Good Friday for Grecians & Rovers as life at the bottom gets a whole lot cosier

But not so good for the six teams around Exeter City and Tranmere Rovers, who have to put up with the two sides 2-0 and 3-1 wins over Colchester and Norwich respectively.

The league leaders in Birkenhead got a particular shock ending up with only ten men and manager Lambert sent to the stands!

Carlisle's 3-1 win against the Gasmen of Bristol, finally somebody put paid to any hopeful play-off ambitions while making sure the Cumbrians climbed above the magic 50-point mark.

The Bees of Brentford did the same with their surprise point in the Lions Den, while Millwall entered the automatic promotion places for 24 hours at least.

In the only game played on Thursday evening, Lee Barnard scored a last minute equaliser for the Saints in a 2-2 draw with the almost relegation free Seagulls.

Still, it doesn't make much difference to Southend in their vital, now even a six-pointer, Easter Saturday clash with Yeovil City. They had to win before these games, and they have to win after them!

League One Results

Thursday April 1st

Brighton 2 Southampton 2

15.00 kick-offs

Carlisle 3 Bristol Rovers 1
Exeter 2 Colchester 0

19.45 kick-offs

Millwall 1 Brentford 1
Tranmere 3 Norwich 1

For full match reports go here: www.skysports.com/football/leagueone/

Holiday Fixtures

Easter Saturday, April 3rd; (all kick-offs 15.00): Leeds United v Swindon, Leyton Orient v Hartlepool, MK Dons v Charlton, Oldham v Gillingham, Southend v Yeovil, Stockport v Walsall, Wycombe v Huddersfield.

Easter Monday, April 5th; (all kick-offs 15.00 unless stated): Brentford v Exeter, Bristol Rovers v MK Dons, Charlton v Carlisle, Colchester v Millwall, 13:00, Gillingham v Southend, Hartlepool v Brighton, Norwich v Stockport, Southampton v Leyton Orient, Swindon v Tranmere, Walsall v Wycombe, Yeovil v Leeds United, 12:30.

Tuesday, April 6th: Huddersfield v Oldham, 19:45

Latest match Friday, 2nd April 2010		Pld		Home						Away						Overall						Pts	EP
				W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A
1	Norwich City	39		15	2	2	43	18		10	5	5	36	23		25	7	7	79	41		82	+38
2	Millwall	39		14	5	1	39	12		6	7	6	25	24		20	12	7	64	36		72	+28
3	Leeds United	38		11	6	2	33	14		9	5	5	29	19		20	11	7	62	33		71	+29
4	Swindon Town	38		11	6	2	34	21		8	7	4	24	24		19	13	6	58	45		70	+13
5	Charlton Athletic	38		11	6	2	38	21		7	8	4	26	24		18	14	6	64	45		68	+19
6	Colchester United	39		13	4	2	31	18		5	7	8	25	25		18	11	10	56	43		65	+13
7	Huddersfield Town	38		10	8	1	43	18		7	3	9	21	28		17	11	10	64	46		62	+18
8	Bristol Rovers	39		12	2	5	30	22		6	2	12	24	34		18	4	17	54	56		58	-2
9	Milton Keynes Dons	38		10	3	6	29	24		7	3	9	26	32		17	6	15	55	56		57	-1
10	Southampton (-10)	38		11	4	3	39	17		6	9	5	30	23		17	13	8	69	40		54	+29
11	Brentford	38		7	9	2	28	19		5	6	9	17	26		12	15	11	45	45		51	0
12	Carlisle United	39		10	3	7	31	22		3	9	7	23	33		13	12	14	54	55		51	-1
13	Brighton & Hove Albion	39		5	4	11	22	27		7	8	4	28	27		12	12	15	50	54		48	-4
14	Walsall	38		6	8	5	27	22		6	3	10	18	30		12	11	15	45	52		47	-7
15	Yeovil Town	38		8	6	5	31	22		3	5	11	15	30		11	11	16	46	52		44	-6
16	Exeter City	39		8	8	4	27	18		2	5	12	15	35		10	13	16	42	53		43	-11
17	Leyton Orient	38		7	6	6	28	21		3	5	11	16	33		10	11	17	44	54		41	-10
18	Tranmere Rovers	38		9	3	8	25	28		2	5	11	9	32		11	8	19	34	60		41	-26
19	Gillingham	38		9	7	3	26	11		0	6	13	13	39		9	13	16	39	50		40	-11
20	Oldham Athletic	37		5	6	8	18	23		5	4	9	14	23		10	10	17	32	46		40	-14
21	Hartlepool United	38		7	5	7	24	24		3	4	12	22	35		10	9	19	46	59		39	-13
22	Southend United	38		6	8	5	25	23		3	2	14	19	35		9	10	19	44	58		37	-14
23	Wycombe Wanderers	38		4	6	9	18	27		2	8	9	23	39		6	14	18	41	66		32	-25
24	Stockport County	38		2	5	12	19	38		3	4	12	12	35		5	9	24	31	73		24	-42