22 May 1, 2022The Sunday Times 2GS
Football Results
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
BARNSLEY 1 PRESTON 3
Marsh 17 Johnson 23, 54
Jakobsen 74
HT: 1-1. Att: 3,090
BLACKBURN 0 BOURNEMOUTH 3
Solanke 21, Billing 70, 79
HT: 0-1. Att: 21,396
BLACKPOOL 0 DERBY 2
Ebiowei 73
Cashin 82
HT: 0-0. Att: 50,298
BRISTOL CITY 5 HULL 0
Weimann 5, 82
Semenyo 33
Martin 35, 54
HT: 3-0. Att: 21,799
CARDIFF 1 BIRMINGHAM 1
Vaulks 82 (pen) Bela 22
HT: 0-1. Att: 21,395
COVENTRY 1 HUDDERSFIELD 2
Gyokeres 90 Toffolo 45, Anjorin 79 (pen)
HT: 0-1. Att: 23,828
MIDDLESBROUGH 3 STOKE 1
Crooks 21, 72, Baker 25 (og) Powell 90+4
HT: 2-0. Att: 24,942
MILLWALL 3 PETERBOROUGH 0
Afobe 53, Knight 73 (og)
Saville 76
HT: 0-0. Att: 16,705
NOTTM FOREST 5 SWANSEA 1
Christie 22 (og) Obafemi 28
Surridge 48, 52, 69, Mighten 84
HT: 1-1. Att: 28,659
READING 0 WEST BROM 1
Ahearne-Grant 78
HT: 0-0appeared to turn in
Elliot Anderson’s
header five
minutes into
stoppage time.
There was still time
for Rovers’ Paul
Coutts to be sent
off. Luke Charman
had scored twice
in the opening 17
minutes for
Rochdale.
Swindon Town
moved into the
play-off places
with a third
straight win, 2-1
against Barrow.
Louis Reed struck
their 85th-minute
winner.
Sutton United’s
hopes took a dive
with a 4-1 home
defeat by Bradford
City, who scored
three goals in the
last 20 minutes to
end the hosts’ 19-
match unbeaten
home run.
Tranmere
Rovers are still in
with a chance after
their 2-0 win
against relegated
Oldham Athletic.tomorrow. Port
Vale host Newport
County, while
Mansfield are at
play-off hopefuls
Salford City. Both
clubs can take
over the coveted
third-place spot
with victories.
Bristol Rovers
also moved into
contention,
coming from 3-1
down away to
Rochdale to win
4-3 to go fourth.
Aaron Collins
equalised in the
89th minute, his
second goal of the
game, for Joey
Barton’s side
before hebeing separated
by stewards.
Momentum can
be everything and
Plymouth Argyle
lost theirs at the
wrong moment.
They were
thrashed 5-0 at
home to MK Dons
— a fifth game
without a win — to
drop out of the
play-off places.
Jordan Houghton’s
first-half dismissal
did not help. Scott
Twine scored four
goals for the Dons.
They will play
Wycombe
Wanderers in the
play-off semi-LEAGUE TWO
finals. Wycombe
sneaked into sixth
place with a 2-1 win
away to Burton
Albion.
Sheffield
Wednesday, 4-1
winners against
Portsmouth, will
play Sunderland,
who won 1-0 at
Morecambe in the
other semi-final.
Doncaster
Rovers and AFC
Wimbledon both
had their
relegations
rubber-stamped.
Doncaster drew 1-1
away to Oxford
United.
AFC Wimbledon
ended their six-
year stay in the
division showing a
bit of fight, in the
second half at
least. They lost 4-3
at home to
Accrington
Stanley having
been 3-0 adrift at
half-time. They
have now gone 27
league games
without a win.LEAGUE ONE
4
Bolton finished
their season with
a 4-2 win against
Fleetwood Town
for a fourth
straight victorySolanke set
Bournemouth
on their way to
victory at
BlackburnCARLISLE 2 STEVENAGE 1
Riley 52 Norris 88 (pen)
Alessandra 63
HT: 0-0. Att: 5,701
COLCHESTER 2 WALSALL 2
Sears 24, 56 (pen) Kiernan 39, Miller 48
HT: 1-1. Att: 3,520
CRAWLEY TOWN 0 LEYTON ORIENT 2
Archibald 8, Drinan 90+5
HT: 0-1. Att: 3,372
FOREST GREEN 1 HARROGATE TOWN 3
Matt 45+3 (pen) Muldoon 40 (pen)
Diamond 46, Kerry 72
HT: 1-1. Att: 4,040
NORTHAMPTON 1 EXETER 1
Pinnock 29 Nombe 71
HT: 1-0. Att: 7,764
ROCHDALE 3 BRISTOL ROVERS 4
Charman 11, 17 Finley 54
O'Keeffe 60 Collins 66, 89
Anderson 90+5
HT: 2-0. Att: 4,628
Sent off: Coutts (Bristol Rovers) 90+8
SCUNTHORPE 1 HARTLEPOOL 1
Wilson 50 Featherstne 72 (pen)
HT: 0-0. Att: 4,210
SUTTON UTD 1 BRADFORD CITY 4
Smith 55 Vernam 16, 77, Songo'o 85
Cook 90+7
HT: 0-1. Att: 4,010
SWINDON 2 BARROW 1
Davison 22 Platt 83
Reed 85
HT: 1-0. Att: 13,355
TRANMERE 2 OLDHAM 0
Hawkes 27, Hemmings 62
HT: 1-0PWDLF AGDPts
1 Exeter (P) 45 23 15 7 65 40 25 84
2 Forest Green (P)45 23 14 8 73 42 3183
3 Northampton 45 22 11 12 57 37 20 77
4 Bristol Rovers45 22 11 12 64 49 1577
5 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 2175
6 Mansfield 44 22 9 13 63 48 1575
7 Swindon 45 21 11 13 74 54 20 74
8 Sutton Utd 45 21 10 14 67 53 1473
9 Tranmere 45 20 12 13 52 40 1272
10 Salford 44 19 12 13 56 40 16 69
11 Newport Co 44 18 12 14 65 55 1066
12 Crawley Town45 17 9 19 53 63 -10 60
13 Leyton Orient45 14 16 15 62 46 1658
14 Bradford City45 13 16 16 51 55-4 55
15 Walsall 45 14 12 19 47 57 -10 54
16 Hartlepool 45 14 12 19 44 62 -18 54
17 Harrogate 45 14 11 20 64 73-9 53
18 Carlisle 45 14 11 20 39 60 -21 53
19 Colchester 45 13 13 19 46 60 -14 52
20 Rochdale 45 11 17 17 49 59 -10 50
21 Barrow 45 10 14 21 43 54 -11 44
22 Stevenage 45 10 14 21 41 66 -25 44
23 Oldham (R) 45 9 10 26 43 72 -29 37
24 Scunthorpe (R) 45 4 14 27 29 83 -54 26It was all to play for
with only Crewe
Alexandra having
been relegated
and all the teams
at the top still
unsure of their
destinations going
into the last day
(Peter Wilson
writes). Wigan
Athletic finally
confirmed their
promotion and
wrapped up the
title with a 3-0
victory away to
Shrewsbury Town.
Will Keane
scored twice to
finish as the
division’s top
goalscorer with 26.
Rotherham
United won 2-0
away to Gillingham
to snatch the
second automatic
promotion place.
The Kent side were
relegated. Fans
from both clubs
invaded the pitch
after the final
whistle, some
exchanging
punches beforeThis division goes
into its final week
with the
destination of the
title still to be
decided, as well as
one automatic
promotion spot,
while the play-off
mix remains as
confused as ever.
Exeter City, who
celebrated
promotion in
midweek,
leapfrogged long-
time leaders Forest
Green Rovers, who
lost 3-1 at home to
Harrogate Town,
with a 1-1 draw
away to third-
placed
Northampton
Town. Mitch
Pinnock put the
hosts in front but
Sam Nombe
scored a 71st-
minute equaliser
for the new league
leaders.
Northampton
must wait to see
how fifth-placed
Port Vale and
Mansfield Town, in
sixth, get onCollins joy for
Bristol RoversAFC WIMBLEDON 3 ACCRINGTON 4
Assal 56 Rich-Baghuelou 18
Rudoni 58, 66 Bishop 35, Nottingham 45
O’Sullivan 63
HT: 0-3. Att: 7,839
BOLTON 4 FLEETWOOD TOWN 2
Charles 37, 86, John 53 Baggley 17
Bodvarsson 90+6 J Garner 79
HT: 1-1. Att: 16,886
BURTON ALBION 1 WYCOMBE 2
Ahadme 72 Vokes 43
Obita 85
HT: 0-1. Att: 4,440
CAMBRIDGE UTD 2 CHELTENHAM 2
Smith 22, 50 May 23, 90+1
HT: 1-1. Att: 5,880. Sent off: Boyle (Chelt) 82
GILLINGHAM 0 ROTHERHAM 2
Edmonds-Green 34, Kelly 89
HT: 0-1. Att: 8,542
IPSWICH 4 CHARLTON 0
Bakinson 7, urns 11, 50, Norwood 88
HT: 2-0. Att: 26,002
LINCOLN 2 CREWE 1
Hopper 79, Adelakun 90HT: 0-1. Att: 9,147 Long 21
MORECAMBE 0 SUNDERLAND 1
Broadhead 10
HT: 0-1. Att: 5,831
OXFORD UTD 1 DONCASTER 1
Bodin 23 Martin 67
HT: 1-0. Att: 9,139
PLYMOUTH 0 MK DONS 5
Twine 17, 41, 60, 78, Darling 43
HT: 0-3. Att: 15,644.
Sent off: Houghton (Plymouth) 45+2
SHEFFIELD WED 4 PORTSMOUTH 1
Gregory 17, Berahino 36 Hirst 4
Storey 40, Byers 86
HT: 3-1. Att: 33,394
SHREWSBURY 0 WIGAN 3
Vela 43 (og), Keane 50 (pen), 65
HT: 0-1. Att: 8,369PWDLF AGDPts
1 Wigan (C) 46 27 11 8 82 44 38 92
2 Rotherham (P)46 27 9 10 70 33 37 90
3 MK Dons 46 26 11 9 78 44 34 89
4 Sheff Wed 46 24 13 9 78 50 28 85
5 Sunderland 46 24 12 10 79 53 26 84
6 Wycombe 46 23 14 9 75 51 2483
7 Plymouth 46 23 11 12 68 48 20 80
8 Oxford Utd 46 22 10 14 82 59 23 76
9 Bolton 46 21 10 15 74 57 1773
10 Portsmouth 46 20 13 13 68 51 1773
11 Ipswich 46 18 16 12 67 46 2170
12 Accrington 46 17 10 19 61 80 -19 61
13 Charlton 46 17 8 21 55 59-4 59
14 Cambridge Utd46 15 13 18 56 74 -18 58
15 Cheltenham 46 13 17 16 66 80 -14 56
16 Burton Albion46 14 11 21 51 67 -16 53
17 Lincoln City 46 14 10 22 55 63-8 52
18 Shrewsbury 46 12 14 20 47 51 -4 50
19 Morecambe 46 10 12 24 57 88 -31 42
20 Fleetwood 46 8 16 22 62 82 -20 40
21 Gillingham (R)46 8 16 22 35 69 -34 40
22 Doncaster (R)46 10 8 28 37 82 -45 38
23 Wimbledon (R)46 6 19 21 49 75 -26 37
24 Crewe (R) 46 7 8 31 37 83 -46 29PWDLF AGDPts
1 Fulham (P) 44 26 9 9 99 39 60 87
2 Bournemouth44 23 13 8 72 39 33 82
3 Nottm Forest44 23 10 11 72 38 34 79
4 Huddersfield45 22 13 10 62 47 1579
5 Luton 44 20 12 12 62 48 1472
6 Sheff Utd 45 20 12 13 59 45 1472
7 Middlesbro 45 20 10 15 58 46 1270
8 Millwall 45 18 15 12 53 44 969
9 Blackburn 45 18 12 15 57 49 866
10 West Brom 45 17 13 15 48 45 364
11 Coventry 45 17 12 16 59 58 163
12 QPR 45 18 9 18 59 59 063
13 Stoke 45 17 10 18 56 51 561
14 Preston 45 15 16 14 48 55-7 61
15 Swansea 45 16 13 16 58 67-9 61
16 Blackpool 45 16 12 17 54 53 160
17 Bristol City 45 15 10 20 62 75 -13 55
18 Hull 45 14 8 23 40 53 -13 50
19 Cardiff 45 14 8 23 49 68 -19 50
20 Birmingham 45 11 14 20 49 73 -24 47
21 @Reading 45 13 8 24 54 86 -32 41
22 *Derby (R) 45 14 13 18 45 52-7 34
23 Peterboro (R) 45 8 10 27 38 87 -49 34
24 Barnsley (R) 45 6 12 27 33 69 -36 30
* deducted 21pts for breaching financial rules
and for going into administration
@ deducted 6pts for breaching financial rulesALDERSHOT 3 NOTTS CO 1
Ndjoli 8, Willard 34 Roberts 24 (pen)
Armstrong 88
HT: 2-1. Att: 1,969. Sent off: Kelly-Evans (Notts) 90+7
BARNET 2 GRIMSBY 2
Marriott 37 Smith 81
Waterfall 52 (og) Waterfall 89
HT: 1-0. Att: 2,438
BROMLEY 4 CHESTERFIELD 2
Al-Hamadi 12, 36 Maguire 39
Coulson 29, Whitely 50 Denton 43
HT: 3-2. Att: 1,827
DOVER 0 ALTRINCHAM 1
Hancock 38
HT: 0-1. Att: 465
HALIFAX 1 YEOVIL 0
Dearnley 83
HT: 0-0. Att: 1,947
KING’S LYNN TOWN 3 EASTLEIGH 3
Omotayo 40, 90+5 Barnett 64
Barrows 89 Harper 76, Kelly 90+11 (pen)
HT: 1-0. Att: 968
STOCKPORT CO 1 BOREHAM WOOD 2
Newby 90 Lewis 24, Fyfield 61
HT: 0-1. Att: 8,778
TORQUAY 1 MAIDENHEAD UTD 1
Lewis 90 Barratt 55
HT: 0-0. Att: 2,148
WEALDSTONE 1 DAG & RED 2
Umerah 90 Morias 23, Onariase 47
HT: 0-1. Att: 1,321
WEYMOUTH 2 SOLIHULL MOORS 4
Cordner 79 Boyes 7, Harfield 41 (og)
Blair 90+4 Clarke 69, Dallas 90
HT: 0-2. Att: 756
WREXHAM 1 SOUTHEND 0
Palmer 47. HT: 0-0. Att: 9,200
PWDLF AGDPts
1 Stockport Co40 27 4 9 83 35 48 85
2 Wrexham 41 25 9 7 87 42 45 84
3 Halifax 41 24 8 9 59 31 2880
4 Solihull Moors41 22 12 7 74 44 30 78
5 Notts County 41 21 10 10 76 52 24 73
6 Grimsby 41 22 7 12 62 39 23 73
7 Chesterfield 41 20 13 8 69 48 2173
8 Dag & Red 41 21 6 14 76 50 26 69
9 Boreham Wood40 18 11 11 46 33 1365
10 Bromley 40 17 11 12 54 45 962
11 Torquay 40 17 10 13 63 52 1161
12 Southend 42 16 8 18 43 59 -16 56
13 Yeovil 41 14 12 15 40 44-4 54
14 Altrincham 40 15 8 17 60 63-3 53
15 Woking 41 16 4 21 58 56 252
16 Maidenhead 41 12 11 18 43 63 -20 47
17 Wealdstone 41 12 10 19 46 63 -17 46
18 Barnet 41 12 10 19 54 83 -29 46
19 Eastleigh 41 11 9 21 45 67 -22 42
20 Aldershot 41 11 8 22 42 67 -25 41
21 King’s Lynn (R) 42 7 10 25 43 77 -34 31
22 Weymouth (R) 41 5 9 27 36 84 -48 24
23 *Dover (R) 41 2 6 33 34 96 -62 0
* deducted 12pts for breaching league rulesNATIONAL LEAGUE
Television
presenter and
Aston Villa
fan Michelle
Owen on the
importance
of Coutinho
BEST OF TIMES?
March 2014, in the North Stand for a
game against Norwich City. Right in
front of me, Christian Benteke
chested the ball down and scored
with a magical overhead kick. And
Jed Steer giving Mason Holgate the
eye and saving his penalty at The
Hawthorns in 2019 to take us to the
Championship play-off final.WORST OF TIMES?
The 2000 FA Cup final against
Chelsea. We didn’t have Sky so I
watched it at our neighbours’ house
in my goalkeeper’s kit. I cried and
cried. I’m more measured now.FAVOURITE PLAYER?
Jack Grealish. I know he gets a bad
press and I know he does silly things
sometimes, but I’ve never seen
anyone light up a pitch like him. I was
sorry to see him go but he gave us so
much to be grateful for. And he kept
us up at West Ham last year.LEAST FAVOURITE PLAYER?
Maybe Juan Pablo Ángel could have
scored more goals. Maybe Bosko
Balaban. Charles N’Zogbia? Eric
Djemba-Djemba? Oh, I know: Peter
Enckelman, who wanted the ground
to swallow him up after he’d let Olof
Mellberg’s throw-in through againstBirmingham City. There was no
future for him at Villa after that. He’d
let everybody down.IS IT GOING WRONG FOR VILLA
RIGHT NOW?
We’re on a bad run but we’ve played
all right in a couple of those games.
It’s a weird part of the season: we
know we’re safe, we’re know we’re
not going to make Europe, so it’s
difficult to get the best out of players.
What I don’t like is scapegoating.
Tyrone Mings isn’t a problem, Ollie
Watkins doesn’t stop running...MAIN THING TO DO FOR NEXT SEASON?
Sign Philippe Coutinho, build around
him and then we can challenge for
the top eight. Villa fans are desperate
to get back into Europe.
John Aizlewood
lMichelle Owen is fronting Sky
Sports’ EFL play-offs coverageMY CLUB
WHY ASTON VILLA?
None of my family are into football at
all, but I was a tomboy who played
football. Aged four I had an Andy
Townsend sticker I treasured and I
cottoned on that Birmingham was
the nearest big city to our house on
the Shropshire/Wales border. That
was it: I was stuck with them.EARLY MEMORIES?
My uncle was a Spurs fan
from Solihull and in the
spring of 1997, he listened to
Spurs on the radio while he
took me and my cousin to
Villa Park to see the 0-0 with
West Ham. I was only seven,
but I’d wanted to go for so
long. Sat in the Trinity
Road Stand, I felt part of
something. I even loved
the smell of the
programme. Benteke’s stunning overhead kickon
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