League One Results 1st May Part 1

Bristol Rovers 0-3 Norwich City
Norwich might already be Champions but it looks as though they are keen to end the season in style. Bristol Rovers haven’t been on great form recently but it’s still a good – if not exactly surprising – result for Norwich.
Byron Anthony returned from injury to play in defence for Bristol Rovers, with Ben Swallow starting for his third consecutive game.

Carlisle United 1-1 Walsall
Both sides will finish in mid-table but Carlisle at least should be happy with that after only just surviving relegation last season.
Jason Price made his first start for Carlisle since recovering from a thigh injury – and it was he who scored Carlisle’s equalising goal. He was glad to score as Walsall’s goal was quite possibly slightly his fault.
Rhys Weston played the full match for Walsall with Mark Bradley on the bench.

Charlton Athletic 1-0 Leeds United
A win for Leeds would have seen them promoted but now it’s very close between Charlton, Leeds and Millwall, Swindon Town and Huddersfield Town, although Huddersfield’s chances are not that great. Particularly with Millwall and Swindon meeting on the last day of the season.
Charlton were without Grant Basey while Sanchez Watt dropped to the bench again for Leeds. He was a 73rd minute substitute but Leeds could not find an equaliser although they did look more like scoring after Sanchez’ introduction.

Gillingham 2-1 Southampton
Gillingham have a good chance of surviving as this win put them two points outside the play-off zone but they would need to win an away game in order to be completely sure – something they haven’t done all season. Southampton will be in the top eight despite their points deduction.
I’m really not sure what’s going on with Lloyd James’ ankle but it seemed fine today. He started for Southampton and didn’t come off until the end of the match (and probably at half-time too but that doesn’t count).

Hartlepool United 1-1 Exeter City
Hartlepool still don’t know if they’re going to have three points deducted or not. If not, they’re safe. If they do have points deducted they’ll be a point outside the relegation zone. Exeter are only out of the relegation zone on goal difference.
Richard Duffy and Rob Edwards both started for Exeter with Stuart Fleetwood coming off the bench for the last three minutes. Andy Marriott stayed on the bench.