League One round-up: Gillingham strike in stoppage time to stay top
Wednesday 21 October 2015 08:36, UK
Gillingham defender Harry Lennon's stoppage-time header clinched a 2-1 home win over Scunthorpe and kept them top of Sky Bet League One.
Lennon headed home in the second minute of time added on at Priestfield Stadium after Brennan Dickenson's second-half header had cancelled out Marc Laird's 53rd-minute opener for Scunthorpe.
Justin Edinburgh's side played the final nine minutes with 10 men after midfielder Josh Wright had been shown a straight red card for his foul on Scunthorpe striker Paddy Madden.
Walsall remain in second place as two second-half goals from George Evans and Milan Lalkovic secured them a 2-0 win at Barnsley, who slipped to a fourth straight league defeat.
Burton lost ground on the leaders after being held to a goalless home draw by Crewe, while Coventry had to settle for a 0-0 draw for the second successive match at fellow play-off hopefuls Rochdale.
Sheffield United made up ground on the leading pack following a 3-0 defeat of Fleetwood at Bramall Lane. Che Adams fired the Blades ahead in the first minute and added a second in the 64th minute before fellow striker Billy Sharp added a third goal eight minutes later.
Bradford secured their second win in four days and checked Bury's progress with a 2-1 victory at Valley Parade. Defender Rory McArdle headed Bradford into the lead on the stroke of half-time and Reece Brown's own goal doubled their advantage before Danny Rose scored Bury's stoppage-time consolation.
Chesterfield followed up their weekend win at Walsall with a 3-0 home defeat of Southend, who were chasing a sixth win in seven league games. Lee Novak fired the Spireites into an eighth-minute lead and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake scored his fourth and fifth goals of the season in the 38th and 62nd minutes.
Max Power struck a late winner for Wigan, who beat Peterborough 3-2 at London Road. Power struck in the 82nd minute, a minute after Souleymane Coulibaly had hauled Posh level after they had fought back from two goals down.
Yanic Wildschut and Will Grigg had put Wigan two-up inside 15 minutes, while Erhun Oztumer pulled one back just after the hour-mark.
Colchester halted a run of three straight defeats with a 2-1 home win against Port Vale. Goals from Colchester pair George Elokobi and Marvin Sordell sandwiched Colin Daniels' headed equaliser just before half-time.
Jack Redshaw converted a late penalty to rescue a point for Blackpool in a 1-1 home draw against Millwall. Mark Beevers headed Millwall into a 35th-minute lead, but Redshaw levelled from the spot after Carlos Edwards had been sent off for his foul on David Norris.
Doncaster secured their first win on the road this season as goals from James Coppinger and Keshi Anderson helped them to a 2-1 victory at Shrewsbury. Nathaniel Knight-Percival's 27th-minute header had drawn the Shrews level.
Swindon chairman Lee Power took charge of the side for the first time after sacking Mark Cooper, but oversaw a 2-1 home defeat. Nicky Ajose's 85th-minute goal cancelled out Mike Jones' first-half opener for Oldham, but Danny Philliskirk fired the visitors' winner two minutes later.
