The League 1 season continued with the latest round of games played over the weekend.
Sheffield United and Scunthorpe hold the top two places but Bolton and Fleetwood are closing in on 2nd. Port Vale dropped into the bottom four with Swindon, Chesterfield and Coventry.
Here’s a round up of the League 1 action from the other games.
Results
Saturday 18th February 2017 – LEAGUE ONE
Bradford City 2-2 Bolton Wanderers 15:00
Chesterfield 1-2 Bury 15:00
Coventry City 2-1 Gillingham 15:00
Milton Keynes Dons 0-1 Fleetwood Town 15:00
Port Vale 1-1 Bristol Rovers 15:00
Rochdale 3-3 Charlton Athletic 15:00
Sheffield United 1-1 Scunthorpe United 15:00
Shrewsbury Town 2-1 AFC Wimbledon 15:00
Southend United 2-2 Northampton Town 15:00
Swindon Town 0-0 Oldham Athletic 15:00
Walsall 2-0 Peterborough United 15:00
Sheffield United recovered from a goal down – swiftly equalising – to secure a 1-1 draw with Scunthorpe at Bramall Lane. This draw ensured that United maintained a five point lead over the Iron.
A two nil lead was lost by Bradford in a 2-2 draw with Bolton but the Bantams remained in the top six. The Trotters’ point could prove important to their automatic promotion hopes but this also meant they missed the chance to close in on the top two after the Sheffield United and Scunthorpe draw.
Chesterfield’s hopes of avoiding relegation were dealt a further blow when they were beaten 2-1 by relegation rivals Bury. The Shakers second win in three took them out of the relegation zone whereas the Spireites are seven points from safety.
A first win in 10 was collected by Coventry when the bottom side collected a 2-1 win over Gillingham at the Ricoh Arena. Despite this win over the Gills – who lost for the first time in six – the Sky Blues are still nine points from safety.
MK Dons’ second defeat in the last three came when Fleetwood’s impressive run towards potential automatic promotion continued when a 1-0 win – a seventh in a 10 game unbeaten run – at the stadium:mk to close to within two points of an automatic promotion spot.
The winless run was extended to seven with Port Vale’s 1-1 draw with Bristol Rovers not enough to prevent Vale from dropping into the relegation spots.
Rochdale and Charlton both lost ground on the top six – Dale are only two points off the play-offs whereas the Addicks are eight points – after a six goal thriller at Spotland ended in a 3-3 draw.
A positive reaction to defeat from Shrewsbury saw the points – for a third win in the last four – collected in a 2-1 victory over Wimbledon at Greenhous Meadow to keep the Shrews four points clear of the relegation zone.
Southend twice lost the lead in a 2-2 draw with Northampton – who are now unbeaten in three – but the Shrimpers were still able to reclaim a play-off place on goal difference.
The five game losing run Swindon had been on ended with a 0-0 draw against relegation rivals Oldham. The Robins are four points from safety with the Latics extending the gap between them and the bottom four to five.
Victory for Walsall took them to within four points of the play-off places. A 2-0 loss for Peterborough though was a fifth defeat in the last eight for Posh, who are a point and a couple of places closer to the top six.
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