Robins post win to keep top spot
THERE is a two-point gap at the top of the table after won 3-1 against at the County
Ground.
Lloyd Isgrove and Michael Doughty both hit the woodwork for the Robins in the first half but it was after the break that the floodgates opened.
Jerry Yates (below) bundled Swindon ahead a minute into the second half with Diallang Jaiyesimi doubling the Robins’ lead.
Luke Hendrie then turned a cross into his own net under no pressure before James Hanson pulled back a consolation.
climbed above Exeter into second following a 2-0 win over struggling
Chris Porter put Alex ahead from the penalty spot after Perry Ng had been brought down by Fraser Horsfall.
Stephen Walker then doubled the lead when a superb ball from Charlie Kirk picked him out.
slipped to third after seeing end their three-game losing streak with a 2-0 win.
The Cobblers were ahead with less than a minute gone when Vadaine Oliver controlled the ball well before firing home and Sam Hoskins wrapped it up 10 minutes from time from the penalty spot.
slipped four points behind Swindon after they were held to a goalless draw by
kept their place in the play-offs as Reuben Reid’s strike earned them a 1-0 win over
Kwame Poku and Callum Harriott got Colchester’s goals in the 2-1 win at Salford, with Ashley Hunter pulling back their consolation.
drew 2-2 draw at to bring to an end their three-match winning streak, while goals from Ryan Inniss and Scot Bennett saw
2-1. were beat
beaten 1-0 at thanks to John Mcatee and came from 2-0 down at home to to claim a
2-2 draw.
Beryly Lubala and Ashley Nadesan gave a
2-0 win over and were held to a 2-2 draw by
KANU BELIEVE IT? Hal Robson-Kanu puts West Brom out of sight
SLAVEN BILIC accused Lee Johnson and the Bristol City bench of helping to get Romaine Sawyers sent off – although the dismissal proved a minor obstacle to the rampant Championship leaders.
Sawyers was given a straight red card in the 77th minute for putting his hand on the throat of Jamie Paterson, even though he looked as if he was checking his pulse rather than trying to strangle him.
Bilic certainly thought it was ham acting all-round although Hal Robson-Kanu’s second goal moments later must have felt like the sweetest retribution.
The Croatian claimed the red card was unnecessary and that the referee had been influenced by the reaction of City manager Johnson and his bench.
“Okay, he grabbed him, but for me, it’s not a red card. If it was, we would have them all the time,” said Bilic.
“Their reaction had led to the sending off. But to win 3-0 here in this way, you have to have one of the most complete games of the season.
“The players look hungry, sharp and competitive. They are all pushing each other.”
Johnson, who must have felt angrier with his own team’s effort to improve their play-off chances, claimed that his opposite number was on the wrong side of the argument. “He’s wrong,” said Johnson. “It’s the rules of the game – that’s what it says.”
In truth the dismissal made no impact. West Brom were dominant before the red card, rewarded by Robson-Kanu’s first goal and an opener for Callum Robinson.
That dominance continued against 10 men as Robson-Kanu jumped on a howler by Ashley Williams, who made a mess of a backpass allowing the Baggies striker to volley his second goal with a touch of genuine arrogance.
The Robins were to blame for their own downfall. Keeper Dan Bentley fumbled for RobsonKanu’s first goal and the opener for Robinson again came from an error, although the Baggies’ striker enjoyed a bizarre rebound off his face.
City’s only real chance came when they were 2-0 down, falling to Nahki Wells who volleyed harmlessly wide from two yards out.