:00:41. > :00:44.Hello there. What a few days it's been in the Football League, if at
:00:44. > :00:49.the start of the season I told you that Rene Howe would be back at
:00:49. > :00:54.Bournemouth and that Edgar Davids would turn up at Barnett, chances
:00:54. > :01:01.are you would have told me to go for a lie down. No such luxury of a
:01:01. > :01:08.rest for leagues one and two during the international break. Here's
:01:08. > :01:12.what's coming up tonight: So far so good this season for Sheffield
:01:12. > :01:22.united lying third in the table. Danny Wilson's side were at home to
:01:22. > :01:27.
:01:27. > :01:37.Oldham. With action from the County Ground as Paulo di Canio's Swindon
:01:37. > :01:38.
:01:38. > :01:47.took on Swindon. We've all the news from another dramatic day. And some
:01:47. > :01:51.special goals too. Sheffield united have overcome
:01:51. > :01:55.their play-off handover after that dramatic defeat to Huddersfield
:01:55. > :02:03.last May. Like Tranmere the Blades have started their campaign
:02:03. > :02:07.unbeaten. On Saturday they took on an in-form Oldham side. Your match
:02:07. > :02:10.an in-form Oldham side. Your match commentator is Paul Walker.
:02:10. > :02:15.Only three teams are yet to taste defeat in the Football League.
:02:15. > :02:20.Sheffield unite ready one of those. Today they're bidding for a third
:02:21. > :02:26.straight win. After a poor start to the campaign Paul Dickov's team
:02:26. > :02:36.appear to have turned the corner. The Blades have a goal keeping
:02:36. > :02:36.
:02:36. > :03:24.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:03:24. > :03:29.Derbyshire thought he'd scored. George Long was at full stretch to
:03:29. > :03:39.keep the initial effort out. Derbyshire was smart but not smart
:03:39. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:15.back pedalling. I don't think he was entirely sure where that ball
:04:15. > :04:55.
:04:55. > :05:02.much better start to this second a penalty! Mvoto adjudged to have
:05:02. > :05:07.man handled Dave Kitson in the penalty area. There was a quick
:05:07. > :05:11.point to the spot. He did hold him. He made sure he couldn't get to the
:05:11. > :05:21.ball. You can't have any doubts about
:05:21. > :05:29.
:05:29. > :05:33.lead. Nick Blackman with the breakthrough for Sheffield united
:05:33. > :05:38.chasing their third league straight win, calm as you like from the spot.
:05:38. > :05:48.He rolled it into the corner. A little stutter step and straight
:05:48. > :05:57.
:05:57. > :06:05.boss. -- around of applause from his boss.
:06:05. > :06:15.A terrific save from the young goal keeper. Derbyshire has been
:06:15. > :06:36.
:06:36. > :06:46.chance for Ryan Flynn. He did well and should really have buried that
:06:46. > :07:08.
:07:08. > :07:13.drama here at Bramall Lane. It's Matt Smith who breaks Sheffield
:07:13. > :07:17.united's hearts but sparks pandemonium. Absolutely incredible!
:07:17. > :07:22.Sheffield united have been doing all they could to wind the clock
:07:22. > :07:29.down, but it's not over till it's over and Matt Smith rescues the
:07:29. > :07:34.draw for Paul Dickov. In it goes from Baxter. Smith stuck
:07:34. > :07:44.it under the body of George Long. The substitute comes to Oldham's
:07:44. > :08:00.
:08:00. > :08:05.Matt Smith incredibly has rescued a point for Oldham athletic when
:08:05. > :08:10.Sheffield united were seconds away from getting all three. Smiles all
:08:10. > :08:14.round from Paul Dickov. Incredible late drama. They're happy tonight.
:08:14. > :08:19.They'll enjoy their trip home back over the Pennines. Matt Smith gets
:08:19. > :08:22.old HM a draw. Sheffield united one, old HM a draw. Sheffield united one,
:08:23. > :08:28.Oldham athletic one. That's how it fin youished here. There was an
:08:28. > :08:32.incident to report where the ball went out of play and Lee Croft was
:08:32. > :08:35.involved in an alter indication or a row with the ball boy. The ball
:08:35. > :08:39.boy pass today back to a Sheffield united player. We found out that
:08:39. > :08:44.there is an allegation of racial abuse there. At the end of the day
:08:44. > :08:48.Lee Croft goes over to the ball boy to offer an apology. The ball boy
:08:48. > :08:53.shakes his hand, but then moves it away and looks very distressed by
:08:53. > :08:59.whatever it is that Lee Croft has said to him. Oat firbls try to calm
:08:59. > :09:02.him down and steady him as he gets ready to leave the field. Take us
:09:02. > :09:07.through your view of the penalty, that was a key incident. I think
:09:07. > :09:15.it's very soft. We've seen that instance a hundred times throughout
:09:15. > :09:19.the game today. He's using his experience and backing into him.
:09:19. > :09:23.One thing I will say to the referee, there was 70 times that happened in
:09:23. > :09:28.the game today and he didn't blow up. That must be a real kicker for
:09:28. > :09:35.you. Well, when you concede a goal that doesn't allow you to win the
:09:35. > :09:39.game in the 97th minute, it sticks in your throat a lot. The nature of
:09:39. > :09:45.the goal as well, it was a poor defensive mistake from our point of
:09:45. > :09:50.view. The ball was just up and under. We've stood flat footed and
:09:50. > :09:54.watched the boy put it in. There was an incident in the game with
:09:54. > :09:58.Lee Croft and the ball boy. There's been an allegation that Lee racial
:09:58. > :10:03.lay buezed one of the ball boys, are you aware of that at all?
:10:03. > :10:11.spoke to Lee at the end, when their supporter ran on the pitch to ask
:10:11. > :10:20.what it was about. The Ballotelli threw it away and he said something.
:10:20. > :10:24.But anybody who knows Lee, knows he wouldn't do that. Oldham put a dent
:10:24. > :10:28.in Sheffield united's promotion chance. Stevenage their target of
:10:28. > :10:38.three promotions in Four Seasons remains nicely on track. Gary
:10:38. > :10:54.
:10:54. > :11:00.Smith's unbeaten side were away to Essex, the pivotal moment saw Ahsan
:11:00. > :11:04.-- sanchez-watt go down. Two minutes later he punished the ten
:11:04. > :11:14.men Ruthlessly. A blistering burst of pace and precision when it
:11:14. > :11:20.
:11:20. > :11:25.matters. Things are looking up for Joe Dunn aegs side. -- Dunn's side.
:11:25. > :11:32.Tranmere were the only side to overcome Stevenage in the league
:11:32. > :11:42.since mid-March, in that 17-game unbeaten run Boro had scored every
:11:42. > :11:42.
:11:42. > :11:46.time. Stevenage finally remembered how it feels to lose.
:11:46. > :11:52.Swindon's third consecutive game against teams under new management,
:11:52. > :11:59.this one might have been easier it the early header crept in.
:11:59. > :12:06.Coventry's resurgence undermarks Ron ins continues. David McGoldrick
:12:06. > :12:15.gave them the lead after 13 minutes. The same combination struck again.
:12:15. > :12:19.They say Robins has instiled discipline, finding anyone who
:12:19. > :12:24.marker scores from a set piece. This was from Gary Roberts. The
:12:24. > :12:32.first of two Swindon goals in three minutes. The equaliser came with
:12:32. > :12:35.ten minutes to go. Substitute James Collins prevent ing a rare home
:12:35. > :12:42.defeat. Still a good result for Coventry though. They're unbeaten
:12:42. > :12:47.in five. It was a case of friends reunited
:12:47. > :12:51.for Richie Barker and the trio of fellow ex-shakers in his side. Two
:12:51. > :12:56.of the very old boys combined for the opening goal. Nicky Adams
:12:56. > :13:00.scoring after Mike Jones teed him up. Kevin Blackwell's side came
:13:00. > :13:07.into the game as one of only two teams to yet win in the Football
:13:07. > :13:13.League this season. The form book went out of the window as rock
:13:13. > :13:21.bottom Bury roared back with two goals in three minutes. First Tom
:13:21. > :13:27.Hopper and the man Blackman recalled early from his loan at
:13:27. > :13:32.Wrexham as Craig Jones's centre went in. The visitors were
:13:32. > :13:42.consigned to their worst league start since 1905 when Adams bit the
:13:42. > :13:52.hand that used to feed him again in stoppage time to leave his former
:13:52. > :13:53.
:13:53. > :13:57.employers with just four points Notts County rediscovered their
:13:57. > :14:02.swagger away at Carlisle. Always in charge from the moment Jeff Hughes
:14:02. > :14:11.put away this cross. The home side are having a rough time, they
:14:11. > :14:14.haven't won on their home turf since the start of September.
:14:14. > :14:19.Somehow Jordan Stuart got through to score. The crowd saw the lead
:14:19. > :14:24.extended by an old favourite. Zoko, who turned down a new contract
:14:24. > :14:30.preparing to move to the Midlands in the summer. He kept his
:14:30. > :14:38.celebration suitably low key. They would stretch their club record
:14:38. > :14:48.away wins to 13. A foul allowed him to add his name to the score sheet.
:14:48. > :14:57.
:14:57. > :15:00.The score moved to 4-0. Notts back kit, Tranmere didn't see this
:15:00. > :15:07.coming from Yeovil. Rovers were perhaps guilty of a little
:15:08. > :15:13.complacency, as the Glovers raced into a 2-0 lead. It was two before
:15:13. > :15:23.the half hour. Madden was involved again. His shot fell nicely for Sam
:15:23. > :15:35.
:15:35. > :15:45.themselves in the second half. Shortly after the break there cross
:15:45. > :16:14.
:16:14. > :16:19.from Adam McGurk was almost turned question of whether the Glovers
:16:19. > :16:29.could hang onto a point. There was a rare goal from Danny Holmes that
:16:29. > :16:45.
:16:45. > :16:49.minute. All you can do is play you games and if you play your gains
:16:49. > :16:53.and win, it takes you to the top of the league. In the first 40 minutes
:16:53. > :16:57.I thought we were excellent, I thought we could have had a couple
:16:57. > :17:02.more goals and that spell, but the timing of their first goal knocked
:17:02. > :17:05.the stuffing out of course. We tried to regroup and got ourselves
:17:05. > :17:09.going in at the second half, and we needed to stand up to their
:17:10. > :17:17.pressure with their supporters behind them, they are top of the
:17:17. > :17:21.league, and a sending off, we said to Joe Edwards about that, but he
:17:21. > :17:28.was a young boy learning his trade and he just got sucked into that.
:17:28. > :17:33.That killed the momentum we had a little bit more. I just felt that
:17:33. > :17:41.in the second half we have we could get at them, and we did that, then
:17:41. > :17:46.it would all come good. Ronnie is sinister spell in charge at Prenton
:17:46. > :17:53.Park. And another manager has returned to one of his own clubs,
:17:53. > :17:56.with Eddie Howe, back at Bournemouth. Chairman Eddie
:17:56. > :18:06.Mitchell said his wife persuaded him to give Eddie Howe a second
:18:06. > :18:07.
:18:07. > :18:12.bite at the Cherries. It has certainly given Bournemouth a lift.
:18:12. > :18:17.Nathan Clarke of Orient showed marked you too much of the ball.
:18:17. > :18:22.The midfielder was signed by Eddie Howe in 2010. He will have enjoyed
:18:22. > :18:32.reminding his old gaffer what he can do. It was an ideal way for the
:18:32. > :18:35.
:18:35. > :18:39.manager to pick up where you left the last five away games, but were
:18:39. > :18:45.gifted the chance to take the lead just after 30 minutes with David
:18:45. > :18:49.Mirfin picking up a booking for a sign ball, which would prove costly
:18:49. > :18:54.later. He escaped punishment from the spot, but Clayton Donaldson
:18:54. > :18:58.wasting the chance to back his 7th of the campaign. 10 minutes with a,
:18:58. > :19:03.Harry Forrester showed him how to do it. And that this stage dawn
:19:03. > :19:12.fans feared the worst, but Scunthorpe came into the match as
:19:12. > :19:20.the joint lowest scorers in the Football League, but the striker on
:19:20. > :19:26.loan from Charlton, Clarke, notched his 5th of the season. Then David
:19:26. > :19:30.Mirfin got his second caution, and his team is honour -- his team
:19:30. > :19:34.ended they are three match losing streak. Hartlepool up 1 victory to
:19:34. > :19:40.their name this season. But manager Neil Cooper will be encouraged by
:19:40. > :19:46.this performance. James prole clipping the post, before two goals
:19:46. > :19:50.from defenders and it had little to chose the edge ahead. Neil Austen
:19:50. > :19:55.shouldered the responsibility. Dean Saunders described that as a
:19:55. > :20:01.robbery, thinking the penalty award was harsh, and his side were pushed
:20:01. > :20:05.on by the sense of injustice, with Dave Cotterill being denied by
:20:05. > :20:12.Scott Flinders. But Hartlepool have a habit of throwing away winning
:20:12. > :20:16.positions, which has cost them 15 points this season. The goal and
:20:16. > :20:22.the last minute from Jones salvaged a draw by Doncaster. After a
:20:22. > :20:24.midweek humbling at the hands of Wycombe Wanderers in the
:20:24. > :20:30.Johnstone's Paint Trophy that response from Pompey was
:20:30. > :20:36.predictably Swiss. Was Forest scored his second goal since his
:20:36. > :20:43.arrival on loan from Bournemouth. The slightest of touches there from
:20:43. > :20:47.Andrew Bond, but the striker hit the turf, and Izzale McLeod hit his
:20:47. > :20:51.7th of the season with the resultant penalty. Pompey, looking
:20:51. > :20:56.more comfortable in that table. Pause with putting together a
:20:56. > :21:01.decent run of form. In League 2, Gillingham began the day three
:21:01. > :21:05.points clear at the top ahead of their game with struggling
:21:05. > :21:10.Aldershot. After a run of five straight defeats, the Aldershot
:21:10. > :21:15.hierarchy come out to publicly back boss Dean Holdsworth. No such
:21:15. > :21:21.worries for his opposite number, with Martin Allen presiding over
:21:21. > :21:24.Gillingham's best start to League season. There was a magical moment
:21:24. > :21:29.in Lyon as his son, Charlie, put the leaders ahead with his first
:21:29. > :21:34.goal for the club. That these chilling have only failed to score
:21:34. > :21:41.in one of their 12 matches this term and they were and a rampant
:21:41. > :21:47.mood, storming into a 3-0 lead by the interval. Kevin Cadle smashed
:21:47. > :21:52.home his 10th of the season. He then turned provider to although
:21:52. > :21:58.Myles Weston to get in on the act, and at this stage it was a case of
:21:58. > :22:02.damage limitation for Aldershot. They left priest field with an
:22:03. > :22:07.unwanted club record of five consecutive league losses. They
:22:08. > :22:16.only lost one more goal after the break, to round off a fine family
:22:16. > :22:20.day out for the Allen family. Wycombe Wanderers caretaker manager
:22:20. > :22:25.Gareth Ainsworth would love to keep the job and three victories in one
:22:25. > :22:30.week will not have done has cause any harm. His keeper diving full
:22:30. > :22:34.life to prevent Barry Nicholson opening the scoring. Home side were
:22:34. > :22:38.staged by Bruno Andrade, the teenager that Gareth Ainsworth has
:22:38. > :22:45.just signed a love. The Portuguese winger. And running in style on his
:22:45. > :22:50.League debut, but the club, which has not kept a clean sheet in 21
:22:50. > :22:56.games, and the remainder of the game looked fraught with danger.
:22:56. > :23:06.There was nothing but frustration for Nicky Wellens side as Wanderers
:23:06. > :23:10.
:23:10. > :23:20.it to themselves out of the bottom to the season that Torquay hope for
:23:20. > :23:20.
:23:20. > :23:25.but they a creeping towards the promotion places. Ronnie has caught
:23:25. > :23:30.on the spot, with his 6th goal in consecutive matches. It is a
:23:30. > :23:33.Torquay -- one more, and he will have the Torquay club record.
:23:33. > :23:40.Roderick Allen was a surprise omission from the starting 11, but
:23:40. > :23:45.he made his impact from the bench. With the header equaliser. Any
:23:45. > :23:51.hopes of a comeback were extinguished two minutes later, as
:23:51. > :23:56.Stanley stood and watched as the Torquay lead was restored. The
:23:56. > :24:00.defending was not much better with 10 minutes to go, when Lee Mansell
:24:00. > :24:07.scored his first of the season. That puts it Torquay one point of
:24:07. > :24:12.the play-offs and four short of the top three. They could even afford
:24:12. > :24:22.to miss some chances. Mansell, the biggest culprit. But at least he
:24:22. > :24:28.
:24:28. > :24:38.out of five of the games this season and they would have been
:24:38. > :24:39.
:24:39. > :24:43.ahead again had John O'Flynn got more on the cross-country equipment.
:24:43. > :24:48.At the Akinfenwa scored for the 4th corner Robert way through the first
:24:48. > :24:52.path. There has been some attention on Manchester City own player in
:24:52. > :24:57.the have used in the run-up to the game, and he can be delighted with
:24:57. > :25:01.his debut, Langley, the beneficiary of his approach work six minutes
:25:01. > :25:07.before the break. And the first victory in five games was secured
:25:07. > :25:17.when Alex Nicholls reacted quickest to the knock-down from Langley.
:25:17. > :25:19.
:25:19. > :25:23.That is now four defeats in five 16 years to renew their Yorkshire
:25:23. > :25:27.rivalry. The teams went to the break reflecting on a breathtaking
:25:27. > :25:33.opening. Ashley chambers fired the visitors in front a minute before
:25:33. > :25:42.the interval but former York player James Meredith lodged the move that
:25:42. > :25:46.put Bradford back on terms. Despite the long gap between games at this
:25:46. > :25:56.fixture was straight back into the old route, with six of the last
:25:56. > :26:01.
:26:01. > :26:05.seven meetings between the teams ending inner draw. -- in a draw.
:26:05. > :26:09.Rochdale's promotion push has been undermined by Richard home form.
:26:09. > :26:19.That early saved was an early indication that it was not going to
:26:19. > :26:20.
:26:20. > :26:26.be at their day. Jack Grimshaw with a tidy finish. The big winner was
:26:26. > :26:31.at the heart of most of the best moments for aside and was unlucky
:26:31. > :26:34.not to claimable for himself with this deflected shot. Given
:26:34. > :26:40.Macintyre's accidental effort was the closest we still came to
:26:40. > :26:48.forcing the issue. They have only managed one home victory this
:26:48. > :26:53.season and that was against rock- bottom Barnett. That made the
:26:53. > :26:59.points safe for the shrimps, who have now put a bit of space between
:26:59. > :27:04.themselves and the relegation strugglers. Despite the consolation
:27:04. > :27:10.goal from Donnelly, were still surrendered their six-match
:27:10. > :27:15.unbeaten one. You do not get much bigger than the surprise pulled off
:27:15. > :27:19.by a Barnett, who have lured a good habits to Underhill, as player-
:27:19. > :27:24.coach. His first taste of League 2 football was against Plymouth
:27:24. > :27:29.Argyle. As a player, he graced the world's greatest stadiums. His
:27:29. > :27:33.coaching career began with a handshake from the Barnet mascot,
:27:33. > :27:37.Mr Bumble. His decision to get involved has raised a few eyebrows,
:27:37. > :27:43.and the size of the task he faces became apparent. With his side
:27:43. > :27:50.going behind after two minutes, with the score of this, a former
:27:50. > :27:54.fireman, damping down the support of the bottom club. Plymouth have
:27:55. > :27:58.struggled, but Max plainchant found the top corner with the header. The
:27:58. > :28:03.trouble seemed to be piling up for Barnett. Former Fulham striker
:28:03. > :28:09.Collins John went off injured. Then David Stevens cut the deficit in
:28:09. > :28:12.half. It could have its, who has been helping a Sunday League side
:28:12. > :28:20.in South London might be forced to dust off his boots quicker than
:28:20. > :28:29.planned. For Barnet, an afternoon which began with the hope that some
:28:29. > :28:37.stardust from Edgar Davids would kick start a recovery, there was
:28:37. > :28:41.another victory for the visitors, the underdogs. The new FC Wimbledon
:28:41. > :28:46.manager might have felt a sense of nostalgia about the direct nature
:28:47. > :28:53.of the opener from Cheltenham, but there does have lost the last is
:28:53. > :29:03.not on the one Patch, but this clever flick from Luke Moore almost
:29:03. > :29:04.
:29:04. > :29:09.leapt to Jackson levelling. It was a of see Wimbledon who did their
:29:09. > :29:14.best to be comical with the spinach. The Robins had a breathing space.
:29:14. > :29:22.Neal Ardley was enjoying a former Home coming, but the former Hammer
:29:22. > :29:27.showed that his return to familiar surroundings was a pleasant one.
:29:27. > :29:32.Byron Harrison's golden stoppage time, for the third game running,
:29:32. > :29:36.but it was not enough to stop Cheltenham's talking up back-to-
:29:36. > :29:41.back away victories. Bristol Rovers up there and show tunes continue
:29:41. > :29:46.despite injury problems which have forced the club to a plea striker
:29:46. > :29:55.David Clarkson as a makeshift midfielder, will be at one who
:29:55. > :30:01.scores goals. With the home keeper Stuart Tomlinson forced into action
:30:01. > :30:07.twice in quick succession, he kept Rovers from increasing their
:30:08. > :30:16.advantage. There was a concession of a free kick in a dangerous
:30:16. > :30:26.position. Bolton are no innate police will the Paris are plundered
:30:26. > :30:37.
:30:37. > :30:42.proud of that fall. He won be amused by this thumping defeat.
:30:42. > :30:46.Three second-half goals, the first scored by Britt Assombalonga six
:30:46. > :30:51.minutes after the break. The striker, just 19, seems to know
:30:51. > :30:57.where the goal is. His second of the match and ninth of the season,
:30:57. > :31:02.came ten minutes later. This was the final game of Steve Evans' six-
:31:02. > :31:05.match stadium ban. They haven't had the same fire in their bellies
:31:05. > :31:15.without him on the touch line. David Martin with the third.
:31:15. > :31:21.
:31:21. > :31:27.Rotherham have some work to do to Cup experience and a Premier League
:31:27. > :31:30.winners medal amongst their ranks. But Boamorte couldn't pretend the
:31:30. > :31:37.first defeat of the season. Sam Williams had only managed one goal
:31:37. > :31:42.in the last ten league games, but made up with that -- for that with
:31:42. > :31:48.his first double strike at senior levels. A goal mouth scramble
:31:48. > :31:51.nearly ended with a leveller for the hosts. Jack Leicester produced
:31:51. > :31:57.parity ten minutes after the interval. He enjoyed home comforts
:31:57. > :32:01.again. All six of his goals this term have come here at the stadium.
:32:01. > :32:04.The Daggers were looking for their first away win of the season and
:32:04. > :32:14.they bagged it in style as Williams whipped in a stunner just before
:32:14. > :32:14.
:32:14. > :33:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:33:12. > :33:16.Before we go, a remind thaer Match Of The Day is back next Saturday.
:33:16. > :33:20.Join Gary at 10.30pm followed by the best from the Football League
:33:20. > :33:24.at midnight also on one. My thanks to everybody here at Tranmere