LEAGUE ONE WEEKEND ROUND-UP

JOhNNiE JACKsON’s CHARLTON bandwagon gathered more momentum as it rolled over leaders PLYMOUTH 2-0. interim boss Jackson (right) has only dropped two points since stepping up to the top job following the sacking of Nigel Adkins. he is due to talk to owner Thomas sandgaard this week about making the appointment permanent. Plymouth boss Ryan Lowe, whose side’s 15-game unbeaten run was ended by goals from Ben Purrington and Conor Washington, said: ‘Credit to Charlton, you can see they’re playing for their manager.’ Plymouth stay top, two points ahead of ROTHERHAM, WYCOMBE and WIGAN, whose match against OXFORD was called off after positive Covid tests. Rotherham beat CAMBRIDGE 3-1 to extend their unbeaten run to 14 with goals from Ben Wiles, Dan Barlaser and Freddie Ladapo. ‘We over-complicated the game a bit,’ said Millers boss Paul Warne. Wycombe needed a late header from sam Vokes to see off BOLTON, whose recent run is dismal — just one win in seven league matches. ‘We feel like the world’s against us but we must stick together,’ said Wanderers boss ian Evatt. SUNDERLAND’S three-match losing streak ended with a 2-0 beating of IPSWICH. Black Cats boss Lee Johnson said: ‘it’s been tough but we’ve made it tough because in this division only the fittest survive.’

EXETER CITY may have been ordered to replay last Tuesday’s FA Cup first-round win over Bradford for making too many substitutions, but their progress to second place in the league has been far more straightforward — and saturday’s 2-1 home win over CARLISLE was their fifth victory in a row. One scorer was familiar — sam Nombe’s opener on the hour was his seventh league goal of the season — while another was not: full back Jake Caprice’s first goal in 321 appearances doubled the lead 20 minutes later. Despite his side extending their unbeaten run to 20 matches, Grecians boss Matt Taylor said: ‘We weren’t at our best and didn’t test their goalkeeper enough.’