Stockport finally got 3 points to move off the bottom with a 2-1 win over Bury. Oxford United move to the verge of the playoffs with a win over the Millers and the Spireites fall at Burton Albion. Shrews move second after a 1-0 win whilst Gillingham and Crewe share a 1-1 draw. Hereford and the Imps return to winning ways and Torquay hammer Barnet
Now you know whats in your presents before you open them, lets have a good gander at the facts stats warts and all that make Npower League 2 the theatre of the absurd that it is. Apologies like any traditional journo before the days of the copy and paste editors - I am three parts to the wind having feasted on football and ale all weekend. My father was a bit of a card too you know - always to be found face down on a table. Oh and we've got that too - its at the end after...........
the Npower league 2 results Footy Towers style
Aldershot 0-0 Macclesfield (HT 0-0)
Ref: East Att: 2,373
Possession Aldershot 51% Macclesfield 49%
Shots on target Aldershot 1 Macclesfield 3
Shots off target Aldershot 3 Macclesfield 5
Corners Aldershot 3 Macclesfield 5
Fouls Aldershot 11 Macclesfield 11
Barnet 0-3 Torquay (HT 0-1)
Gulls scorers Rowe-Turner 25 Kee 75 Zebroski 90+2
Ref: Quinn Att: 2,168
Possession Barnet 50% Torquay 50%
Shots on target Barnet 1 Torquay 7
Shots off target Barnet 4 Torquay 4
Corners Barnet 4 Torquay 6
Fouls Barnet 10 Torquay 12
Burton Albion 1-0 Chesterfield (HT 1-0)
scorer Webster 5
Ref: Sheldrake Att: 4,260
Possession Burton Albion 45% Chesterfield 55%
Shots on target Burton Albion 10 Chesterfield 4
Shots off target Burton Albion 10 Chesterfield 6
Corners Burton Albion 4 Chesterfield 7
Fouls Burton Albion 13 Chesterfield 8
Bradford 1-0 Wycombe (HT 0-0)
Scorer Ellison 69
Ref: Geoff Eltringham Att: 10,897
Possession Bradford 53% Wycombe 47%
Shots on target Bradford 2 Wycombe 3
Shots off target Bradford 5 Wycombe 6
Corners Bradford 3 Wycombe 3
Fouls Bradford 9 Wycombe 8
Cheltenham 0-3 Hereford FT
(HT 0-1)
Bulls scorers Fairhurst 23 & 89 Kovacs 51
Ref: Langford Att: 3,643
Possession Cheltenham 49% Hereford 51%
Shots on target Cheltenham 9 Hereford 7
Shots off target Cheltenham 4 Hereford 4
Corners Cheltenham 6 Hereford 5
Fouls Cheltenham 10 Hereford 8
Crewe 1-1 Gillingham (HT 1-0)
Crewe Sinclair (og) 26
Gills Weston 54
Ref: Evans Att: 4,012
Possession Crewe 51% Gillingham 49%
Shots on target Crewe 4 Gillingham 3
Shots off target Crewe 4 Gillingham 8
Corners Crewe 2 Gillingham 7
Fouls Crewe 7 Gillingham 14
Oxford Utd 2-1 Rotherham (HT 1-1)
Scorers Oxford Heslop 18 MacLean (pen) 63
Millers Law 36
Ref: Hooper Att: 6,615
Possession Oxford Utd 54% Rotherham 46%
Shots on target Oxford Utd 5 Rotherham 2
Shots off target Oxford Utd 7 Rotherham 4
Corners Oxford Utd 7 Rotherham 2
Fouls Oxford Utd 11 Rotherham 9
Port Vale 1-1 Northampton (HT 0-0)
Scorers Vale J Richards (pen) 55 Cobblers McKenzie 58
Ref: Malone Att: 5,321
Possession Port Vale 58% Northampton 42%
Shots on target Port Vale 5 Northampton 5
Shots off target Port Vale 4 Northampton 2
Corners Port Vale 7 Northampton 4
Fouls Port Vale 11 Northampton 11
Shrewsbury 1-0 Stevenage (HT 1-0)
Shrews Wroe 38
Ref: Sutton
Att: 5,261
Possession Shrewsbury 49% Stevenage 51%
Shots on target Shrewsbury 5 Stevenage 3
Shots off target Shrewsbury 5 Stevenage 2
Corners Shrewsbury 7 Stevenage 2
Fouls Shrewsbury 15 Stevenage 19
Stockport 2-1 Bury (HT 0-0)
Hatters Paterson 66 Elding 84 Bury Lowe 88
Ref: Danny McDermid Att: 4,903
Possession Stockport 53% Bury 47%
Shots on target Stockport 5 Bury 8
Attempts off target Stockport 5 Bury 3
Corners Stockport 4 Bury 3
Fouls Stockport 11 Bury 6
Pld / Goal Diff / Pts
1 Chesterfield 29 22 55
2 Shrewsbury 31 19 51
3 Wycombe 28 9 50
4 Rotherham 30 13 47
5 Bury 28 17 46
6 Gillingham 31 6 46
7 Port Vale 29 7 45
8 Oxford Utd 30 1 43
9 Crewe 29 12 42
10 Torquay 27 10 39
11 Southend 28 3 39
12 Cheltenham 30 -4 39
13 Lincoln City 28 -12 37
14 Northampton 28 -3 36
15 Stevenage 28 5 35
16 Aldershot 29 -7 35
17 Bradford 29 -10 34
18 Accrington 26 -2 33
19 Morecambe 29 -7 33
20 Hereford 28 -9 32
21 Macclesfield 27 -13 29
22 Burton Albion 23 0 28
23 Stockport 31 -36 28
24 Barnet 30 -21 26