by johntheclaret » Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:13 am
Saturday, 16 January 2010
LEAGUE 1
Brentford 3-1 Carlisle
Colchester 0-5 Norwich
Exeter 2-0 Leeds
Hartlepool 0-5 Milton Keynes Dons
Huddersfield 2-1 Southend
Leyton O 0-0 Bristol R.
Millwall 1-1 Southampton
Swindon 3-1 Gillingham
Walsall 1-2 Brighton
Wycombe 1-2 Charlton
Round Up
Ryan Harley's double condemned runaway leaders Leeds to just their second defeat League One of the season as Exeter pulled off a major shock.
The 24-year-old defender put the Grecians, who started the game in 18th place, ahead with just four minutes gone, and then made sure of a famous victory with seven minutes remaining.
Leeds started the day six points clear at the top and defending a 17-game unbeaten run in all competitions, but they ended it with second-placed Norwich having closed the gap to just three.
They did so by smashing five past Colchester at Layer Road as manager Paul Lambert, who was in charge of the Essex club when they won 7-1 at Carrow Road on the opening day of the season, saw Chris Martin's brace put the visitors 2-0 up at the break.
But things went from bad to worse for the home side, who were trailing 3-0 to Gary Doherty's 49th-minute effort when home debutant Ian Henderson was sent off for a late tackle on Darel Russell.
Oli Johnson and Grant Holt completed the rout, and the Canaries could even afford the luxury of Wes Hoolahan's penalty miss.
Norwich were not the only side to score five on their travels as MK Dons maintained their promotion challenge with victory by the same score at Hartlepool.
Former Pool striker Jermaine Easter put the visitors ahead inside four minutes and Gary Liddle's own goal left Chris Turner's side with a mountain to climb.
They never looked like scaling it and second-half strikes from Peter Leven, substitute Sam Baldock and Jason Puncheon eased the Dons home.
Charlton kept pace with Norwich as they returned from lowly Wycombe with a 2-1 victory.
Jonjo Shelvey put them ahead with 11 minutes gone and although Jon-Paul Pittman levelled after the break, Nick Bailey won it with 13 minutes remaining.
Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes claimed a double as the Terriers beat Southend 2-1 at the Galpharm Stadium, while Swindon cruised to a 3-1 home win over Gillingham with goals from Charlie Austin and Scott Cuthbert and Billy Paynter's penalty.
The drama arrived late at the New Den where Rickie Lambert's 92nd-minute strike looked to have handed Southampton victory before loan signing Liam Trotter equalised for Millwall three minutes later.
Brighton ran out 2-1 winners at Walsall, but there was no happy awayday for Carlisle, who went down 3-1 at Brentford.
Teams P GD PTS
1 Leeds 25 30 57
2 Norwich 26 31 54
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3 Charlton 25 20 51
4 Colchester 24 13 45
5 Huddersfield 24 19 41
6 Swindon 23 4 41
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7 Milton Keynes Dons 25 5 39
8 Millwall 25 7 37
9 Bristol R 24 -4 35
10 Brentford 25 -2 33
11 Walsall 23 2 31
12 Hartlepool 25 -6 30
13 Southampton 25 13 29
14 Southend 25 -5 29
15 Exeter 26 -9 29
16 Yeovil 24 -2 28
17 Carlisle 23 -4 28
18 Brighton 25 -12 27
19 Gillingham 25 -7 26
20 Oldham 23 -9 25
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21 Leyton O 25 -13 25
22 Tranmere 23 -22 21
23 Wycombe 27 -23 19
24 Stockport 23 -26 14
LEAGUE 2
Barnet 1-2 Lincoln
Bournemouth 1-2 Bury
Burton 1-1 Shrewsbury
Chesterfield 1-0 Torquay
Dagenham R 2-0 Crewe
Grimsby 0-0 Cheltenham
Round Up
First-half goals from Stephen Dawson and David Worrall helped Bury climb into the League Two play-off race as Bournemouth passed up the chance to boost their own promotion hopes.
The second-placed Cherries went into the game at the Fitness First Stadium hoping to take advantage of leaders Rochdale's lay-off following the postponement of their home clash with Port Vale.
However, Dawson's ninth-minute opener and Worrall's strike six minutes before the break saw the visitors home and into sixth despite Brett Pitman's injury-time consolation strike.
Dagenham and Redbridge took the opportunity to close the gap on Bournemouth to six points with a 2-0 home win over Crewe.
Josh Scott's 35th-minute glancing header put the hosts in front, and when Danny Green made it 2-0 six minutes later, the points were safe.
Shrewsbury's hopes of climbing into the top three were dealt a blow when they were held to a 1-1 draw at 10-man Burton.
Dave Hibbert's header had given the visitors a 27th-minute advantage, and Burton's chances of launching a fightback looked slim when Guy Branston was dismissed for a second bookable offence inside three minutes.
However, Greg Pearson levelled 15 minutes from time to snatch a point.
Chesterfield edged past Torquay to stay in the hunt for the play-off places in a tight encounter at the Recreation Ground.
Loan signing Barry Conlon scored the game's only goal with 72 minutes gone to take his side into seventh place.
There was a precious victory for lowly Lincoln as they dragged themselves a little further clear of the battle for League Two survival.
Chris Sutton's side started the day in 22nd place, just four points better off than second-bottom Grimsby.
However, they headed away from Barnet having extended that margin, thanks to a dramatic 2-1 win.
City went ahead on the half-hour through defender Cian Hughton, the son of Newcastle boss Chris, but were pegged back with 15 minutes remaining by Ismail Yakubu's header.
However, there was a twist in the tale when substitute Lenny John-Lewis headed home Joe Anderson's cross three minutes into stoppage time.
Cheltenham will have been the happier after their bottom-of-the-table trip to Grimsby ended goalless draw.
The home side missed a first-half penalty when Michael Leary struck his spot-kick against the bar, and the visitors left with a point despite having Ashley Eastham sent off for two bookable offences.
On another frustrating day for the League Two clubs, only six games survived following a series of pitch inspections
Teams P GD PTS
1 Rochdale 24 30 51
2 Bournemouth 25 3 46
3 Dagenham R 24 9 40
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4 Rotherham 21 12 39
5 Shrewsbury 26 5 39
6 Bury 24 0 39
7 Chesterfield 24 4 38
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8 Notts Co 22 26 37
9 Aldershot 22 10 36
10 Morecambe 24 5 34
11 Accrington Stanley 22 2 33
12 Burton 23 0 30
13 Crewe 24 -3 30
14 Bradford 23 -4 30
15 Port Vale 22 1 29
16 Northampton 24 -2 29
17 Barnet 24 -6 28
18 Macclesfield 22 -5 27
19 Torquay 24 -2 25
20 Hereford 22 -6 25
21 Cheltenham 25 -11 25
22 Lincoln 23 -13 25
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23 Grimsby 25 -20 19
24 Darlington 21 -35 8