League One Results 18th September 2010 Part 2

Milton Keynes 1-1 Rochdale
MK Dons’ 100% home record was ended by Rochdale, despite the hosts’ dominating the match. Both teams remain in the play-off places.
Jermaine Easter missed several chances and when he finally did get the ball in the net, it was ruled out for handball. Clearly it wasn’t Easter Day.
Matt Done was on the bench for Rochdale.

Notts County 3-2 Leyton Orient
Orient gave Notts County a good game and fought back from being 2-0 down to drawing 2-2. But when Notts County scored again, Orient had no reply. There were encouraging signs in the game but they need to turn that into points.
Ben Davies got the assist for County’s opening goal from a free kick.

Oldham Athletic 2-1 Bournemouth
Bournemouth dropped out of the top six after being beaten by fellow promotion contenders Oldham but it’s great they’re up there at all.
Rhoys Wiggins seemed to enjoy scoring his debut goal last week – he scored again from a free kick to put Oldham 1-0 up.
Joe Jacobson was missing from Oldham’s side, almost certainly because of Yom Kippur.

Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Sheffield Wednesday
Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday might have been relegated together but there was no doubt about which of the two was more likely to be back in the Championship next season. However, Plymouth, who spent the whole of the second half with just ten men, thoroughly deserved their win. They’re still 16th in the table but if they keep playing like this, who knows what will happen.
Carl Fletcher returned from a thigh injury to put Plymouth into the lead after 19 minutes. He later got into an argument with the opposition goalkeeper but they hugged at the final whistle. Carl was probably very happy with the three goals he let in.

Southampton 0-0 Colchester United
Southampton have not only been struggling for points, the goals haven’t been coming their way either. They must have used them all up when they beat Bristol Rovers 4-0 away – so far their only victory of the season. Colchester are unbeaten in seven – and on this evidence, their goalkeeper is a big part of the reason why.
Anthony Pulis made his first appearance on Southampton’s substitute bench this season. He and Ryan Doble were both unused substitutes.
Colchester’s Lloyd James played against the side who released him in the summer, coming off the bench after 34 minutes to replace an injured team-mate.

Walsall 1-2 Swindon Town
It’s taken a while but slowly but surely, Swindon are making their way up the table. I think last season they became involved in the play-off picture comparatively late and maybe they’ll do the same thing again – ideally without losing in the play-off final this time. This was Walsall’s seventh consecutive defeat.
Sean Geddes missed out on a place on Walsall’s bench for the first time this season while Swindon’s Billy Bodin was on the bench for the first time.