Two minutes of magic make all the TON SAVE

A CLINICAL two-minute second-half spell ensured Morton will remain in the

Championship for another year – but it wasn’t going to be comfortable as they edged past Arbroath.

Robbie Crawford’s third league goal of the season and George Oakley’s 13th of the campaign had Ton in easy street within two minutes of each other, before Michael McKenna got his customary strike with 22 minutes to play to make things interesting.

Dougie Imrie had stressed the importance of fast starts in the division earlier on this cincwheLeek agnud eheOwnaes hoping to seEe nsigmlislahr Cashhaims pionship

side made the trip to the north east.

Cove Rangers 2 Alloa Athletic 3 Cardiff 2 made four changes to the side that

Virtanen 26 Coventry P

Wales 51, 89 Huddersfield 0 had lost to Dundee United last time around

Leicester 2

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Norwich 1

Douglas 45 QPR 1 and Alan Power dropped out the side

Smith 53 Rotherham 0 and he’d thought he’d gotten just what he

Stoke 3

Falkirkwanted when 2 Kelty Michael Hearts Garrity 2 got into a good

Sunderland 0

McCann 25 (og)

Morrisonp3o2sition at the edge ofLyotnh3e3 box. However, he

Watford 0

4,607curled wide inside the opening six minutes.

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Ton were needing a win to Leicester try to pro 43 pe2 l9

Barjonas 24 themselves back up into the top half of the

Kilday 76 Ipswich 43 26

Leeds 43 26 table as they looked to secure back-to-back

Stirling Albion 0 Queen of South 0 Southampton 43 25

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P W D L F A GD Pts Norwich 44 21 chief, however, it wasn’t going to be plain

Falkirk 34 27 7 0 91 23 68 88 Hull 43 18

sailing as Mullen was forced into a good stop

Hamilton 34 20 8 6 68 27 41 68 Coventry 42 17

Alloa 34 16 7 11 58 52 6 55 to deny McIntosh’s header

Middlesbrough 43 18

Montrose 34 13 8 13 53 55 -2 47

RangDerselaney, though, had the ball in the back of

Cove 34 13 7 14 55 60 -5 46 Preston North End44 18

Kelty Hearts 34 12 8 14 47 57 -10 44 Cardiff 44 19

the net just before the half-hour mark after a

Queen of South 34 10 8 16 42 50 -8 38 Bristol City 44 16

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Stirling 34 9 8 17 35 56 -21 35 Swansea 44 15

Edinburgh whistler City Callum Scott had 8 adjudged there to

34 3 5 26 36 92 -56 Watford 44 12 have been a foul in there somMeiwllwhalel re. 44 14

cinchDLeesapgitue etaTkwinog a whack just five minutes

Stoke 44 13

QPR 44

Bonnyrigg earlier, Rose Michael 0 Spartans Garrity wasn’t 1 going to be

Blackburn 43 deterred from gettHienndgerasot t8h5 eAPlyrmboruothath rig44ht1

2 Stenhousemuir 2 Birmingham

He did well to get on to a good ball in

Lynch 45 Huddersfield behind and bare down Kirkpatrick onto 66 the box. This saw

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Elgin City 1 Peterhead 1 him cut inside the Irishman and Rotherham he watched

Pawlett 90 his curling effort, arrowed towards the near

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McLean 59, 72 Newton 31

Heading into this tie, many a Ton faFnriday

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Blackpool 3

Stenhousemuir points, 34 but 18 13 after 3 49 some 28 21 rather 67 choice words

Bolton 2

Peterhead 34 15 11 8 54 36 18 56

from Inverness manager Duncan Bristol Rovers Ferguson 0 a

Dumbarton 34 16 8 10 53 40 13 56

Burton 3

Spartanfsew days 34 14 before, 12 8 the 49 40 Gayfield 9 54 side were well

Cambridge Utd 0

East Fife 34 11 11 12 45 44 1 44

up for this one as Imrie’s men Carlisle had Mullen 1

Forfar 34 8 15 11 36 41 -5 39

Charlton 1 to thank for keeping the scores level on the

Elgin 34 10 9 15 33 54 -21 39 Cheltenham 1

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4 42 47 -5 35 Leyton Orient 0

Stranraer 34 8 9 17 36 51 -15 33 Northampton 1

David Gold’s run from deep was unmatched

Clyde 34 7 11 16 42 58 -16 32 Portsmouth 1 as he latched on to Scott Stewa P rt’

Portsmouth 45 27 flick on. Arriving on to the ball with Broadfoot

English Premier League

Derby 45 27 for company, his shot acBrooltosns goal fr4o 5 m25

1 Brentford 5 Peterborough 44 25 the edge of the box was only just tipped wide

Wissa 24, 45 Barnsley 45 21 Brora v Turriff United, Keith v Wick Academy. by Mullen. k6l ey38 p2l7ay7e4d iTnhe SbceohttisihnLdo,wlawnditLheagtuhe e first of minutes of work, 10 minutes after the restart.

Pinnock 62 Lincoln City 45 20

Lewis-Potter 64 Oxford Utd 45 21 74 to test Tranent Boruc. v Celtic B. Firstly he overhit That was thanks to the dogged work of Stewart had the best chance of the half two chances

Schade 86 Blackpool 45 21 73 Premier League

Sheff United to break 1 the Burnley deadlock just 4 Stevenage eight minu45te1s8 his cross before assuming the position in the Crawford and Quitongo who did well to compete

68 Aston Villa v Chelsea (8.00), Everton v Brentford (5.30), from the interval. Some good play between 11ce17nt5r0e,54 challenging Steele aerially, but he

Bruun Larsen 38 with and get the better of Darren Lyon,

Leyton Orient 62 Fulham v Crystal Palace, Man Utd v Burnley, Newcastle v

Assignon 40 Wycombe 61 Sheff Utd, West Ham v Liverpool (12.30), Wolverhampton v

McKenna and Gold down the Exeter left wing 4s5aw17 could only head

Luton. wide. with Crawford heading the ball into the path Foster 58 61 the Gayfield stalwart played in over the top of Quitongo who was the man over. Gudmundsson 71 1B6 u61t t5h ey5 really should’ve been ahead eight

Wigan 59 Sky Bet Championship

Northampton 59 Blackburn v Coventry, Bristol City v Rotherham, Cardiff v

Wolverhampton 0 Arsenal 2 of Tyler French and Trossard into 45 the Bristol box. Rovers He lifted minutes after the

Middlesbrough, break, Huddersfield when Robbie v Birmingham, Crawford Hull v Ipswich The winger did well to hold the ball up and

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(8.00), Millwall v Plymouth, Norwich v Swansea, Sheff Wed the ball back into the path of Stewart, who saw a guilt-edged opportunity go begging. flick it back into the path of his teammate Odegaard 90 Charlton 53

Reading 50 v West Brom, Southampton v Stoke, Watford v Sunderland. couldn’t keep his header down, Shrewsbury fluffing his

P W D L F A GD Pts 48 who then composed himself to curl beyond

Sky Bet League One

Barnsley v Northampton (12.30), Derby v Carlisle (12.30),

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3 76 32 44 73 Burton Albion 46

Albion (12.30), Lincoln City v Portsmouth (12.30),

Arbroath were keen to ruffle some feathers

3 72 31 41 71 Cheltenham beyond the A41rbroath defence down the right. yards.

Peterborough v Bolton (12.30), Port Vale v Cambridge Utd just after the break. Kicking off proceed- He then picked

8 68 49 19 63 Fleetwood Town 40

(12.30), his head Reading up v Blackpool to square (12.30), Shrewsbury in the v Leyton And Ton would cap off a devastating couple 8 65 49 16 60 Port Vale 40

Orient (12.30), Stevenage v Cheltenham (12.30), Wigan v ings for32th15e s5ec1o2 n6d9 p52er1i7od5,0 theCyarliismle media4t ely7 m29id4d1le o-f38th30e box, but Crawford’s first-time of minutes by getting the ball straight

Bristol Rovers (12.30), Wycombe v Charlton (12.30). effort was hackSkeydBetcLleeagaure Twboy Boruc. Blues from the restart and compiling the agony on 32 15 5 12 47 48 -1 50

Chelseawent forward, winning a corner English from League kick- Two

33 13 9 11 52 58 -6 48 AFC Wimbledon v Walsall, Accrington Stanley v Tranmere, off. But McKenna’s brilliant cross into the would then see a dipping volley well held 30 Jim McIntyre’s men by netting a second less 31 13 8 10 61 52 9 47 Barrow v Mansfield, Bradford v Newport County,

32 11 11 10 52 50 2 44 Crewe 3 Colchester v Crewe, Crawley Town v Grimsby, Forest box couldn’t get any takers to just nudge it in seconds later. than 60 seconds later.

33 12 7 14 46 53 -7 43 Doncaster 2 Green v Notts County, Gillingham v Doncaster, Milton the dir3e3ct1i2on6 o1f5 g4o9a5l1. -2 42 However, he’d Keynes make Dons v amends Sutton Utd, Salford a City few v Harrogate minutes Town, Calum Waters dispossessed Adam McKinnon

Grimsby 0

42 Harrogate Town 5 Swindon v Morecambe, Wrexham v Stockport County.

This gave Imrie’s men a bit of a rocket as later as Ton would put their part-time on the left-hand side before finding

Mansfield 1

Pthalaecye went right up the park Morecambe and this saw counterparts 2 to SUNDAY the sword 28 APRIL in a brilliant few Blues in the centre of the park. This saw Newport County cinch Scottish Premiership

Notts County

Stockport County

Sutton Utd

Tranmere

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