Hatters are fleet of foot to hit new club record
LUTON set a new club record of 20 league games unbeaten with a 2-1 win at Fleetwood.
George Moncur’s 25-yard free-kick put the leaders ahead just before the break, with Pelly Ruddock doubling the lead early in the second half.
Paddy Madden scored a consolation for the home side in stoppage time.
The Hatters’ run sees Mick Harford’s men beat the previous best set twice in successive years during 1968 and 1969.
Second-placed Barnsley remain six points behind, having played a match less, after they beat Wycombe 2-1 at Oakwell.
Cauley Woodrow put the hosts in front with a penalty on 13 minutes, and grabbed his second just after the hour.
Joe Jacobson then pulled a goal back for Wycombe from the penalty spot.
Portsmouth saw their hopes of making up ground in the promotion race dented as Simon Cox’s hat-trick saw Southend battle back to earn a 3-3 draw.
Bryn Morris, Ben Close and Oliver Hawkins put Pompey 3-0 up inside 31 minutes, with Cox’s goal before the break seemingly only a consolation.
However, the winger set up a tense finale when he converted a penalty with 12 minutes left and then curled in an equaliser.
Blackpool battled to a goalless draw at fifth-placed Charlton.
Coventry beat Walsall 3-0 at the Ricoh Arena.
Amadou Bakayoko and Jordy Hiwula-mayifuila scored against their former club, both goals coming in the space of six first-half minutes. Bright Enobakhare added a late third from the penalty spot.
Gillingham ended a fourmatch winless run with a 1-0 home win over Scunthorpe.
Mark Byrne’s goal on the half-hour proved enough for all three points to lift the Gills out of the relegation zone
Ivan Toney scored a late goal as play-off chasing Peterborough won 1-0 at Oxford, who drop back into the bottom four.
Relegation battlers Shrewsbury were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Burton.
Tyrese Campbell gave the Shrews an early lead, but David Templeton headed in a swift equaliser on 11 minutes.
Second-bottom Bradford played out a goalless draw at home against Plymouth.