milton Keynes Dons 6-2 Oldham
Peterborough 1-0 Northampton
Stockport 0-1 Leyton O
Tranmere 3-1 Huddersfield
Walsall 0-5 Bristol R.

Round Up

The top two in League One consolidated their automatic promotion places as Leicester and Peterborough both battled to 1-0 wins to keep a rampant MK Dons at bay in third.

The leaders Leicester took all three points at Millwall courtesy of Steve Howard's 22nd-minute winner at the Walkers Stadium, while second-placed Peterborough managed to grind out victory against Northampton despite playing almost the entire 90 minutes with 10 men.

Posh's Congolese defender Gabriel Zakuani was dismissed in only the seventh minute for a professional foul, but Charlie Lee's headed goal on 33 minutes proved enough for Darren Ferguson's resilient troops, who stay nine points behind the Foxes.

It was a different story at Stadium MK where Roberto Di Matteo's Dons eventually blew Oldham away 6-2, having come from behind twice in the first half.
Kevin Maher's free-kick gave the visitors the lead only four minutes in, but Aaron Wilbraham's close-range finish on the half hour levelled.
Lee Hughes then restored Oldham's advantage five minutes before the break, but Jason Puncheon equalised two minutes later and the Dons did not look back from there.
Oldham crumbled in the second period, Sam Baldock netting a quick brace soon after the break, Alan Navarro scoring from long range with 10 minutes to go and substitute Ali Gerba completing the rout in the 94th minute.

Leeds retained their play-off position behind Millwall in fifth with a 1-0 win over Swindon on a mixed day for striker Jermaine Beckford, who scored the winner three minutes from the end but then got himself sent off deep into injury time.

Tranmere moved into the final play-off spot with a 3-1 victory against Huddersfield, Anthony Kay netting a double for Rovers either side of Bas Savage's strike. Scun.thorpe stay seventh after recording a 1-1 draw at Carlisle.

At the other end of the table, rock-bottom Cheltenham ended their winless sequence with a 2-0 win over Hartlepool, courtesy of a first-half penalty from Elvis Hammond and a late second from substitute Nicholas Bignall.

The result moves the Robins to within five points of second-bottom Hereford, who lost 1-0 at home to Southend, while Brighton's new manager Russell Slade got one over his old club with an emphatic 5-0 success against Yeovil, Dean Cox and Nicky Forster scoring two goals a piece to put the Seagulls three points from their visitors - and safety - in 22nd.

Elsewhere, Bristol Rovers posted the same thumping scoreline at Walsall, while there were also wins for Leyton Orient over Stockport and Crewe over Colchester.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Leicester 38 39 81
2 Peterborough 38 20 72
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3 Milton Keynes Dons 35 32 67
4 Millwall 36 9 64
5 Leeds 37 18 62
6 Tranmere 37 10 59
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7 Scun.thorpe 36 9 58
8 Oldham 37 6 58
9 Stockport 38 11 56
10 Southend 37 -4 55
11 Colchester 37 2 53
12 Bristol R 35 17 50
13 Huddersfield 37 -7 50
14 Walsall 37 -6 48
15 Hartlepool 38 -9 43
16 Carlisle 37 -10 42
17 Leyton O 37 -12 42
18 Crewe 36 -16 41
19 Northampton 35 -3 38
20 Yeovil 36 -25 38
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21 Swindon 36 -10 35
22 Brighton 35 -13 35
23 Hereford 34 -21 30
24 Cheltenham 35 -37 25

LEAGUE 2

Results

Aldershot 2-1 Luton
Brentford 3-3 Wycombe
Chester 1-1 Grimsby
Chesterfield 1-1 Dagenham R
Exeter 1-0 Bradford
Gillingham 2-2 Shrewsbury
Lincoln 1-1 Bury
Macclesfield 0-2 Bournemouth
Morecambe 2-1 Barnet
Notts Co 1-1 Accrington Stanley
Port Vale 3-1 Darlington
Rochdale 1-2 Rotherham

Round Up

The clash of the top two sides in League Two did not disappoint as leaders Brentford played out a six-goal thriller with Wycombe at Griffin Park.
Jordan Rhodes bundled home from close range to put the hosts ahead inside two minutes, but John Akinde marked his Wycombe debut by equalising with a header on 15 minutes.
David Hunt restored the Bees' lead with a deceptive free-kick six minutes later, only for the visitors to draw level again five minutes before the break through former Brentford player John Mousinho.
Akinde, on loan from Bristol City, then gave Wycombe the lead four minutes into the second half with a superb solo effort, but the Chairboys made life difficult for themselves after Tommy Doherty's alleged elbow reduced them to 10 men on 67 minutes.
Brentford upped the ante and were rewarded 10 minutes from the end when substitute Sam Williams struck to make it 3-3.

Third-placed Rochdale were unable to capitalise after going down 2-1 at home to Rotherham, Reuben Reid and Ryan Taylor putting the visitors two ahead before Adam Le Fondre's reply.

Bury stay fourth after Andy Bishop's late equaliser secured them a 1-1 draw at Lincoln, who had striker Anthony Elding sent off after half an hour.

Exeter moved up to fifth with a 1-0 win over fellow promotion rivals Bradford, although it was Gillingham who had looked set to take advantage of Bury's slip and assume third position until two late strikes from the league's top scorer, Grant Holt, salvaged a 2-2 draw for Shrewsbury at the Priestfield Stadium.
The result lifts Paul Simpson's side into the final play-off spot, just behind the Gills, who fall to sixth.

At the bottom, Luton look certain to be relegated after losing 2-1 to Aldershot in the early kick-off, the Hatters still 15 points from safety with 10 games remaining.

The two sides directly above them, Chester (22nd) and Grimsby (23rd), met at the Deva Stadium and played out a 1-1 draw which keeps them separated by a point either side of the relegation cut-off line.

The stalemate allowed Bournemouth to continue their heroic bid for survival, a 2-0 win at Macclesfield meaning that having started the season on -17, Eddie Howe's team are now four points clear of the drop zone.
The Cherries have lost only twice in 13 league games since Howe, at 31 the football league's youngest manager, took over the club in January.

Elsewhere, there were wins for Port Vale over Darlington and Morecambe over Barnet, while Notts County against Accrington Stanley and Chesterfield v Dagenham & Redbridge both finished 1-1.

Table

Teams P GD PTS
1 Brentford 37 24 70
2 Wycombe 36 18 63
3 Rochdale 37 19 61
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4 Bury 37 14 61
5 Exeter 37 11 61
6 Gillingham 37 5 61
7 Shrewsbury 38 16 58
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8 Bradford 37 14 58
9 Dagenham R 38 16 53
10 Morecambe 37 0 51
11 Chesterfield 34 7 49
12 Lincoln 35 3 48
13 Darlington 35 14 44
14 Aldershot 35 -15 44
15 Rotherham 33 14 40
16 Notts Co 37 -13 40
17 Macclesfield 37 -28 39
18 Port Vale 35 -16 38
19 Accrington Stanley 36 -16 34
20 Barnet 36 -21 33
21 Bournemouth 37 -2 31
22 Chester 38 -35 28
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23 Grimsby 37 -24 27
24 Luton 36 -5 13

And as we are closing in on the season end, here is the Conference Table. The top side plus the winner of the playoffs are promoted into the league

Teams P GD PTS
1 Burton 36 25 75
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2 Cambridge 38 22 70
3 Torquay 36 22 66
4 Histon 34 22 63
5 Stevenage 36 14 63
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6 Kidderminster 34 13 59
7 Crawley Town 36 18 57
8 Oxford 37 14 57
9 Wrexham 34 19 55
10 Kettering Town 32 11 54
11 Rushden 37 15 51
12 Mansfield 36 5 50
13 Eastbourne Borough 35 -9 49
14 Altrincham 36 -12 46
15 Salisbury City 36 -9 44
16 Weymouth 36 -21 42
17 Ebbsfleet United 32 -5 38
18 York City 34 -3 37
19 Woking 37 -12 37
20 Forest Gn 36 -13 37
21 Barrow 35 -18 36
22 Grays Athletic 35 -16 35
23 Northwich 35 -29 21
24 Lewes 37 -53 17

[johntheclaret]

17th Mar

Latest: L1

MK Dons 0 - 1 Millwall
Scun.thorpe 2 - 0 Hereford
Wallsall 2 - 0 Brighton
Swindon 2 - 0 Southend

L2

Accy 1 - 0 Port Vale

[johntheclaret]

Bournemouth 3 - 1 Bradford 40 mins
Rotherham 0 - 2 Aldershot 39 mins

L1
Chelt 1 - 0 Tran

L2
Hatters 0 - 1 Haddocks 43 mins
Brentford 0 - 0 Ch'Field 43 mins

[johntheclaret]

17 Mar 1/2 time

Lg1

Chelt 1 - 0 Tranmere
Crewe 0 - 0 Bristol Rvrs
MK Dons 0 - 1 Millwall
Scun.thorpe 2 - 0 Hereford
Swindon 2 - 0 Southend
Wallsall 3 - 0 Brighton

Lg2

Stanley 2 - 0 Port Vale
Bournemouth 3 - 1 Bradford
Cherries 0 - 0 Chesterfield
Lincoln 0 - 1 Darlington
Luton 1 - 1 Grimsby
Notts Co 0 - 0 Gills
Rotherham 0 - 2 Aldershot

[johntheclaret]

Luton 2 - 1 Grimsby Hall 89 mins

[johntheclaret]

17 Mar Full Time

Lg 1

Cheltenham 1 - 0 Tranmere
Crewe 1 - 1 B ristol Rvs
MK Dons 0 - 1 Millwall
Scun.thorpe 3 - 0 Hereford
Swindon 3 - 0 Southend
Wallsall 3 - 0 Brighton

Lg 2

Accrington 2 - 0 Port Vale
Bournemouth 4 - 1 Bradford
Brentford 0 - 1 Chesterfield
Lincoln 0 - 1 Darlington
Luton 2 - 1 Grimsby
Notts Co 0 - 1 Gillingham
Rotherham 1 - 2 Aldershot

[Pidge]

Leeds still grinding out the good results. Hope we can get promoted.

Also good to see Grimsby hit form with a win against the 3rd placed team on the weekend. It has lifted them 1 point out of the relegation zone in League 2

[Pidge]

What are peoples thoughts on Jermaine Beckford? Are other clubs trying to poach him from Leeds? Hopefully he helps us to promotion.