Ladbrokes Leagues 1 & 2 round-up

It says much about the impatience of

that gaining a point away from home against one of their main title rivals was seen as sloppy.

The 2-2 draw at was seen as two points dropped, particularly as they had led until Dylan Mackin’s 86th-minute equaliser. Even then, it took a last-minute goal-line clearance to deny the league leaders victory.

But manager David Hopkin and his players were unhappy not to pick up a win, particularly as closed the gap at the top to 10 points with a 4-1 home win over

Striker Liam Buchanan, almost inevitably on the scoresheet these days, had mixed feelings. “We played with a real fighting spirit but we made a mistake for Alloa to get the first goal,” he said.

“We recovered well from that and fought our way back into the match. But this was two points lost for us. We still have a long way to go the end of the season and teams around us will want to try to close the gap between us, but we need to take each game as it comes.” Steve Farrell gained his first win as manager as his side beat

3-0 to move to within a point of Stenhousemuir at the bottom.

“This was a really big result for us,” he pointed out, “But we are still sitting bottom of the league.”

earned a 2-2 draw at in spite of having David Marsh sent off in the second half after picking up his second booking, while fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at

In League 2, strengthened their grip at the top by beating closest rivals away from home to move 11 points clear.

A first-half goal from Josh Peters settled the issue 1-0 although Arbroath manager Dick Campbell is convinced his team can still catch the leaders.

Campbell felt his team were denied a certain penalty when Alan Doris went down in the area after Thomas O’Brien’s challenge but the referee was unconvinced. match at was postponed so they now have two matches in hand over the top two but are 15 points off the pace. challenge has wilted as they were held to a 0-0 draw at

Manager Barry Ferguson blamed the barren outcome on his strikers for missing chances at vital times.

Midfielder Josh Walker, who came through the ranks at Middlesbrough and played for Indian champions Bengaluru FC, made his home debut for City and will be charged with leading his side away from the foot of the table.

A hat trick from Steven Thomson helped to a handsome 4-1 win over

only their third win in 15 games. It moved them clear of their rivals at the foot of the table and manager John Coughlin now wants his team do put a run together to climb further away.

won their third successive match, beating

2-1 at Forthbank thanks to late goals from Chris Templeman and a Graham Webster penalty. The goals came after Blair Henderson had given Stirling the lead from the spot.