Swansea's bid for Championship football goes from strength to strength as they sauntered to victory over Northampton.
Swans clear at top as Forest and Orient slump to defeats
Swansea's bid for Championship football goes from strength to strength as they sauntered to victory over Northampton, but for fellow promotion hopefuls Leyton Orient and Nottingham Forest it was a night to forget.
Leeds United and Carlisle are on the march as they eye automatic promotion spots, with wins over Port Vale and Swindon respectively edging them up the League One table.
Swansea are clear at the summit following a comfortable evening at home to
Northampton that culminated in Roberto Martinez's side winning 3-0.
Top goalscorer Jason Scotland got his first goal in six games when he opened the scoring in the 16th minute before Darren Pratley broke from midfield to double their advantage three minutes later.
It got no better for the Cobblers in the second half as Scotland added his second from the penalty spot.
Of the chasing pack,
Carlisle are making good progress under John Ward's stewardship and they were far too strong for a
Swindon side that had the highly-rated Ben Tozer sent-off just past the hour mark for a professional foul.
Joe Anyinsah got the Cumbrians on their way with a double on 27 and 54 minutes, leaving it to promising striker Joel Garner to add the gloss to a polished display 15 minutes from time.
Millwall secured arguably the result of the night as they came away from a trip across the capital with a 1-0 victory over high-flying
Leyton Orient.
Zak Whitbread will be the toast of the Lions faithful as his ninth minute goal secured an excellent away win.
Elland Road is fast becoming a fortress once more and against lowly
Port Vale,
Leeds always looked to have more than enough as a David Prutton header in the first half, Jermaine Beckford's 11th of the season in the second and a Tore Andre Flo volley late on secured a 3-0 win.
Nottingham Forest would have travelled to the Bescot Stadium hoping for a win but
Walsall had other ideas, as Michael Ricketts punished a sloppy backpass early in the second half to steal the points for Richard Money's side.
Hartlepool picked up their seventh win of the season courtesy of a 3-1 victory over
Tranmere that saw them race into a two-goal lead thanks to strikes from Gary Liddle and the in-form James Brown.
Shane Sherriff caused slight consternation when he reduced the deficit ten minutes after the break, but it was Pools striker Joel Porter that had the final say when he struck minutes later to secure a 3-1 success.
Bournemouth's woes show no sign of improving as they came away from Huish Park with only a 2-1 defeat at the hands of
Yeovil.
Terry Skiverton's third minute goal gave Yeovil a dream start, which was added to by James Walker before half-time, which rendered Warren Cummings' 65th minute penalty mere consolation.
Chris Dickson is one of League One's most potent and he was at it again at Gresty Road as his double helped
Gillingham to a 3-2 win over
Crewe.
Mark Bentley put Gillingham ahead in the eighth minute but goals from Byron Moore and Gary Roberts either side of half-time had Crewe in control.
However, Dickson had other ideas as his two-goal salvo (56 & 73), the first from the penalty spot, gave Gillingham an excellent away win.
Oldham extended their unbeaten run to seven games but they will be disappointed they could not build on Craig Davies' goal that gave them the lead against
Luton.
It was the Welshman's tenth of the season but his 32nd minute strike was cancelled out just two minutes when Jarostaw Fojut grabbed Luton's leveller.
Doncaster and
Brighton could not be separated as they played out a 0-0 stalemate.
League One match summaries
