League One Results 24th April Part 1

Brentford 1-1 Yeovil Town
Brentford have now won eleven games in a row – not bad considering their Welsh goalkeeper hasn’t played for months. Yeovil are still two points away from being completely safe.
Lewis Price wasn’t even on the bench for Brentford. And they only had six substitutes. Why not let Lewis on the bench too? I’m sure there’s not a rule about how many goalkeepers you put on the bench and even if there is, there’s no rule against sending on ‘outfield player’ Lewis Price and telling him to go in goal.
Yeovil might be having a bit of a Welsh midfield crisis. Shaun MacDonald wasn’t in the squad at all while Gavin Williams was substituted after 42 minutes. But at least Arron Davies got to come off the bench after 62 minutes. Nathan Jones was on the bench too.

Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Bristol Rovers
In the fifth minute of extra time, Brighton were looking on course for a draw, which wouldn’t quite be enough to ensure they would definitely stay up this season. Then Brighton got a penalty. Admittedly, it would have been more dramatic if it was the last day of the season but still, it must have been seriously nervy stuff. But luckily the penalty went in and Brighton are now safe.
Bristol Rovers will almost certainly still finish in the top half of the table.
Andrew Crofts played the full match for Brighton. He’s been great for them this season and when I say he’s probably half the reason why they stayed up, I might not even be exaggerating by all that much.
Ben Swallow got another start for Bristol Rovers but Byron Anthony was missing due to a knee injury.

Colchester United 1-1 Tranmere Rovers
Colchester are officially out of the play-off race which is a shame for any team but it must be especially tough when you were right up there for most of the season. Tranmere are two points from safety.
Ash Taylor played another ninety minutes for Tranmere and was, according to his manager, a tower of strength. Even if they do go down, I hope he won’t be too disappointed with his own performances because he shouldn’t be, he’s been great.

Exeter City 1-1 Charlton Athletic
Not a great result for either team, as Exeter are still just two points from the relegation zone and Charlton have very little chance now of automatic promotion.
Rob Edwards was back in Exeter’s starting line-up alongside Richard Duffy and I think Rob might have got the assist for the goal, it does sound that way although BBC Sport says not. Andy Marriott was on the bench but Stuart Fleetwood was omitted from the squad as he’s on loan from Charlton.