Luton lost their Football League status as relegation was confirmed after a 0-0 draw with Chesterfield.
Hatters relegated as Grimsby triumph; Exeter overcome Wycombe
Luton lost their Football League status as their relegation was confirmed after a 0-0 home draw against Chesterfield.
The stalemate for the Hatters, coupled with a vital victory for struggling Grimsby, saw Mick Harford's men cast 13 points adrift with just four games remaining.
Luton were always expected to struggle this term after being docked 30 points at the start of the season and their demotion became official just over a week after they lifted the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at Wembley.
Grimsby's 2-0 success away to Notts County, where Robert Atkinson and Danny Boshell were on target for the visitors, hammered the final nail in the Hatters' coffin.
Chester had briefly climbed out of the bottom two as Ryan Lowe fired home a first-half penalty at
Accrington Stanley in the early kick-off on Easter Monday before being pushed back into trouble by the Mariners' triumph.
Billy Clarke scored for
Brentford against struggling
Bournemouth but it was Darren Powell who dominated the headlines as he was dismissed in the second half after tangling with his own team-mate Karleigh Osbourne.
Exeter are up to second in the table as Matthew Gill struck midway through the second half against fellow high-flyers
Wycombe.
Shakers slip
Bury have slipped to fourth after twice losing the lead away to Darlington with Jason Kennedy and Pawel Abbott cancelling out efforts from Glynn Hurst and Efe Sodje.
Rochdale remain on the fringes of the automatic promotion race after Chris Dagnall responded to Grant Holt's effort for
Shrewsbury, who are just outside the top seven.
Gillingham consolidated their position in the play-off pack as substitute Dennis Oli struck two minutes from time to secure a 2-1 success at home to
Dagenham & Redbridge.
Bradford's winless run was extended to eight games and they were forced to come from behind against
Lincoln to earn a point with Lee Bullock restoring parity following Andrew Hutchinson's 47th-minute effort.
Aldershot and
Barnet had to settle for a share of the spoils with Michael Leary's early effort cancelled out by Lewis Chalmers after the interval.
David Artell was on target five minutes from time as
Morecambe triumphed 1-0 away to
Macclesfield, while
Port Vale's clash with
Rotherham ended goalless.
