Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Results Round Up

The Bulls are now nine points clear of the bottom two, with at least two games in hand, after tonight's results. While a slew of games struggled to get attendances over 2,000 the lowest was at Barnet. The Bees battered Wycombe for long periods but failed to find accuracy in front of just 1,040 home supporters and 480 visitors and ended up 1-0 losers. Stockport gave away two penalties in losing 3-0 at Accrington with their negative goal difference now double that of any other side in the division. Both those sides are on 31 points, with Burton next on 35 after they beat Lincoln 3-1. Macclesfield are on 38 after beating Crewe 1-0, with the Bulls one of four on 40 points. Bradford scored a late winner to beat Rotherham 2-1 to be 20th, Morecambe lost 1-0 at Bury to be 19th, the Bulls are 18th, and Northampton lost 2-1 at Chesterfield to be 17th.

At the top Chesterfield are now 11 points clear from Bury and Wycombe. Shrewsbury are four points short of the automatic spots after a 2-2 draw with sixth place Port Vale. The Valiants are a point behind but Rotherham are better off on goal difference. Gillingham round out the top seven on 53 points after a 2-2 draw with Southend, with the other play-off challengers now at least five points behind. Torquay lost 1-0 at Aldershot and are joined on 48 points by Southend. Oxford are on 47 but didn't play, with Accrington up to 46 points.

In the Conference Crawley go top after a goalless draw at Kidderminster. They are now level on points with Wimbledon but with five games in hand. Kiddy are two points inside the play-offs but York, Darlington, Rushden, and Grimsby can all catch them with their games in hand. Forest Green drew 2-2 at Rushden.

At the foot of League One Swindon now prop up the division after losing 1-0 at Plymouth. Both sides have played 35 games and have 32 points. Bristol Rovers (33 points, 35 games) won 1-0 at Tranmere, while Walsall (35 points, 36 games) slip into the bottom four after they lost 2-0 at home to Leyton Orient and Dagenham (35 points, 32 games) beat Colchester 1-0. Yeovil (37 points, 34 games) are getting dragged into the mire after losing 3-0 at Southampton.