League One Results 4th September 2010 Part 1

Carlisle United 0-0 Swindon Town
A point was enough to ensure that unbeaten Carlisle are in the automatic promotion places as they continue an impressive start to the season. Swindon got to the play-off final last year but they haven’t won since losing to Millwall in that match and are currently bottom of the table with three points. Swindon could have won it in stoppage but luckily for Carlisle, they messed up.
Jason Price was sufficiently recovered from a thigh muscle injury to sit on the bench for Carlisle.

Dagenham & Redbridge 2-0 Leyton Orient
Dagenham & Redbridge got their first win of the season in a local derby with Leyton Orient. No doubt Jeff Stelling would think that Orient were at a disadvantage, playing against both Dagenham and Redbridge but I would say the win was still deserved.
Tony Roberts was on fine form in goal for Dag & Red.

Exeter City 1-0 Charlton Athletic
Charlton remain unbeaten at home but a second consecutive away defeat means they are now in 11th –if just two points from the play-offs. Exeter now look far healthier in 14th position but as they’re still only a point from the relegation zone, they probably shouldn’t get too complacent yet. And without that last-minute penalty, they probably wouldn’t have won at all.
Richard Duffy returned from suspension to keep a clean sheet for Exeter. There was also a return to the team for Daniel Nardiello after he recovered from a groin injury. Rob Edwards came off the bench after 81 minutes.

Huddersfield Town 2-2 Bournemouth
Bournemouth and Huddersfield have both had a good start to the season but they were unable to get the better of one another in this encounter – although they certainly tried.
Rhoys Wiggins played the full match for Bournemouth.

Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Hartlepool United
MK Dons snatched a 77th minute winner and held on despite going down to ten men a few minutes later. With Bournemouth and Huddersfield drawing, MK Dons were able to sneak into the play-offs. Hartlepool are just a point outside the relegation zone.
Jermaine Easter had a chance to score for MK Dons but not many players score if only one chance is created for them.

Notts County 4-0 Yeovil Town
Now Notts County have got the hang of this winning thing, there’s no stopping them. Or if there is, Yeovil didn’t find out what it was. Yeovil have just one win from their first four games – and that was against fellow-strugglers Leyton Orient.
Ben Davies is back into the swing of things for County, scoring the second and third goals before setting up the fourth.
Owain Tudur Jones was the only Welshman to play for Yeovil although youngster Rhys Baggridge was on the bench for what I believe was only the second time in a league match. There was no place for Shaun MacDonald but as he was away with the under-21s we can’t really blame Yeovil. Nathan Jones also wasn’t in the squad but maybe he had some assistant managing to do.