Shrewsbury beat Checkatrade Trophy holders Coventry City in opening round

​​​​​​​Shrewsbury Town inflicted a 3-2 defeat on holders Coventry City in the first round of Checkatrade Trophy fixtures.

Joe Riley's free-kick deep into injury time at the end of the game won it for the Shrews.

Charlie Adam was in the Stoke City under-21s side beaten 1-0 by Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

Sunderland also included several senior players in their side defeated 3-1 at Scunthorpe United, with Jack Rodwell and Donald Love in the starting line-up.

Newcastle United were the only one of the seven invited teams to win on Tuesday night, beating Crewe 2-1.

Oxford United recorded a 6-2 win at Stevenage and Bristol Rovers won 5-1 at Wycombe.

Results

Fleetwood Town 3-0 Leicester U21

Morecambe 0-2 Carlisle

Blackpool 1-1 Wigan

Blackburn 1-0 Stoke U21

Crewe 1-2 Newcastle U21

Oldham 0-0 Port Vale

Coventry 2-3 Shrewsbury

Chesterfield 2-4 Bradford

Mansfield 1-3 Lincoln City

Grimsby 1-1 Doncaster

Scunthorpe 3-1 Sunderland U21

Colchester 2-2 Reading U21

Gillingham 2-1 Southend

Wycombe 1-5 Bristol Rovers

Exeter 1-3 Yeovil

Forest Green 2-0 Newport County

Barnet 3-4 AFC Wimbledon

Milton Keynes Dons 2-0 Brighton U21

Stevenage 2-6 Oxford Utd

Northampton 1-1 Cambridge Utd

Peterborough 2-0 Southampton U21