League One Results 5th April Part 2

Hartlepool United 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
A win for Hartlepool puts them four points above the relegation zone. Brighton too probably should start worrying again as they’re only three points ahead of Hartlepool now.
Andrew Crofts was unable to play for Brighton due to ‘family reasons’. I really hope everything’s okay.

Norwich City 2-1 Stockport County
Norwich remain nine points clear of the top of the table – but that won’t guarantee them promotion. Just ask Leeds United. Stockport probably did rather well to lose to the league leaders by only one goal. Plenty of teams haven’t.
Owain fon Williams was in goal for Stockport.

Southampton 2-1 Leyton Orient
If Southampton win their game in hand, they’ll only be five points from the play-offs. It’s not impossible anymore. Leyton Orient remain in trouble but I don’t think Geraint Williams was the problem. It was their inability to take Nicky Adams on loan again. So it was only Geraint’s fault if he was mean to Nicky and he didn’t want to go back but the impression I got was that Nicky was happy to go but Leicester City said they needed him.
Lloyd James was on the bench for Southampton.

Swindon Town 3-0 Tranmere Rovers
Swindon remain in the second automatic promotion place after a great run of form but whether they finish there or not could depend on whether they manage to beat rivals Millwall in the final game of the season.
Billy Bodin wasn’t on the bench for Swindon but Tranmere’s own teenage Welsh star, Ash Taylor, played the full match.

Walsall 2-1 Wycombe Wanderers
Walsall got another win to help halt their downward spiral, whilst making it even more difficult for Wycombe to get out of trouble – although they could still do it, just as Walsall could still go down.
Rhys Weston was unlucky not to win a penalty for Walsall. Mark Bradley came off the bench after 83 minutes.

Yeovil Town 1-2 Leeds United
Leeds’ automatic promotion hopes remained alive after they got a rare win. Yeovil however are in trouble again.
Gavin Williams returned from his three-match suspension and went straight into Yeovil’s starting line-up, despite fighting with at least six other players for one of the five squad places that can be allocated to loanees. This match wasn’t as eventful as his last match, where he got a goal and an assist before being sent off, but he played well and did get the assist for Yeovil’s goal.
Shaun MacDonald, another Welsh loanee, also played the full match for Yeovil but loanee Arron Davies was again left out. Assistant manager Nathan Jones was on the bench.
Sanchez Watt made an 88-minute appearance from Leeds’ bench. I don’t think Leeds have quite got the hang of giving their young loanees first-team football. They kept leaving Sam Vokes on the bench too when he was on loan from Wolves.