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Evening. It's been one of those weeks in the Sky Bet Football | :00:34. | :00:40. | |
League. With games fast running out, the mounting pressure has put paid | :00:41. | :00:43. | |
to two managers, with Billy Davies and Richie Barker leaving Nottingham | :00:44. | :00:45. | |
Forest and Portsmouth respectively. But, amidst all that, there was some | :00:46. | :00:49. | |
welcome news to report on the managerial front, as Scunthorpe's | :00:50. | :00:51. | |
Russ Wilcox became the first Football League manager since 1889 | :00:52. | :00:54. | |
to begin his reign with a 23-game unbeaten run. Not a bad way to | :00:55. | :01:00. | |
celebrate his 50th birthday. Well, Steve's here to see who else made | :01:01. | :01:03. | |
the headlines, after the latest round of games. | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
Burnley and Leicester went head-to-head in today's early | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
kick-off. We've the best of the action from a thriller at Turf Moor. | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
Despite losing at QPR on Tuesday, Wigan are in the thick of the race | :01:19. | :01:23. | |
for a play-off place. We'll find out how Uwe Rosler's side got on today, | :01:24. | :01:25. | |
in a local derby at Bolton. Brighton suffered a second | :01:26. | :01:33. | |
successive setback to their play-off ambitions midweek, beaten by 1-0 at | :01:34. | :01:37. | |
Sheffield Wednesday. We've the best of the action from a crucial match | :01:38. | :01:47. | |
against Middlesbrough. And a year after rescuing York City | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
from return to the Conference Nigel Worthington has guided them into | :01:55. | :02:03. | |
play-off contention. Right, to the big game in the | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
Championship, as the top two met at Turf Moor, in a contest which could | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
decide on who takes the title come May. Championship leaders Leicester | :02:12. | :02:13. | |
needed a stoppage-time equaliser, to deny struggling Yeovil a win on | :02:14. | :02:16. | |
Tuesday. With goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel striking the crossbar, | :02:17. | :02:19. | |
before Chris Wood headed in the rebound, to extend their unbeaten | :02:20. | :02:22. | |
run to 18. Well, today, the Foxes were at Burnley, who closed the gap | :02:23. | :02:26. | |
to just three points, with a midweek win against Doncaster. Sean Dyche | :02:27. | :02:29. | |
was missing a number of his key performers, including Danny Ings and | :02:30. | :02:32. | |
Kieran Trippier. However, today he made one enforced change. Michael | :02:33. | :02:35. | |
Kightly replacing the suspended Dean Marney. Nigel Pearson's Leicester | :02:36. | :02:37. | |
team were unchanged from their midweek draw, as they looked to end | :02:38. | :02:41. | |
the only unbeaten home record in the Football League. Commentary from | :02:42. | :02:42. | |
Kevin Keatings. There is a problem here for boats. A | :02:43. | :03:11. | |
real worry with Danny Ings also out. He looks in some distress. Injuries | :03:12. | :03:23. | |
are not going to mar their season? He jarred knee. His face tells it | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
all. A very good challenge. An equally | :03:30. | :03:42. | |
good one from Jones. Barnes. David Jones. For a split second, it looks | :03:43. | :03:54. | |
like he might have won the race. Jones won the initial tackle. And | :03:55. | :04:00. | |
not too far away. Shackled losing out. A run on for | :04:01. | :04:10. | |
Vardy. They are claiming a penalty. A little tug on the number nine, the | :04:11. | :04:18. | |
Burnley captain lost possession. They converged around Vardy, he | :04:19. | :04:21. | |
nearly got into a shooting position. It looked like a little | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
tug from shackled but Burnley get away with it. | :04:26. | :04:32. | |
Nobody was stationed at the far post for Leicester. Let us look from a | :04:33. | :04:44. | |
different angle. Had Vardy gone down he might have given Chris Foy more | :04:45. | :04:45. | |
of a decision to make. A good run from Wood. Nugent. A | :04:46. | :05:05. | |
chance. Goal, brilliantly taken by David Nugent. The former Burnley | :05:06. | :05:17. | |
loanee. Daydream of the Premier League now. A giant leap towards the | :05:18. | :05:28. | |
top flight, from the right foot of David Nugent. Wood with the initial | :05:29. | :05:38. | |
assist. A lovely place, beyond the despairing clutches of Heaton. 20th | :05:39. | :05:47. | |
goal of the season. Right now, it feels the most important. | :05:48. | :06:03. | |
A good cross. Stanislas was showing plenty of interest. Excellent | :06:04. | :06:18. | |
defending from the late. -- De Laet. Chris Foy, making sure the ball is | :06:19. | :06:25. | |
somewhere on the line of the quadrant. | :06:26. | :06:32. | |
Jones, appealing for handball. Another strong appeal from Burnley | :06:33. | :06:39. | |
for a penalty. But, only a free kick for Leicester. It is not going to | :06:40. | :06:50. | |
increase Chris Foy's fun club -- fan club at Turf Moor. | :06:51. | :06:57. | |
The woodwork saved Burnley. Knockaert really caught hold of | :06:58. | :07:17. | |
that. They stood off at their peril here, | :07:18. | :07:41. | |
Burnley. Knockaert was so unlucky. A slip. Arfield. Away by Schmeichel. | :07:42. | :07:57. | |
Morgan, the captain, offering a great opportunity. One on one, but | :07:58. | :08:06. | |
the Dane was equal to it. Danny Ings would love to be out here today. He | :08:07. | :08:12. | |
has enjoyed a wonderful season. Premier League interest. | :08:13. | :08:19. | |
Baird, dispossessed. An excellent run. Now, for blue shirts but he | :08:20. | :08:35. | |
couldn't find any of them. Back with shall up -- Schlupp. Looking for a | :08:36. | :08:44. | |
second Leicester goal here. It was a poor cross efficiently. -- | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
initially. Much better from Burnley. A block by | :08:48. | :09:04. | |
Vasilevskiy. There is a purpose about Burnley, suddenly. | :09:05. | :09:13. | |
He has done well. Wood, magnificent. Lester's inexorable march towards | :09:14. | :09:29. | |
the Premier League continues -- Leicester's. A wonderful strike from | :09:30. | :09:36. | |
Wood. They cannot see the finishing line but, boy, can they taste it. A | :09:37. | :09:42. | |
hopeful ball forward, Wood getting the better of Duff, on the volley. | :09:43. | :09:46. | |
He comfortably beat Heaton. Joyous scenes among the fans. Surely | :09:47. | :10:04. | |
they are going up. And most probably as champions. | :10:05. | :10:10. | |
You take three or four players out of the site, it does affect a game. | :10:11. | :10:17. | |
But they are a very good side. They got the rub of the green with the | :10:18. | :10:23. | |
big decisions. That did affect the game and the second goal. Credit to | :10:24. | :10:29. | |
them, they are up there for -- reason, because they are a very good | :10:30. | :10:34. | |
side. We still have a lot of work to be done. | :10:35. | :10:37. | |
We have put ourselves in a good position, clearly. With the number | :10:38. | :10:43. | |
of points to play for, it is still for us to get ourselves over the | :10:44. | :10:48. | |
line. We have to get back to business again on Tuesday. I saw the | :10:49. | :10:54. | |
second goal. A nudge in the back is sometimes | :10:55. | :11:00. | |
enough. He had to make a decision, it was outside the box why is it a | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
foul. A great record that Burnley put | :11:08. | :11:11. | |
together, unbeaten in 13 months. How impressed were you with a wake | :11:12. | :11:14. | |
Leicester City went about their business? | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
They are totally professional. No doubt about that. It was more a | :11:20. | :11:26. | |
victory for the squad as a whole. It emphasised the point, when Sam Vokes | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
went up, Burnley had to put one up front. I am not sure how it suited | :11:33. | :11:43. | |
them. It doesn't go over, he doesn't twist it. That will be worrying. | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
Vardy went off. They swapped like-for-like and carried on. They | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
were unhurried. They seemed to be very cool and calm in these | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
situations, even in big games like this. They deserved to win. But you | :12:01. | :12:08. | |
take those big players out of the side, it makes a difference. What | :12:09. | :12:13. | |
about the way Leicester City changed, they brought on Wood for | :12:14. | :12:18. | |
Vardy. That combination worked almost | :12:19. | :12:24. | |
immediately. Looking at that, I think he might | :12:25. | :12:28. | |
have defended differently. Nugent was involved in the build-up. One | :12:29. | :12:35. | |
thing on his mind as he comes inside. He gets a break. It opens up | :12:36. | :12:42. | |
a bit too easily. A wonderful finish. The substitute Wood, a | :12:43. | :12:49. | |
special strike at the end. You will equate this challenge with | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
the one we saw in the penalty box when we saw handball for Leicester | :12:56. | :12:59. | |
City. How much is their contact? I do not know. He still has an awful | :13:00. | :13:04. | |
lot to do after that. He has played a big part. He gets an equaliser the | :13:05. | :13:14. | |
other night. And the goal here. What they have is players who can come in | :13:15. | :13:16. | |
and it is seamless. Elsewhere in The Championship there | :13:17. | :13:28. | |
was another big match in prospect at the Reebok Stadium, as promotion | :13:29. | :13:31. | |
chasing Wigan Athletic arrived at Bolton Wanderers for a crucial | :13:32. | :13:36. | |
Manchester derby. Louis Rosler made no fewer than seven changes | :13:37. | :13:39. | |
following their midweek defeat at QPR. The likes of boys, bonnet, and | :13:40. | :13:45. | |
Marc Antoine Fortune coming in. Martin Fischer watch this one. -- | :13:46. | :13:47. | |
the likes of Boyce and Barnett. An early shot coming in, and Ali | :13:48. | :14:13. | |
Al-Habsi needs to attempt to keep that one out, it was well struck by | :14:14. | :14:18. | |
Robert Hall, and Ali Al-Habsi almost caught out within the opening 40 | :14:19. | :14:19. | |
seconds. Trotter, brought it down well, and | :14:20. | :14:35. | |
that is another fine stop by Ali Al-Habsi. Alton wander starting | :14:36. | :14:41. | |
encouragingly, first he gets out Trotter, and then Kevin just give | :14:42. | :15:00. | |
its. -- Jutkiewicz. The free kick against Barnett as he climbed all | :15:01. | :15:10. | |
over Jutkiewicz. The decision was given by the assistant on the near | :15:11. | :15:21. | |
side. Looks like it will be Robert Hall to swing it in with the left. | :15:22. | :15:25. | |
Good delivery, and where is the goal, Jutkiewicz stabs at home. His | :15:26. | :15:39. | |
sixth goal of the season, it was all about whether Jutkiewicz could get | :15:40. | :15:42. | |
there, and it was the slightest of touches. | :15:43. | :15:54. | |
Jay Spearing. Lee. Trotter. That is a lovely ball from Jay Spearing. | :15:55. | :16:11. | |
Lee, He has a sight of goal, instead he has gone and played it to | :16:12. | :16:16. | |
Jutkiewicz. Hall, Going for the placement, ringing the save out of | :16:17. | :16:22. | |
Ali Al-Habsi. It was the save that you would expect him to make, 95 | :16:23. | :16:26. | |
times out of 100. It was pretty straightforward. | :16:27. | :16:35. | |
He has gone down a blind alley. But the challenge from MacArthur wins a | :16:36. | :16:47. | |
free kick. That is going to be sworn in by | :16:48. | :17:01. | |
Ream. Only as far as Jay Spearing, good shot! It was pretty straight, | :17:02. | :17:07. | |
it was powerful, and Ali Al-Habsi helps it over the crossbar. | :17:08. | :17:16. | |
The corner kick taken short, back in for Jay Spearing to swing it across, | :17:17. | :17:25. | |
and Ali Al-Habsi got a fingertip to that, too. David Wheater scored the | :17:26. | :17:34. | |
winner against Blackpool on Tuesday. Hall, swings it in, good delivery to | :17:35. | :17:42. | |
the near post. It comes out as far as Ream and Jutkiewicz has kept that | :17:43. | :17:49. | |
in, it is away from Barnett, and headed away by James Perch. And on | :17:50. | :17:55. | |
that occasion, nowhere near as good as the earlier attempt. Three good | :17:56. | :18:01. | |
saves by Ali Al-Habsi, that, probably the pick of the bunch. | :18:02. | :18:09. | |
Waghorn. Taking on Ream. Towards the back post. Can MacArthur make | :18:10. | :18:30. | |
anything of it? Adam Bogdan gets there just ahead of Callum | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
McManaman. That is the busiest he has been all afternoon, Adam Bogdan. | :18:34. | :18:42. | |
Jutkiewicz and Trotter, through the centre. He is away from James Perch, | :18:43. | :18:50. | |
and he has got the shot away, and Ali Al-Habsi saw that very late. | :18:51. | :18:55. | |
Again, he produces a very good stop to deny the American is first goal | :18:56. | :19:09. | |
for Bolton. -- his first. It can go either left again to Waghorn or | :19:10. | :19:19. | |
Beausejour. Nick Powell! What a lovely finish. Thumped in. Two | :19:20. | :19:29. | |
minutes from time, the cross from Waghorn found the feet of Nick | :19:30. | :19:33. | |
Powell, and a 20-year-old, on loan from Manchester United, thumps home | :19:34. | :19:42. | |
his 12th goal of the season. Baptiste, losing his footing, Powell | :19:43. | :19:47. | |
has robbed him, looking for Marc Antoine Fortune. He is away from | :19:48. | :19:52. | |
David Wheater, is he? Great save by Adam Bogdan, very brave goalkeeping, | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
it is a poor clearance, only as far as Callum McManaman. He goes down. | :19:59. | :20:08. | |
Baptiste brings him down, penalty. And the referee, Darrin Drysdale, | :20:09. | :20:12. | |
after consulting his assistant, Jason Whiteley, points to the spot. | :20:13. | :20:19. | |
Can Adam Bogdan be the hero for Bolton? Jordi Gomez, the wind three | :20:20. | :20:26. | |
precious points, for Wigan. An essay by Adam Bogdan. And on the balance | :20:27. | :20:34. | |
of play, you cannot deny -- the save by Adam Bogdan. You cannot did I -- | :20:35. | :20:41. | |
deny that Bolton deserved to take something from this contest. Jordi | :20:42. | :20:47. | |
Gomez, usually so accurate from the penalty spot, failed. We showed | :20:48. | :20:53. | |
great energy and desire to get in and around Wigan. We were by far the | :20:54. | :21:02. | |
better side, but we dug in, and it was a wonderful save by Adam Bogdan | :21:03. | :21:08. | |
to secure the point. Did you try and cite him out by bouncing down on the | :21:09. | :21:23. | |
goal line? -- psyche him out. I have seen taking penalties but I would | :21:24. | :21:30. | |
not rather reveal my secret. We have got fantastic spirit. And in the | :21:31. | :21:40. | |
end, I felt, we lost two points, 34 minutes before the end, we probably | :21:41. | :21:46. | |
would have taken the draw. What's going on after the end of that game, | :21:47. | :21:51. | |
considering Bolton didn't have much to play for, they were very | :21:52. | :22:01. | |
impressive for 80 minutes. It is unusual that they have got | :22:02. | :22:03. | |
themselves into the situation that they have. I thought he played well | :22:04. | :22:15. | |
today. He was a constant threat all afternoon. Great quality, lots of | :22:16. | :22:23. | |
them in between the goalkeeper and the defenders, into no man's land, | :22:24. | :22:26. | |
the goalkeeper does not know whether to take the original cross, or | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
somebody gets a touch. Only in the last ten minutes, as we have already | :22:34. | :22:37. | |
mentioned. You like this then is from the towel. Yes, it is one of | :22:38. | :22:42. | |
the toughest techniques in the business, hitting a ball that is | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
coming across you, at pace. And having the technique to hit that, | :22:49. | :22:52. | |
across the ball like that, that is fantastic. They look a little bit | :22:53. | :22:57. | |
tired at times. The substitutions did not quite work for them. Having | :22:58. | :23:03. | |
said that, it is a sign of a side that has got the bit about them to | :23:04. | :23:07. | |
stay in the game like that, and drank some reserves of energy out of | :23:08. | :23:11. | |
it to get something out of the game. And they could have snapped the win | :23:12. | :23:21. | |
at the end. Yes, it was a penalty, he goes down, under that challenged | :23:22. | :23:25. | |
by Baptiste. And you see what he does on the line. This used to drive | :23:26. | :23:31. | |
me mad. He stands where you're going to put it, and that is a fantastic | :23:32. | :23:38. | |
save. He's not going to say that if you're not allowed to move along the | :23:39. | :23:41. | |
line, but it is a marvellous save. It was no more than Bolton deserved. | :23:42. | :23:50. | |
Wigan have now gained 19 points from losing positions, which is an | :23:51. | :23:57. | |
excellent record. To the battle for the play-offs now and we start at | :23:58. | :24:00. | |
Loftus Road as QPR looked to build on a massive win in midweek, with | :24:01. | :24:04. | |
Yossi Benayoun scoring the winner against Wigan before being sent-off | :24:05. | :24:07. | |
as Rangers went third. Next up for them - Blackpool. On paper at least, | :24:08. | :24:12. | |
Blackpool seemed like the ideal opponents as QPR look to close the | :24:13. | :24:17. | |
gap on second spot. The visitors lost 11 of their previous 12 away | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
games. They have had a surprise in score, with the header from David | :24:23. | :24:27. | |
Goodwillie giving them a dream lead after 11 minutes. QPR look for an | :24:28. | :24:32. | |
immediate response. Ravel Morrison had scored five in his last six, but | :24:33. | :24:35. | |
could not stretch that one this time. Overall, they have not scored | :24:36. | :24:40. | |
enough goals this season. That could cost them in the final reckoning. | :24:41. | :24:44. | |
Matt Gilks denied Danny Simpson just after the break. Barry Ferguson's | :24:45. | :24:52. | |
team held firm, as Harry Redknapp through on Junior Hoilett and Modibo | :24:53. | :24:57. | |
Maiga, the latter of whom thundered a shot just off the bar. 12 minutes | :24:58. | :25:03. | |
from the end, Blackpool caved in. Morrison finding Junior Hoilett, who | :25:04. | :25:08. | |
worked enough room to phase in the equaliser. -- fizz in. They needed | :25:09. | :25:17. | |
one more to remain serious contenders for automatic promotion. | :25:18. | :25:21. | |
Morrison tried his luck, but Matt Gilks was equal to it. With nine | :25:22. | :25:26. | |
points to make up, it is looking like the play-offs now, but | :25:27. | :25:31. | |
encouraging signs for Blackpool, who almost took Maxima points, but they | :25:32. | :25:38. | |
missed a chance right at the death. I thought that the boys were ever so | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
hard. I thought we could have nicked it at the end. All in all, I am | :25:44. | :25:49. | |
delighted for the boys. It is very difficult, if you win today, it is | :25:50. | :25:54. | |
still difficult. We have just got to keep going and see what happens. | :25:55. | :26:05. | |
Charlton picked an attacking line-up at Derby County, including three | :26:06. | :26:11. | |
strikers in the starting 11. Marvin Sole Bell combined to give Johnnie | :26:12. | :26:14. | |
Jackson and early sight of goal. Lee Grant was equal to it, but the Derby | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
County forwards were firing, all three of them on target, as Derby | :26:20. | :26:24. | |
put on another show strength. The second goal in three games for | :26:25. | :26:36. | |
Patrick Bamford. Wave after wave of attacks eventually paid off. Derby | :26:37. | :26:41. | |
taking a 2-0 lead into the interval, with Patrick Bamford | :26:42. | :26:45. | |
scoring his 24th goal of the season, Charlton have only got 26 between | :26:46. | :26:49. | |
them. Only the impressively bearded Ben Hamer kept the scoreline | :26:50. | :26:54. | |
respectable, sporting Andre Wisdom as half-time approached. Charlton | :26:55. | :26:58. | |
enjoyed a good spell after the break. Callum Harriet was one of | :26:59. | :27:04. | |
several to force says out of grant, ultimately, Charlton came up short. | :27:05. | :27:09. | |
Joe Piggott also went close for Charlton, but they lack the | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
firepower of their hosts. The Rams made it nine goals in a week thanks | :27:16. | :27:21. | |
to Chris Martin, his famous namesake became consciously uncoupled from | :27:22. | :27:25. | |
Gwyneth Paltrow in the week, but Derby and him remain very happy | :27:26. | :27:34. | |
together. They reacted well after Tuesday and the disappointment of | :27:35. | :27:37. | |
losing that last-minute goal, so six points out of nine in a tough week. | :27:38. | :27:52. | |
That is very good. Ridding have not won in five games. And more pain was | :27:53. | :27:59. | |
in store for the Royals. Wells scored his first away from home goal | :28:00. | :28:09. | |
in over two months. Jobi McAnuff did his best to inspire Reading, but | :28:10. | :28:20. | |
Pavel Pogrebnyak scored his third successful spot kick of the season, | :28:21. | :28:26. | |
1-1. It has been a rough run for the Terriers. Five with a win before | :28:27. | :28:30. | |
this, Adam Clayton get out by Alex McCarthy. | :28:31. | :28:41. | |
McCarthy was beaten this time, but the ball came back off the post. | :28:42. | :28:49. | |
Perhaps the move of the game belonged to Redding, with this neat | :28:50. | :28:54. | |
passing down the right-hand side. And a razor sharp safe. The | :28:55. | :29:00. | |
Huddersfield goalkeeper was certainly kept busy. He got enough | :29:01. | :29:10. | |
behind this shot. In the second half, the away team made the | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
potential winning chances. This one from distance. Before this header | :29:17. | :29:24. | |
required a goal line clearance as Redding hung on to the point. It has | :29:25. | :29:30. | |
been a challenging couple of days. It is easy for people to be negative | :29:31. | :29:34. | |
but we have picked up another point and we are in the play-off | :29:35. | :29:41. | |
positions. Gary Brazil was still in temporary | :29:42. | :29:45. | |
charge of Nottingham Forest as they look for a replacement for Billy | :29:46. | :29:52. | |
Davies. Just outside the play-off places. Forest are badly out of | :29:53. | :30:00. | |
form. Danny Collins returned to familiar territory to give them an | :30:01. | :30:05. | |
early advantage. They went in search of a second, this attempt by | :30:06. | :30:11. | |
Paterson deflecting wide. Visiting keeper Darlow made some important | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
contributions. Ebanks-Blake making the necessary connection. Another | :30:16. | :30:22. | |
scare from Nottingham Forest. Collins under pressure from Smith, | :30:23. | :30:26. | |
nearly putting it through his own net. Darlow made his best save of | :30:27. | :30:37. | |
the match here. The keeper was in irresistible form. Murphy made it 11 | :30:38. | :30:42. | |
for the campaign to level it up and give them a share of the points, a | :30:43. | :30:47. | |
reward for his effort and endeavour. At the other end, substitute | :30:48. | :30:55. | |
Derbyshire could not convert the corner. Their performances have left | :30:56. | :30:59. | |
a lot to be desired but this was much improved. One late chance, but | :31:00. | :31:07. | |
Darlow rounded off a fine individual display with another significant | :31:08. | :31:08. | |
display. After defeats, Brighton could not | :31:09. | :31:20. | |
afford any more slip-ups to break into the top six. This time round, | :31:21. | :31:35. | |
Williams was the first to test the ability of Kuszczak. Brighton were | :31:36. | :31:39. | |
soon stretched again, this time by Tom Lane as the home side struggled | :31:40. | :31:41. | |
to find any rhythm. Not good enough for one section of | :31:42. | :31:55. | |
the home support. Mood was not improved when Greer had his pocket | :31:56. | :32:09. | |
picked. Brighton were now heading for a third straight loss without | :32:10. | :32:14. | |
scoring. 12 minutes left, and March found himself felled to the deck. | :32:15. | :32:29. | |
The responsibility fell to Ulloa who blew his moment. Boro went on to | :32:30. | :32:34. | |
inflict further damage, Leadbetter setting up Graham who put the seal | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
on the visitors's first win in five League games. | :32:39. | :32:51. | |
We won today against a very good team. They went in front. To miss | :32:52. | :33:02. | |
the penalty was a big blow for us. The second one was a killer. | :33:03. | :33:13. | |
A good away win for the side. We saw quite a few draws, not least the one | :33:14. | :33:19. | |
with Nottingham Forest. Considering what is at stake at the City Ground | :33:20. | :33:23. | |
this season, are you surprised a manager has not been lined up even | :33:24. | :33:29. | |
before Billy Davies had left? It says a little bit more about the | :33:30. | :33:33. | |
relationship the chairman had with Billy. Because of the haste with | :33:34. | :33:37. | |
which he got rid of him there is something slightly amiss. We know | :33:38. | :33:43. | |
they have already interviewed three or four from what we have heard. It | :33:44. | :33:51. | |
is a fantastic football club. A club that is setup to get into the | :33:52. | :33:58. | |
play-offs. He has a good budget, a good chairman, a good squad. What | :33:59. | :34:04. | |
more do you want? If you names have been lent heavily with the | :34:05. | :34:09. | |
position, Stuart Pearce, Malky Mackay. | :34:10. | :34:12. | |
It appears those are not in the running. It is a great job. Whether | :34:13. | :34:18. | |
promotion is sealed this season or not. They will always have a chance | :34:19. | :34:24. | |
in that division with the squad and are backing. I am surprised that if | :34:25. | :34:31. | |
one or two have been interviewed, they haven't taken it. Stuart Pearce | :34:32. | :34:37. | |
with job as a job like that. Malky Mackay. There is still unfinished | :34:38. | :34:43. | |
business and naturally at other clubs which need sorting out before | :34:44. | :34:49. | |
they are released. There are extenuating circumstances. Maybe a | :34:50. | :34:55. | |
few surprises. To the struggle for survival at the | :34:56. | :34:59. | |
other end of the table now. And, what a result at the Den on Tuesday | :35:00. | :35:02. | |
night for Birmingham City. Lee Clarke's side, now with an eight | :35:03. | :35:05. | |
point cushion on the relegation zone, after their 3-2 win against | :35:06. | :35:08. | |
Millwall. So, could they replicate that form by registering a first | :35:09. | :35:11. | |
home win in 15, with Bournemouth the visitors to St Andrews? | :35:12. | :35:20. | |
Bournemouth don't want March to end. They are five points away from the | :35:21. | :35:24. | |
play-offs. Ritchie put them ahead here. And the side were full of the | :35:25. | :35:32. | |
joys of spring. The same cannot be said of Birmingham whose inability | :35:33. | :35:36. | |
to win at home is reaching epic proportions. The second goal was | :35:37. | :35:42. | |
soft. Worse was to come. For the second time in a week, Bournemouth | :35:43. | :35:47. | |
needed less than half an hour to run up a 3-goal lead, Randolph brought | :35:48. | :35:53. | |
down gratin -- Grabben for the penalty. That ensured another home | :35:54. | :36:01. | |
game without victory for Birmingham. Their only win at Saint Andrews came | :36:02. | :36:09. | |
in October against Bristol Rovers. The second half didn't start any | :36:10. | :36:16. | |
better. A stunning strike from the reliable left foot of Harte. | :36:17. | :36:21. | |
Strangely, that moment seemed to inspire a Birmingham comeback. Five | :36:22. | :36:27. | |
minutes later, they pulled one back with Macheda on target. His goals | :36:28. | :36:35. | |
often come in pairs. He was to complete his fourth race of the | :36:36. | :36:40. | |
season here. Adding a touch more respectability to the scoreline. The | :36:41. | :36:47. | |
question is, how far will it take them? | :36:48. | :36:54. | |
Full credit to Birmingham for how they battled. They got two late | :36:55. | :36:58. | |
goals. I was delighted with our performance and to win so | :36:59. | :37:02. | |
convincingly. We are moving up nicely. | :37:03. | :37:09. | |
We capitulated in the first half. We were still making chances. Scoring | :37:10. | :37:16. | |
two goals in the second. In all honesty, they played well. It could | :37:17. | :37:23. | |
have been anything up to six, seven or eight. We did lots of good things | :37:24. | :37:26. | |
with the ball but we were really poor without it. | :37:27. | :37:35. | |
Games are running out fast for Millwall. There wasn't much in the | :37:36. | :37:43. | |
way of good fortune for the Lions. This terrific free kick deserved a | :37:44. | :37:47. | |
goal. After half-time, it appeared luck might be on the turn. A | :37:48. | :37:58. | |
penalty, and the Rovers captain was sent off by referee James Linington. | :37:59. | :38:07. | |
Williams 's has scored seven spot kicks for MK Dons. His Millwall | :38:08. | :38:11. | |
account was opened emphatically. Back came the ten men. Keane bagged | :38:12. | :38:22. | |
his first Blackburn goal. Two minutes from time, Kean found | :38:23. | :38:27. | |
Jackson, for a second Millwall penalty. -- fouled. | :38:28. | :38:39. | |
And a vital win. But who says lightning doesn't strike twice? King | :38:40. | :38:52. | |
ripped the wind out of Millwall. Even then, they could have won it, | :38:53. | :38:55. | |
this diving header just wide. We dropped two points, it would have | :38:56. | :39:09. | |
been great to get that victory. We worked hard for it, we got ourselves | :39:10. | :39:15. | |
in front. Two decisions there we haven't been getting recently. The | :39:16. | :39:20. | |
referee sent someone of which was unbelievably harsh. It may or may | :39:21. | :39:25. | |
not have been a penalty. We got ourselves in front. They went down | :39:26. | :39:29. | |
to ten men yet they scored. We have to be tougher. | :39:30. | :39:35. | |
We have got done by penalty decisions which have gone against us | :39:36. | :39:39. | |
all week. That was disappointing. Down to ten men. With the spirit and | :39:40. | :39:49. | |
character they showed, we have to be happy with the one point in the end. | :39:50. | :39:56. | |
Overall, we played well. It has been a long time coming but | :39:57. | :40:03. | |
Watford finally won away. Behind early on, Angella with the opener, a | :40:04. | :40:08. | |
sign of things to come. They haven't recorded a victory in 12 League | :40:09. | :40:14. | |
games on the road. But after this cross, they were in sight of a rare | :40:15. | :40:18. | |
success on their travels. Two goals in quick succession. Deeney was | :40:19. | :40:26. | |
confronted by Kirkland with a delightful finish to make it five | :40:27. | :40:31. | |
goals in six matches. Within minutes, he had scored his second. | :40:32. | :40:37. | |
Following up with maximum effect to take his tally to 24 the season. The | :40:38. | :40:43. | |
top scorer making his present out. Game over for Wednesday. It was all | :40:44. | :40:50. | |
about restoring some pride for them. Afobe scored their consolation. By | :40:51. | :40:57. | |
then, they were well beaten. This was Watford's first away triumph | :40:58. | :41:04. | |
since October. Everybody has been talking about it | :41:05. | :41:07. | |
since October when we managed to win away. It has probably been too long. | :41:08. | :41:16. | |
Today, we finally put it to bed. Another farcical week at Leeds, | :41:17. | :41:21. | |
starting with a failed takeover, now the players aren't getting paid | :41:22. | :41:26. | |
properly. Doncaster twisted the knife a bit more, a goal from | :41:27. | :41:30. | |
cultural adding to the misery. That gave Rovers the platform they needed | :41:31. | :41:38. | |
to achieve safety. Sharp shaking off these attentions to cap off an | :41:39. | :41:42. | |
excellent first half for the away side. Leeds rallied after the break | :41:43. | :41:47. | |
and got one back after the Cormack headed in his 28th of the season in | :41:48. | :41:53. | |
all competitions. But the football seems secondary with their future | :41:54. | :41:59. | |
still very much in the balance. The first half, we were outstanding. | :42:00. | :42:04. | |
Chances were created. The second goal typified that. The second half, | :42:05. | :42:11. | |
we got back right into the game and we played on the front foot. I think | :42:12. | :42:15. | |
we could have got something, so it is bitterly disappointing. | :42:16. | :42:22. | |
A Lawrence shot from this cunning free kick was as good as it got for | :42:23. | :42:28. | |
Yeovil. It was tame in the first half. The Glovers went to pieces in | :42:29. | :42:34. | |
the second. The catalyst was this Webster howler, a gift for O Grady. | :42:35. | :42:43. | |
Nine minutes later, veteran midfielder Lawrence seized on a | :42:44. | :42:48. | |
loose ball. The former Sunderland man notched his first football | :42:49. | :42:52. | |
League goal since April 2012. That came against Barnsley, for Cardiff. | :42:53. | :42:59. | |
Yeovil rarely resembles the side from midweek. Although they did come | :43:00. | :43:07. | |
in with a shout with 20 minutes to go. Barnsley soon be established | :43:08. | :43:13. | |
their cushion. O Grady avoiding the offside trap before recording his | :43:14. | :43:18. | |
13th of the season. They really have reversed their goal-scoring | :43:19. | :43:24. | |
problems, having only achieved two goals in seven, they have now scored | :43:25. | :43:30. | |
seven in two games. Barnsley avoided relegation on the final day of last | :43:31. | :43:35. | |
season. Having recorded back-to-back wins the first time in this | :43:36. | :43:37. | |
campaign, it could be great escape. They took their chances in the | :43:38. | :43:48. | |
second, but that is the hard work that we have put in on the training | :43:49. | :43:53. | |
ground. It has all come to information. -- to fruition. You | :43:54. | :44:00. | |
cannot make those mistakes in important games. We did not create | :44:01. | :44:11. | |
too many opportunities. That was a huge win for Barnsley. On an | :44:12. | :44:16. | |
afternoon when most of the play-off contenders dropped points, | :44:17. | :44:19. | |
Bournemouth picked up a fabulous result to conclude a map your -- a | :44:20. | :44:25. | |
marvellous March. And yet more misery for the locals in Birmingham. | :44:26. | :44:33. | |
They Ahram marvellous run. In the last six or seven weeks. -- they are | :44:34. | :44:42. | |
on a marvellous run. Yann Kermogant and Lewis Grabban have got a good | :44:43. | :44:47. | |
partnership. What a difference Yann Kermogant has made. They have done | :44:48. | :44:53. | |
very well. If you put them in the equation, you have got to put | :44:54. | :44:57. | |
Blackburn and Watford in the occasion -- in the equation, because | :44:58. | :45:00. | |
they have both moved up to 55 points. But the people in those | :45:01. | :45:07. | |
play-off positions are not giving -- not winning as often as they would | :45:08. | :45:10. | |
like and that is giving the Cherries a real opportunity. Leeds United | :45:11. | :45:16. | |
losing five of the last six games, and it has been a miserable week for | :45:17. | :45:23. | |
them and their fans. There is uncertainty throughout the club, as | :45:24. | :45:26. | |
the Administration, wages, players getting paid, the fit and proper | :45:27. | :45:32. | |
person test. So many things that are happening. It is no wonder that it | :45:33. | :45:40. | |
has affected them. And there was a big game between two of the bottom | :45:41. | :45:45. | |
three, at Huish Park. Barnsley at their clinical best when they | :45:46. | :45:50. | |
needed. They have lost to fellow strugglers. They lost earlier this | :45:51. | :45:56. | |
season and he remained quite upbeat, Gary Johnson. Aside where they have | :45:57. | :46:02. | |
gone through points ahead. The problem for them now is that it has | :46:03. | :46:05. | |
gone the other way round. Those three points put pressure on | :46:06. | :46:10. | |
Charlton, but it is not them that have put Charlton under pressure, it | :46:11. | :46:18. | |
is Barnsley. Leaders, Wolves scored a 4-2 win at Molineux. On Saturday, | :46:19. | :46:24. | |
they were facing MK Dons cheered on by almost 9000 away fans. | :46:25. | :46:36. | |
9002 MK Dons, Wolves taking 9000 fans, ensuring the first ever 20,000 | :46:37. | :46:45. | |
plus crowd for a home game for MK Dons. MK Dons found breaking down | :46:46. | :46:52. | |
the best defence in League One I call order. It became harder still | :46:53. | :46:58. | |
when that challenge from Sanmi Odelusi earned him a second booking | :46:59. | :47:05. | |
and a first career sending-off. From that free kick, Wolves make sure | :47:06. | :47:10. | |
that MK Dons were punished. Shots were blocked in a melee but Liam | :47:11. | :47:19. | |
McAlinden scored, his first league goal for the club, and what a time | :47:20. | :47:22. | |
to get it in front of those travelling thousands in old gold. | :47:23. | :47:33. | |
Promotion insight for Wolves. I am delighted for the Clinton, his first | :47:34. | :47:39. | |
role for Wolves in front of almost 10,000 people, so a great start for | :47:40. | :47:44. | |
him. If it is wrong and he has got it wrong, he will be getting told | :47:45. | :47:48. | |
shortly. If he has got that wrong, it is a big decision. Keeping pace | :47:49. | :47:55. | |
with Wolves is proving a tough assignment for Brentford. Keeper | :47:56. | :48:01. | |
David Barton deny James Wilson in the second half. Oldham athletic a | :48:02. | :48:05. | |
different point of this, quite right points above the drop zone before | :48:06. | :48:08. | |
kick-off, and James Dayton should have done better with this | :48:09. | :48:12. | |
one-on-one chance against Barton. But it is hard to keep the Brentford | :48:13. | :48:22. | |
forms quite the 90 minutes. Stuart Dallas had a late volley saved, not | :48:23. | :48:27. | |
vintage Brentford, but they remained rock-solid in second spot. Lucky to | :48:28. | :48:32. | |
get the point, and it was that type of game. We will learn from that. | :48:33. | :48:38. | |
The first half was not the level required. The players will admit | :48:39. | :48:46. | |
that. With Brentford and Wolves collecting points on their travels, | :48:47. | :48:50. | |
Leyton Orient's automatic promotion hopes could not afford another | :48:51. | :48:54. | |
slip. Russell Slade insisted they were the better team, but the | :48:55. | :48:57. | |
Bradford goalkeeper John McLaughlin would not be beaten. The decisive | :48:58. | :49:01. | |
goal came from a corner kick from Gary Jones, Aaron McLean with the | :49:02. | :49:05. | |
all-important touch. It was Bradford's day. We were calm in our | :49:06. | :49:13. | |
defending. There was a real determination about the team. We | :49:14. | :49:16. | |
needed it after a disappointing performance midweek. Rotherham are | :49:17. | :49:24. | |
enjoying their best run since 1971. Unbeaten in 14 games, against | :49:25. | :49:28. | |
Roberto city team that has found some form recently. It lived up to | :49:29. | :49:32. | |
the pre-match billing on with some outstanding goals, James Tavernier | :49:33. | :49:40. | |
will not forget that strike in a hurry. Bristol city came back into | :49:41. | :49:44. | |
the match with another wonderful offering, this time from Wade | :49:45. | :49:47. | |
Elliott, and manager Steve Coppell has them playing with confidence. | :49:48. | :49:52. | |
Wade Elliott showed that as he went for a goal in spectacular style. | :49:53. | :49:56. | |
They put five past portrayal in the last outing, but there would be no | :49:57. | :50:00. | |
repeat of that high-scoring affair. Waldrom winning, as Tavernier kept | :50:01. | :50:07. | |
alive their automatic promotion hopes. It is a measure of the | :50:08. | :50:14. | |
strength of the one that Preston began the day that. Paul Gallagher | :50:15. | :50:18. | |
with a shot that went just wide. It helps to have a striker you can rely | :50:19. | :50:27. | |
on. And they had exactly that. Joe Garner with his 23rd of the season | :50:28. | :50:34. | |
in all competitions. Preston North End could have sealed the game in | :50:35. | :50:37. | |
the second half. The header from Stuart Bevan was the closest they | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
came. The victory leaves them a single point away from a guaranteed | :50:43. | :50:56. | |
play-off place. All that matters is winning the game. People get nervous | :50:57. | :50:59. | |
in the last 30 minutes, but I thought we did enough to win again, | :51:00. | :51:04. | |
anyway. At this stage it is all about gaining momentum. Preston just | :51:05. | :51:09. | |
one defeat in 15. Joe Garner, 22 goals in 20 appearances. It is a | :51:10. | :51:17. | |
great comeback from him. Fantastic. There is a bit of competition | :51:18. | :51:22. | |
therefore places. They have a list of strikers. He has done very well. | :51:23. | :51:28. | |
Sometimes players do not work under that pressure, others thrive under | :51:29. | :51:35. | |
it, he obviously the latter. If you think of where they should finish, | :51:36. | :51:39. | |
it would probably be the play-off places. They will be a tough side to | :51:40. | :51:41. | |
play against. Rotherham doing likewise, three wins in a week, not | :51:42. | :51:48. | |
tasting defeat in 15 games. Some cracking goals from the full-back, | :51:49. | :52:02. | |
James Tavernier. This was a game that was littered with fantastic | :52:03. | :52:06. | |
goals. That was fantastic, over the top of the wall, into the top | :52:07. | :52:10. | |
corner. Brilliant finish. Another team that are going to go into some | :52:11. | :52:15. | |
great form, believing that they can get through to the play-offs. Five | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
points off second place. What about that backing for Wolves? 9000, they | :52:22. | :52:27. | |
took two MK Dons. A local lad scoring the winner at that end, and | :52:28. | :52:33. | |
it shows how far the club has, in its recovery. It is good to see them | :52:34. | :52:42. | |
enjoying some good times. They have had some very lean years. As you | :52:43. | :52:48. | |
say, it is not an easy job to do at that level. You either thrive in | :52:49. | :52:52. | |
that situation or who tend under the pressure. They have done | :52:53. | :52:57. | |
brilliantly, to handle what is a difficult league for clubs of that | :52:58. | :53:01. | |
size. And the finishing line is in sight. More from League One now and, | :53:02. | :53:07. | |
on Tuesday, Sheffield United bounced back from their first defeat in nine | :53:08. | :53:11. | |
matches last week with a comfortable 2-0 win at Crawley. Still in with a | :53:12. | :53:14. | |
shout of the play-offs, the Blades were at promotion rivals Swindon. | :53:15. | :53:20. | |
Before last Saturday, Swindon's play-off chances look over, but | :53:21. | :53:24. | |
suddenly, they have come alive, when Miles Storey got them off to a great | :53:25. | :53:28. | |
start against Sheffield United. Keeper, Wes Foderingham had been | :53:29. | :53:33. | |
here at Tranmere, and he bravely kept al John Brayford. The blade | :53:34. | :53:40. | |
responded in typical style. A fast incisive move down the left was | :53:41. | :53:44. | |
finished by the skipper, Michael Doyle. Now it was Sheffield United | :53:45. | :53:48. | |
looking to give their play-off chances are shot in the arm. After | :53:49. | :53:54. | |
Wes Foderingham shut out Carl Cordy, it was the Robbins broke away in | :53:55. | :53:58. | |
devastating style to grab the winner with the game approaching stoppage | :53:59. | :54:07. | |
time. It was superbly created. Kasim With the final pass, and teenager | :54:08. | :54:11. | |
Louis Thompson arriving from the deep to celebrate the first goal of | :54:12. | :54:16. | |
his career. We did not have enough possession in the second half. We | :54:17. | :54:19. | |
came under a lot of pressure. The goalkeeper got us out of jail again. | :54:20. | :54:23. | |
He made a world-class save at the end. That led to the winning goal. | :54:24. | :54:29. | |
All of those things have to come together to be able to get results. | :54:30. | :54:38. | |
At Walsall, we saw the best and worst of Craig Westcarr. This shot | :54:39. | :54:42. | |
gave the saddle as an early lead, following a brace in the midweek win | :54:43. | :54:47. | |
at Bradford, taking his tally for the season to 16. The shrews wee | :54:48. | :54:51. | |
survival bid had been boosted by taking quite a Mac points in the two | :54:52. | :54:55. | |
games before this. Robert Madley took a dim view of this challenger | :54:56. | :54:59. | |
James Chambers. The visitors were reduced to ten men. Ten minutes | :55:00. | :55:05. | |
later, Westcarr was on the receiving end of a full-blooded tackle from | :55:06. | :55:09. | |
Jacobson. Both sides finished one man down. The Saddlers held on and | :55:10. | :55:20. | |
stay in the play-off picture. To get two successive clean sheets was | :55:21. | :55:22. | |
pleasing. It was a good goal from Westcarr. We were nowhere near best | :55:23. | :55:32. | |
but we did enough to win the game. Stevenage prop up the League One | :55:33. | :55:35. | |
table and after two league defeats, they could not afford another | :55:36. | :55:39. | |
setback. They failed to hit up Tom Pope, and he added to his impressive | :55:40. | :55:45. | |
goals tally, 16 to the campaign. The response from Stevenage was | :55:46. | :55:48. | |
positive, a Luke Freeman free kick headed home by defender, Peter | :55:49. | :55:56. | |
Hartley, and they had their reward. Distinct signs of life at Meadow | :55:57. | :56:00. | |
Lane. Were successive victories give the Magpies the chance to escape the | :56:01. | :56:04. | |
bottom four. Their robe ladder to safety could be the goals of Ronan | :56:05. | :56:09. | |
Murray. He broke clear to score five what was the fifth goal in his last | :56:10. | :56:13. | |
question matches. Colchester had not won a game here for 12 years. | :56:14. | :56:17. | |
Freddie Sears was kept out by the prose, as close as they have come in | :56:18. | :56:24. | |
the first half. -- out by the post. Aidan Hollis hit two in the previous | :56:25. | :56:28. | |
Notts County home match, his first goals for the club, and another goal | :56:29. | :56:32. | |
here, not bad from the centre back, not bad at all. Both clubs face an | :56:33. | :56:47. | |
anxious and decisive few weeks. The worst defence in English football | :56:48. | :56:49. | |
facing the hottest striker in League One. It was no surprise to anyone | :56:50. | :56:54. | |
that Callum Wilson stuck away the opener for Coventry at Crewe. The | :56:55. | :57:00. | |
snapshot from Frank Luther Achenbach of the prose. Crewe started the | :57:01. | :57:04. | |
match one point above the drop zone, but they levelled courtesy of an own | :57:05. | :57:08. | |
goal from Jordan Clarke. They threaten to secure a much-needed | :57:09. | :57:14. | |
victory. Matt Google bought the best out of Joe Murphy in the goal for | :57:15. | :57:19. | |
the Coventry side, and then, following an incisive run, Coventry | :57:20. | :57:26. | |
were at full stretch again. Byron Moore, close to giving Crewe the | :57:27. | :57:33. | |
lead. When you have got a rampant striker in the ranks, there is no | :57:34. | :57:38. | |
need to panic. Wilson's 21st league goal of the season for Coventry made | :57:39. | :57:42. | |
certain that Crewe were back in the bottom four. | :57:43. | :57:48. | |
Tranmere made the brighter start at Prenton Park. Actor actor was denied | :57:49. | :57:54. | |
the opener by Chris Chandler's goal-line clearance. -- actor actor. | :57:55. | :58:00. | |
On chances created it was a position they should have improved. J Cassidy | :58:01. | :58:06. | |
as close as anyone to the breakthrough. He hit the woodwork. | :58:07. | :58:14. | |
Then the 21-year-old from Wolves was sent clear on the left. Jordan | :58:15. | :58:18. | |
Pickford had to be at his best to maintain parity. Six years after | :58:19. | :58:23. | |
beginning his career with Carlisle, Gary maybe made another debutant | :58:24. | :58:26. | |
after shining on loan from Gibraltar Wednesday. His shot was too high, so | :58:27. | :58:31. | |
it was one point apiece. I thought that we had the better of the | :58:32. | :58:36. | |
chances late in the game. But they had it cleared off the line, and we | :58:37. | :58:40. | |
had the prose. In the end, you have got to be pleased with 0-0. -- we | :58:41. | :58:42. | |
hit the post. Of those teams at the bottom, what | :58:43. | :58:54. | |
about Notts County, three wins in a week, they have gone up sixth places | :58:55. | :59:00. | |
as a result. They are calling it the great escape is on at Meadow Lane. | :59:01. | :59:05. | |
They clearly believe it can happen. Of course. They had a poor start. | :59:06. | :59:12. | |
Then in really good run, then they fell into a whole. They have shown | :59:13. | :59:18. | |
again they are capable of reaching these highs. Three fantastic wins in | :59:19. | :59:25. | |
a week. If the teams below them picked up points with a game in | :59:26. | :59:36. | |
hand... They must have some belief. Coventry haven't had a great second | :59:37. | :59:42. | |
half of the season. They were at one point in freefall. They have pulled | :59:43. | :59:46. | |
themselves a points away from the relegation zone. What about this | :59:47. | :59:55. | |
player? He has been a real find. With ten points deducted, it was | :59:56. | :59:58. | |
always going to be an uphill struggle. It is tough. They have | :59:59. | :00:07. | |
done well to see this season out. They have found a real positive in | :00:08. | :00:10. | |
that young lad. If you have someone like that for next season, you have | :00:11. | :00:19. | |
already ticked the box. Steven Pressley makes no apologies, | :00:20. | :00:25. | |
but at this stage of the season, you have to do anything for a win. They | :00:26. | :00:30. | |
were flirting with being in serious danger. | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
A great season at the Swindon ground with the Thompson Brothers | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
celebrating. It is good things after -- is good that things have settled | :00:44. | :00:46. | |
down after Paolo di Canio. I like the way the club has handled | :00:47. | :00:52. | |
the situation, how fans have accepted what has gone on. They are | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
reaping the rewards. Their expectations shot up. | :00:58. | :00:59. | |
In League 2 now, starting with the division's form team York City, who | :01:00. | :01:04. | |
recorded their sixth win on the bounce, against Torquay on Tuesday, | :01:05. | :01:08. | |
to climb into the play-off places. Now, in only their second season | :01:09. | :01:11. | |
back in the Football League after seven years in the wilderness, Clem | :01:12. | :01:14. | |
takes up the story, as promotion rivals Burton arrived at Bootham | :01:15. | :01:15. | |
Crescent. A trip to York City is right up | :01:16. | :01:39. | |
there with the best of them. For those who follow the club, | :01:40. | :01:45. | |
recent times haven't been quite so enjoyable. I want a word to reflect | :01:46. | :01:52. | |
the challenge you face putting York City back on the map. Difficult. | :01:53. | :02:00. | |
Their ground sold from under them, and owner who had threatened to | :02:01. | :02:04. | |
withdraw them from the Football League. Relegated anyway when they | :02:05. | :02:08. | |
failed to win any of their final League matches a decade ago. It is | :02:09. | :02:17. | |
surprising York City were desperate to preserve their | :02:18. | :02:33. | |
Trivia first, you and Brendan Rodgers, family. Yes, we are | :02:34. | :02:45. | |
cousins, we were brought up 15 miles between the two houses. We are close | :02:46. | :02:52. | |
family. Delighted to see he is doing so well. | :02:53. | :02:58. | |
Are the principles of banishment the same regardless of the bricks and | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
mortar that surround you, the facilities? If you are a football | :03:04. | :03:07. | |
person, they are the same. The higher up the League, the more focus | :03:08. | :03:12. | |
and attention and hope -- high profile. I had some opportunities | :03:13. | :03:25. | |
but they were not right for me. What has Nigel Worthington brought to the | :03:26. | :03:29. | |
club? Discipline and hard work. He has | :03:30. | :03:35. | |
edge menders work ethic which is reflecting in the performances. What | :03:36. | :03:39. | |
a resurgence. It has been fantastic, a testament to the gaffer | :03:40. | :03:43. | |
who has been great. Really professional. It is infectious what | :03:44. | :03:49. | |
he is doing. It brings confidence. We are on a | :03:50. | :03:59. | |
super run, seven games. We will look at the seven first from today. Deal | :04:00. | :04:05. | |
with those one at a time. Hopefully we can get enough points. We have | :04:06. | :04:11. | |
been through the mill. Anything can happen in football. We do have to | :04:12. | :04:16. | |
take it one game at a time. It is a sweet moment for everyone at the | :04:17. | :04:20. | |
club. Keep your feet on the ground and keep looking forward and working | :04:21. | :04:27. | |
hard. McCombe was climbing high his | :04:28. | :04:33. | |
header, though, a fraction over the top. | :04:34. | :04:47. | |
Albion had a first chance falling to Kean. The goalkeeper Pope ensured | :04:48. | :04:57. | |
this goalkeeper -- score she remained blank. -- sheet. | :04:58. | :05:13. | |
Not an inch given by either of you. No. | :05:14. | :05:20. | |
It was a tough game. The first half wasn't what it has been. It was | :05:21. | :05:26. | |
better in the second half. A good second division game. A great point | :05:27. | :05:34. | |
for us. Disappointing we didn't win. We can't get everything in this | :05:35. | :05:40. | |
game. A case of both teams cancelling each other out. | :05:41. | :05:47. | |
He clearly still loves the game, he has been at the highest level, with | :05:48. | :05:52. | |
Norwich, Northern Ireland. At York now and doing very well. Lately, | :05:53. | :05:59. | |
they have only conceded one in the last. Sometimes, off the back of a | :06:00. | :06:07. | |
great one, a game against her -- Burton, it isn't a bad point. They | :06:08. | :06:14. | |
have kept the unbeaten run going. For the majority of the season, it | :06:15. | :06:21. | |
looked a struggle. But they have been elevated up the League. A far | :06:22. | :06:27. | |
cry from the drama of last season. Time to round up the rest of League | :06:28. | :06:30. | |
2, starting with leaders Rochdale who maintained their two-point lead | :06:31. | :06:34. | |
at the top, with a comfortable 3-0 win over freefalling Portsmouth on | :06:35. | :06:36. | |
Tuesday. It signalled the end of Richie Barker's time in charge. The | :06:37. | :06:40. | |
Dale's next challenge was an away trip to Fleetwood. | :06:41. | :06:50. | |
The top of League two suffered from a mysterious lack of goals this | :06:51. | :06:55. | |
weekend. It wasn't for the want of trying. This overhead kick deserved | :06:56. | :07:02. | |
better. The best chance for Fleetwood came from Blair. The | :07:03. | :07:07. | |
keeper ensured that Rochdale kept a clean sheet. The first half, we | :07:08. | :07:15. | |
played some really good football. We had a couple of chances. We didn't | :07:16. | :07:24. | |
manage to put them away. We haven't lost. A cagey game. The | :07:25. | :07:32. | |
second half belonged to us. Move over, Jose, the Special one now | :07:33. | :07:39. | |
resides at Blandford Park, Russ Wilcox is the first man to claim the | :07:40. | :07:50. | |
24 game unbeaten start as a manager. They could reflect on a hard earned | :07:51. | :07:57. | |
point. Wilcox rewrote the history books. | :07:58. | :08:04. | |
Oxford had lost their last three away League matches. A glorious | :08:05. | :08:17. | |
opportunity here. Constable was kept out by the outstretched leg of | :08:18. | :08:26. | |
Lewington. The winner for the Daggers was distinctly fortunate, | :08:27. | :08:34. | |
striking Bevins on its way in. I thought we performed quite well. We | :08:35. | :08:40. | |
passed a bit slow. Overall, a decent performance. The goal we considered | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
will go into one of those Christmas DVDs. Clarke didn't have a save to | :08:45. | :08:52. | |
make all afternoon, then in the 89th minute. Bitterly disappointed. | :08:53. | :08:59. | |
Southend secured their first victory in 13 League games, on Monday. After | :09:00. | :09:07. | |
White hit the bar, they netted a controversial when. A set piece | :09:08. | :09:11. | |
caused a panic. Torquay claimed a handball before Eastwood celebrated | :09:12. | :09:18. | |
his first goal since October. Making says in his side jumps into the | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
play-off places. Two back-to-back wins. That is five | :09:23. | :09:28. | |
undefeated. That seems a long way away, tender without a win. | :09:29. | :09:36. | |
Hartlepool were attempting to avoid a second successive defeat. | :09:37. | :09:41. | |
The chart keeper did well to deny Walker. The second period began | :09:42. | :09:54. | |
brightly. Teenager Daniels was that close to a debut goal. The | :09:55. | :09:57. | |
breakthrough eventually came in the 74th minute. Clearing only as far as | :09:58. | :10:07. | |
the edge of the box. And the points were secured. | :10:08. | :10:14. | |
Andy Awford's first match in charge started well. A foul was drawn, and | :10:15. | :10:25. | |
Pompey were awarded a 22nd minute penalty. Taylor scored what was | :10:26. | :10:35. | |
Portsmouth's second goal. Prospects improved five minutes later when | :10:36. | :10:41. | |
Chapman launched himself into this challenge. The referee could hardly | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
have had a better view. The red card came out. Andy Awford said he was | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
delighted with the spirit Pompey showed. You would be hard pressed to | :10:56. | :11:03. | |
find a better header this weekend. That made it 2-0. Portsmouth | :11:04. | :11:16. | |
couldn't resist this. Pompey held on bags in no small part to their | :11:17. | :11:27. | |
opponents being down to nine men. Portsmouth collected points for the | :11:28. | :11:31. | |
first time in seven matches. The players were fantastic today, | :11:32. | :11:35. | |
attitude, effort, commitment, desire. | :11:36. | :11:42. | |
A bit close to the wire, but a massive win for us. | :11:43. | :11:49. | |
The incentive was to hit the 50 point mark. Murray set his sights | :11:50. | :11:54. | |
early, and got lucky. This seventh minute free kick catching out | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
Worner. The Dons were hoping to go one better. Appiah Rod Sutton, then | :12:01. | :12:18. | |
set up Francomb. -- robbed. Morris then fired this one. Just | :12:19. | :12:29. | |
going wide. A first game in charge for Darrell | :12:30. | :12:35. | |
Clarke after John Ward took up the role of director of football. There | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
were some encouraging signs as Fleming nearly made a name for | :12:42. | :12:48. | |
himself. They continued to threaten. There was a pause for optimism. The | :12:49. | :12:54. | |
Rovers substitute delivered the telling cross which is guaranteed | :12:55. | :13:00. | |
late drama. And Muhammad headed in a stoppage time winner. A great | :13:01. | :13:12. | |
moment. A very anxious game. The fans could see that. The players | :13:13. | :13:15. | |
were a little edgy with the situation we are in. Hopefully | :13:16. | :13:20. | |
things will calm down and we can settle down as a team. | :13:21. | :13:28. | |
And His goal at Exeter could be absolutely crucial. His side is | :13:29. | :13:34. | |
battling for survival. This could have been even more convincing. | :13:35. | :13:41. | |
Jordan Taylor's header scrambled to safety by his own keeper. It was a | :13:42. | :13:47. | |
clever goal. Accrington now nine points clear of the drop zone, and | :13:48. | :13:50. | |
Peter Murphy's late missed it not matter a jot. - miss did not. | :13:51. | :13:59. | |
Northampton kicked off track Mac points adrift of Bury. Hallam Hope | :14:00. | :14:11. | |
got his first start for the Shakers. He soon made an impact, stooping to | :14:12. | :14:16. | |
head home. Both sides have made a habit of drawing games, and this was | :14:17. | :14:20. | |
almost on level terms, as John Marquis hit the inside of the post. | :14:21. | :14:29. | |
That was tough on Northampton. Danny Maher strode forward and his shot | :14:30. | :14:39. | |
took a deflection to look above Matt Duke. Hope was just inches from his | :14:40. | :14:46. | |
second. Another defeat leaves Northampton town with six matches to | :14:47. | :14:50. | |
save their league status, the third from Bury would hardly inspire | :14:51. | :14:56. | |
confidence. It was a debut goal but Danny Rose, and job done for the | :14:57. | :15:04. | |
Shakers. The last few days we have been working on a game plan. The | :15:05. | :15:08. | |
clean sheet was important. We secured that. The goals that we | :15:09. | :15:14. | |
scored was the icing on the cake. That could be a priceless victory | :15:15. | :15:19. | |
for Bury and what was not a great afternoon for the bottom two in | :15:20. | :15:22. | |
League Two, but we have to say congratulations to Scunthorpe's Ross | :15:23. | :15:27. | |
will cause, 24 unbeaten starts to life in football league management, | :15:28. | :15:37. | |
but a touch of frustration may be. I don't accept. I look at the table. | :15:38. | :15:41. | |
He has virtually guaranteed them promotion. If you had given him a | :15:42. | :15:47. | |
better start sure would have taken it. Portsmouth picking up an | :15:48. | :15:53. | |
invaluable victory to go five points clear of the relegation zone against | :15:54. | :15:56. | |
nine menu board, exactly the kind of start that Andy Awford would have | :15:57. | :16:06. | |
wanted. I liked the shape of the team, playing with a lone front | :16:07. | :16:09. | |
player, that midfield, giving them stability. How they have got | :16:10. | :16:13. | |
themselves in that situation, it is quite staggering. That is a top six | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
squad, no doubt about that. To find themselves fighting relegation at | :16:20. | :16:22. | |
this stage, although I am sure they will be all right after that. A | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
quick look at the tables before we sign of. | :16:28. | :16:34. | |
Leicester move six points clear at the top of the Sky Bet Championship | :16:35. | :16:38. | |
after ending Burnley's unbeaten home record. The Foxes now need just | :16:39. | :16:41. | |
seven points to confirm their promotion to the Premier League. No | :16:42. | :16:44. | |
change in the play-off positions with Derby the only side to gain | :16:45. | :16:48. | |
three points. Bournemouth could be the surprise threat to those teams | :16:49. | :16:51. | |
after a third straight win and are just five points behind?Reading. | :16:52. | :16:54. | |
Doncaster's only second away win means they're now?8 points clear of | :16:55. | :16:57. | |
the relegation zone. Yeovil dropped to the bottom after losing against | :16:58. | :16:59. | |
Barnsley. Only goal difference is keeping Charlton out of the bottom | :17:00. | :17:02. | |
three after their second defeat under Jose Riga. Wolves extended | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
their lead at the top of League One to six points after their late | :17:07. | :17:09. | |
winner at Stadium MK. With Brenftord and Orient dropping points.?Both | :17:10. | :17:12. | |
Rotherham and Preston enhanced their positions with good home wins. | :17:13. | :17:14. | |
Swindon are now just one point off the play-offs after a third straight | :17:15. | :17:18. | |
win. Notts County were the only team in the bottom eight positions going | :17:19. | :17:22. | |
into the weekend to pick up a win. The Magpies jump four places to | :17:23. | :17:25. | |
19th?after their third win in a week. Crewe drop into the relegation | :17:26. | :17:28. | |
zone after back-to-back defeats. With only two points separating the | :17:29. | :17:31. | |
bottom six sides as the relegation battle heats up. Rochdale maintain | :17:32. | :17:35. | |
their two point lead at the top as four of the top five who played | :17:36. | :17:38. | |
today could only draw. Back to back wins for Southend moves them up two | :17:39. | :17:42. | |
places and back into the play-off positions. It was a bad day for the | :17:43. | :17:45. | |
bottom two, who both lost. Struggling Portsmouth earned | :17:46. | :17:47. | |
themselves some much needed breathing space with a win at 9-men | :17:48. | :17:50. | |
Newport, their first away win since January to move five points clear of | :17:51. | :17:54. | |
the relegation zone. That's it from us, but a reminder that we're back | :17:55. | :17:58. | |
on Sunday night with the best of the action from the Johnstone's Paint | :17:59. | :18:01. | |
Trophy Final as League One play-off hopefuls Peterborough take on | :18:02. | :18:03. | |
Chesterfield of League Two, at Wembley. That's at 11.25 on BBC One. | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
And on Monday, Late Kick Off will have all the latest from the | :18:08. | :18:10. | |
Football League teams in your region. It's also at 11.25 on BBC | :18:11. | :18:16. | |
One. Hope to see you in a few hours' time. From me and Steve, goodnight. | :18:17. | :18:21. |