Leaders manage to Cough up win
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extended their unbeaten league run to six with a goalless draw against fellow promotion hopefuls
Graham Coughlan, who had led the club to fourth in the table, left the club this week to take over at League Two Mansfield citing family reasons for his decision, before interim boss Joe Dunne followed to become his assistant.
However, it did not affect Rovers or new caretaker boss Kevin Maher as they held on for a point at the Memorial Stadium.
Posh moved up to second in the table following the stalemate after
were beaten 1-0 at
A superb individual goal from Ronan Curtis five minutes into the second half proved to be the winner.
Town’s Luke Chambers was dismissed late on.
That was a let-off for leaders after they fell to their second defeat of the season at seven points clear at the top, while Oxford moved into the play-off places. also moved into the top six following a
1-0 win over with Zain Westbrooke scoring. At the other end of the table, closed to within two points of fellow strugglers after a
3-2 win in the battle of the bottom two. Southend took a
10th-minute lead thanks to Harry Lennon but the hosts were ahead at the break through Joe Dodoo’s volley and an effort from Luke Murphy (left). Daryl Murphy’s sixth goal of the season put Bolton 3-1 ahead before Timothee Dieng grabbed a late consolation. secured their sixth successive home win in all competitions with a 3-1 win over
boosted their survival hopes as Rushian Hepburn-Murphy scored the only goal in a 1-0 victory against
spoils at 2-2 draw. beat beat shared the in a
3-1 and drew 1-1 with