League Two Results 28th August 2010 Part 2

Macclesfield Town 1-1 Chesterfield
Macclesfield were predicted to struggle while Chesterfield, it was thought, had a good chance of promotion. So far both teams are behaving as expected, with Chesterfield in the play-off places and Macclesfield needing this point in order to be out of the relegation zone on goal difference.
Sam Wedgbury was back on the bench for Macclesfield after starting the last match.
Craig Davies didn’t make the Chesterfield debut he was hoping for – his afternoon was ended early with a red card. His second game went so much better. He scored his first goal for the club and as it was an equaliser, it was a very important goal too.

Morecambe 1-1 Gillingham
Both teams got their second point of the season in this match. It keeps them both out of the bottom two but it isn’t quite so helpful where promotion challenges are concerned. Although to be fair maybe a challenge is exactly what they do have
Darren Moss started the match for Morecambe but was replaced at half-time.

Northampton Town 1-1 Wycombe Wanderers
A sixth 1-1 draw for League Two (Barnet and Bury also drew 1-1 but they have no Welsh players) was played out between Northampton and Wycombe. A win for Wycombe would have put them in the play-off places but then Northampton scored a late penalty to draw their third consecutive game – and win their third point.
Paul Walker wasn’t on the bench for Northampton.

Port Vale 1-2 Torquay United
Port Vale have had a good start to the season but they must have got a bit worried when they realised Torquay would be visiting Vale Park. Torquay have won all of their league matches so far this season (their only defeat was to Championship side Reading – and even that only happened in extra time) and they haven’t lost in the league for five months.
Port Vale played well and did everything they could and fought hard but Torquay have a reverse Gareth Bale curse and they won’t be stopped as easily as that.
Port Vale’s Gareth Owen departed the field after 28 minutes after suffering an eye injury.

Stockport County 0-4 Shrewsbury Town
Shrewsbury continue their promotion push and Stockport were pushed aside quite emphatically. Stockport’s last win in the league was at least two months before Torquay United’s last defeat.
Owain fon Williams would probably rather I didn’t mention him as he was the poor man who was in goal for Stockport. It wasn’t his fault though as far as I can see.
Tom Bradshaw was on the bench for Shrewsbury