LEAGUE ONE
SWINDON 2 SCUNTHORPE 1
MARTIN LING celebrated a win in his first league game in charge of Swindon as he saw goals from Raphael Rossi Branco and Nicky Ajose end their 12-game winless run. ‘It’s a big victory for us and something to build off the back of,’ Ling said. Jordan Clarke grabbed Scunthorpe’s consolation.
ROCHDALE 0 WIGAN 2
GOALS from Jason Pearce and Michael Jacobs (right) handed the bragging rights to Wigan as they beat local rivals Rochdale, much to the satisfaction of manager Gary Caldwell.
‘I’m delighted,’ he said. ‘We knew it was a big game. It’s our first clean sheet away from home so I couldn’t be happier. We could have scored more, but it was great to see out the second half.’
Opposite number Keith Hill added: ‘You have to congratulate the opposition, they are probably one of the best sides in the league.’
BARNSLEY 1 PORT VALE 2
LEE JOHNSON lamented an eighth straight league defeat for Barnsley as goals from Ajay Leitch-Smith and Sam Foley piled more pressure on his shoulders. Sam Winnall’s reply was not enough and Johnson said: ‘The fans don’t deserve it and we didn’t deserve that result.’
SHEFF UTD 2 SOUTHEND 2
SHEFFIELD UNITED boss Nigel Adkins breathed a sigh of relief as goals from Jose Baxter and Neill Collins saved his side a point after Ryan Leonard and Jack Payne had fired Southend ahead. ‘We showed some great resilience after being 2-0 down,’ he said.
BLACKPOOL 0 DONCASTER 2
THE Rovers resurgence continues under new boss Darren Ferguson, with Andy Williams and Aaron Taylor-Sinclair, scoring his first goal in English football, on target in the win at Blackpool. Ferguson said: ‘We deserved to win and I thought that we managed the game well.’
PETERBORO 2 FLEETWOOD 1
MANAGER Graham Westley hailed Peterborough’s character as they eked out victory over Fleetwood thanks to goals from Souleymayne Coulibaly and Jermaine Anderson, while David Ball replied. He said: ‘We showed the sort of desire and ambition needed to win games.’
BRADFORD 2 CREWE 0
BILLY CLARKE ensured victory for Bradford, after Gary Liddle’s opener, and he was praised by City manager Phil Parkinson. He said: ‘I thought he was great. He showed a creative spark and the goal was his reward.’ Crewe boss Steve Davis added: ‘We lacked a bit of nous.’
COLCHESTER 1 COVENTRY 3
JACOB MURPHY took the plaudits from Coventry manager Tony Mowbray as his brace, along with Marc-Antoine Fortune’s effort, handed City the points after they fell behind to Macauley Bonne’s opener. Mowbray said: ‘I thought Murphy stepped up to the plate.’
GILLINGHAM 3 BURY 1
STRIKES from debutant Dominic Samuel, John Egan (right) and Emmanuel Osadebe moved Gillingham back to the summit as they beat Bury, but boss Justin Edinburgh was keeping his cool.
‘We’re top of the league, but we won’t get carried away,’ Edinburgh said. ‘To be where we are is a real phenomenal effort from them, we want to maintain that now.’
Bury had gone ahead through Leon Clarke’s fourth-minute opener and their manager David Flitcroft said: ‘We’ve come to a tough place and I’m disappointed.’
CHESTERFIELD 1 OLDHAM 2
DANNY PHILLISKIRK’S late winner ensured Oldham maintained their unbeaten away record, to the delight of boss David Dunn, who said: ‘I was quite pleased at the end.’ Dominic Poleon had earlier cancelled out Sylvan Ebanks-Blake’s effort for Chesterfield.