Brighton & Hove Albion manager Micky Adams is to discuss his future with the club's board this week. The Albion are in 21st place in League One, two points adrift of safety. Johnstone's Paint Trophy Area Semi-Finals 2nd legs Scunthorpe will play Luton in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final at Wembley. Northern Final Rotherham 0-1 Scunthorpe | |
| Scunthorpe win 3-0 on aggregate Striker Gary Hooper latched on to a through-ball from Andrew Wright before finishing coolly for the only goal. Hooper also a close-range shot blocked and Garry Thompson saw his effort from the rebound deflected over. Rotherham's best chance fell to Reuben Reid, whose header was tipped onto the bar by Iron goalkeeper Joe Murphy. | |
Southern Final
Luton 1 Brighton 1 (aet) Luton win 4-3 on penalties
The Hatters gave their fans some joy by booking their place in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy final with a dramatic 4-3 penalty shoot-out win over Brighton.
Tom Craddock scored early for Luton after a mix up in the Brighton defence.
Nicky Forster drilled home an equaliser for Brighton, who then had David Livermore sent off for a bad foul.
Luton, rooted to the foot of League Two after being docked 30 points, had keeper Lewis Price to thank as he emerged the hero in the shoot-out.
The on-loan Derby keeper saved from Chris Birchall and Jason Jarrett to see Luton go through to face Scunthorpe in the final at Wembley.
The game could have turned out very different had Nicky Forster scored with the visitors first real effort after 20 minutes. The striker dragged his shot wide though after he had been played in by Dean Cox.
The result was a fair reflection on Luton's dominance in the second half, thanks largely to the sending off of Livermore. They were though restricted to long-range efforts and the closest they came to scoring was when Kuipers pushed aside Chris Martin's 20-yard strike in stoppage time.
Football League One
Hartlepool United 2 Leicester City 2
Steve Howard's double was not enough to earn Leicester all three points as the league leaders stuttered to their third draw on the spin against Hartlepool.
Veteran front-man Howard gave The Foxes the lead 17 minutes before the break, converting from just inside the box after good work from Matt Oakley.
Hartlepool bounced straight back and drew level four minutes later when Aussie Joel Porter struck a penalty past Leicester debutant Mark Bunn for his 18th goal of the season.
Former Derby striker Howard thought he had won it ten minutes from time when he also converted a penalty but the home side refused to lie down and secured a point with Andy Monkhouse's last minute strike.
Millwall 1 Swindon Town 1
James Henry grabbed a last-gasp equaliser as Millwall kept their play-off berth by the skin of their teeth at the New Den.
The 19-year-old midfielder Henry only arrived on loan from Reading last week but quickly made himself a favourite with the home fans by striking home the late equaliser from long range.
Earlier, Billy Paynter looked to have condemned Millwall to just their third home defeat of the season when he headed home Michael Timlin's cross from close range.
But Millwall roared forward in the second half to try and grab an equaliser, with Neil Harris going close on two occasions, and finally beat Robins keeper Peter Brezovan in stoppage time.
Stockport County 1 Cheltenham Town 0
Winger Oli Johnson was the star of the show as Stockport heaped further misery on basement club Cheltenham
On a night which saw fellow strugglers Crewe and Hereford pick up three points, Cheltenham were beaten by a Johnson thunderbolt thirteen minutes before half-time.
Joshua Low went close to levelling things up for the visitors four minutes after the Stockport winger had struck.
But in the second half County wasted a number of opportunities to extend their lead, Johnson guilty on two occasions, and ultimately condemned Cheltenham to their fourth loss on the bounce.
Hereford United 2 Leeds United 0
Hereford loan duo Jennison Myrie-Williams and Febian Brandy were the stars of the show as The Bulls moved to within four points of safety by downing Leeds at Edgar Street.
Bristol City loanee Myrie-Williams grabbed his first goal in a Bulls shirt six minutes before the break, converting from the edge of the box after being teed up Sam Hewson.
And the 20-year-old frontman turned provider in the 63rd minute when he swung in a cross for Brandy's second goal since joining on a month's loan from Manchester United.
Leeds poured forward to try to get something back but they could not find a way past Hungarian keeper Peter Gulacsi who claimed a clean sheet in only his second Bulls appearance.
Tranmere Rovers 1 Peterborough United 1
Prolific frontman Craig Mackail-Smith bagged his 21st of the season as Peterborough moved a point clear of Scunthorpe in third place.
Tranmere took an early lead when Charlie Barnett piled more misery on under-fire Peterborough keeper Joe Lewis by firing a free kick past him in the 15th minute.
The 20-year-old midfielder bagged his first goal of the season after Bas Savage was brought down by Gabriel Zakuani.
But the unstoppable Mackail-Smith dragged the visitors back into the game eight minutes from half-time, firing home after combining with 15-goal strike partner Aaron Mclean.
Bristol Rovers 3 Yeovil Town 0
Substitute Rickie Lambert's 21st goal of the season was the icing on the cake as Bristol Rovers piled more misery on managerless Yeovil.
Rovers got on their way in the 19th minute when former Coventry City midfielder David Pipe bagged his first goal of the season.
And the home side made it two on the half hour when Darryl Duffy headed home Stuart Campbell's pinpoint cross to make it seven for the season.
Yeovil, who had won four in four prior to boss Russell Slade's departure, struggled to get into the game and Lambert's strike four minutes from time sealed the win.
Southend United 0 Crewe Alexandra 1
Defender Billy Jones' wonder strike was enough to bag Crewe just their second away win the season against mid-table Southend.
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17th February 2009Pld Home Away Overall Pts EP W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A 1 Leicester City 32 11 5 1 30 10 9 5 1 31 16 20 10 2 61 26 70 +35 2 Milton Keynes Dons 30 9 1 5 27 15 10 2 3 34 18 19 3 8 61 33 60 +28 3 Peterborough United 31 9 4 2 30 16 6 5 5 27 26 15 9 7 57 42 54 +15 4 Scunthorpe United 29 8 3 3 28 18 8 2 5 24 20 16 5 8 52 38 53 +14 5 Oldham Athletic 31 9 6 1 31 14 5 5 5 18 23 14 11 6 49 37 53 +12 6 Millwall 29 9 4 2 20 13 6 3 5 20 20 15 7 7 40 33 52 +7 7 Stockport County 31 7 5 5 26 20 6 4 4 21 15 13 9 9 47 35 48 +12 8 Leeds United 31 9 2 4 30 17 6 1 9 18 21 15 3 13 48 38 48 +10 9 Tranmere Rovers 31 10 3 3 29 16 4 3 8 14 21 14 6 11 43 37 48 +6 10 Huddersfield Town 31 8 5 4 24 19 5 3 6 17 24 13 8 10 41 43 47 -2 11 Colchester United 30 5 3 7 16 16 7 3 5 27 26 12 6 12 43 42 42 +1 12 Walsall 31 8 1 6 24 23 3 6 7 19 23 11 7 13 43 46 40 -3 13 Bristol Rovers 29 7 3 4 29 18 3 6 6 21 24 10 9 10 50 42 39 +8 14 Southend United 30 8 2 5 17 13 2 5 8 17 33 10 7 13 34 46 37 -12 15 Hartlepool United 31 6 7 3 34 27 3 2 10 12 25 9 9 13 46 52 36 -6 16 Carlisle United 30 7 2 5 26 20 3 4 9 14 27 10 6 14 40 47 36 -7 17 Yeovil Town 30 3 6 5 15 19 6 3 7 14 22 9 9 12 29 41 36 -12 18 Northampton Town 29 6 6 3 23 14 2 3 9 17 26 8 9 12 40 40 33 0 19 Swindon Town 29 4 4 6 22 26 2 8 5 19 23 6 12 11 41 49 30 -8 20 Leyton Orient 31 3 4 8 12 20 4 5 7 12 19 7 9 15 24 39 30 -15 21 Brighton & Hove Albion 29 3 4 8 19 28 3 6 5 14 17 6 10 13 33 45 28 -12 22 Hereford United 29 5 4 5 19 13 2 2 11 10 32 7 6 16 29 45 27 -16 23 Crewe Alexandra 29 5 2 6 18 24 2 2 12 17 36 7 4 18 35 60 25 -25 24 Cheltenham Town 29 4 4 7 23 31 1 2 11 13 35 5 6 18 36 66 21 -30