JOSH’S EMOTIONAL GOAL
IT WAS a fitting end to an emotional day at Brisbane Road as the last signing made by Justin Edinburgh before his death scored the winner for LEYTON
ORIENT against CHELTENHAM. Josh Wright, a close friend of Edinburgh’s son Charlie, celebrated his goal in the 1-0 win by holding up an Orient shirt with the late manager’s name on the back. ‘To get the goal was extra special,’ said Wright. ‘It would have been for anyone today. The emotion is hard to explain, it’s been a bit of a blur.’ Luke Varney and Rohan Ince were sent off for Cheltenham.
GRIMSBY’S Elliott Whitehouse put his injury troubles behind him by scoring in a 2-0 win at
MORECAMBE. Whitehouse was ruled out of last season after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament. Max Wright claimed his
first league goal, scoring into an open net after Morecambe keeper Barry Roche had gone up for a corner in stoppage time. Promotion hopefuls NEWPORT and MANSFIELD drew 2-2, while title favourites BRADFORD were held 0-0 by CAMBRIDGE.
SCUNTHORPE went down 2-0 at home to SWINDON after classy goals from Jerry Yates and Keshi Anderson.
SALFORD produced a strong showing on their first outing in the Football League, Emmanuel Dieseruvwe scoring twice to see off STEVENAGE, while PLYMOUTH beat CREWE 3-0.