League Two Results 17th April Part 1

Accrington Stanley 1-2 Hereford United
I kind of knew for a while that Hereford will definitely be playing League Two football next season but I’m still really happy for them now it’s official. Accrington will be fine too of course but they’ve now failed to win their last eight matches.
Hereford’s Ryan Valentine conceded a penalty for the second time in two matches (although this one seems harsh, more ball to hand than handball) – but when you’re on the winning side, it doesn’t seem to matter nearly as much. Darren Jones also played the full match but Ryan Green didn’t recover from a thigh injury in time to play.

Bournemouth 2-0 Darlington
Bournemouth are now right points clear of fourth-placed Rotherhan United – they’d have to do something pretty bad to mess this up. Newly-relegated Darlington might have beaten Rochdale but Bournemouth were far less amenable.
Rhoys Wiggins was unlucky not to score for Bournemouth, if Darlington’s goalkeeper made saves like that more often, maybe they wouldn’t be relegated. There was no sign of Joe Partington although Bournemouth did have their full complement of substitutes.

Bradford City 2-1 Barnet
Bradford haven’t had the best season but at least they’re nearly twenty points clear of the relegation places – and at least they didn’t lose to a team who are known for their inability to win matches and are the most likely team to be caught by Grimsby Town (although this is unlikely).
Michael Flynn started on the bench after recovering from a rib injury. He came on as a substitute and while it would be an exaggeration to say he *soon* made his presence felt – it actually took him thirty-four minutes – he was the player who got the important stoppage-time winner.

Bury 1-1 Port Vale
A draw was enough to keep both sides in contention for the play-offs – although Bury are more in contention than Port Vale. Vale are two points outside the play-offs with Bury four points ahead of them.
Gareth Owen, Craig Davies and Lewis Haldane all played for Port Vale. Craig was a bit upset that he didn’t get to take Port Vale’s penalty but luckily it went in anyway.

Dagenham & Redbridge 2-1 Burton Albion
Degenham & Redbridge won this match in the 93rd minute. It must have been a great feeling for the- but less so for Burton. The win moved Dagenham & Redbridge back into the play-off places. They’ve been there before but as soon as they get there, they start dropping points. I really hope they can stay there this time. I don’t know why but I’ve always liked Dagenham & Redbridge. Maybe it’s because they’re named after Tube stations.
Tony Roberts played in goal for Dagenham.

Macclesfield Town 2-0 Chesterfield
Macclesfield put a dent in Chesterfield’s play-off hopes with this win. Although as Chesterfield are only outside the play-offs on goal difference, it isn’t a very big dent. But really, you can’t expect to go up to League One with a goal difference of 0... although there’s a chance Bury could do just that. Good thing Macclesfield didn’t win by more.
Matthew Tipton was given another start despite scoring in the wrong net last time but I think he must have been worried about doing that again because he didn’t score at all this time. He should still stay in the team for next time though, you shouldn’t change a winning team, should you?
Robert Page dropped back to Chesterfield’s bench, where he joined Mark Crossley.