26 April 10, 2022The Sunday Times
Football Results
SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
PWDLF AGDPts
1 Forest Green 40 22 13 5 69 33 36 79
2 Exeter 40 20 14 6 58 36 22 74
3 Port Vale 41 20 12 9 63 39 24 72
4 Mansfield 40 20 9 11 57 44 1369
5 Northampton 41 19 10 12 47 34 1367
6 Bristol Rovers41 19 10 12 56 45 1167
7 Newport Co 41 18 12 11 63 50 1366
8 Salford 41 18 11 12 52 36 1665
9 Tranmere 41 18 11 12 47 37 1065
10 Sutton Utd 40 18 10 12 59 46 1364
11 Swindon 40 17 11 12 62 49 1362
12 Crawley 40 15 9 16 50 55-5 54
13 Hartlepool 41 14 11 16 42 55 -13 53
14 Leyton Orient 41 11 16 14 53 41 1249
15 Bradford City 41 11 15 15 44 49-5 48
16 Rochdale 41 10 17 14 44 51-7 47
17 Harrogate 41 12 11 18 57 65-8 47
18 Walsall 41 12 11 18 42 54 -12 47
19 Carlisle 41 12 11 18 36 55 -19 47
20 Colchester 41 11 12 18 39 55 -16 45
21 Barrow 40 8 13 19 34 48 -14 37
22 Oldham 41 9 10 22 42 64 -22 37
23 Stevenage 40 8 13 19 36 61 -25 37
24 Scunthorpe 41 4 12 25 26 76 -50 24BLACKBURN 1 BLACKPOOL 1
Gallagher 10 Ekpiteta 48
HT: 1-0. Att: 17,806
BRISTOL CIY 1 PETERBOROUGH 1
Atkinson 43 Clarke-Harris 65
HT: 1-0
Sent off: Ward (Peterborough) 59
MIDDLESBROUGH 0 HULL 1
Lewis-Potter 74
HT: 0-0. Att: 24,603
MILLWALL 4 BARNSLEY 1
McNamara 31, 47 Palmer 49
Burke 58, Afobe 72
HT: 1-0
NOTTM FOREST 2 BIRMINGHAM 0
Davis 5
McKenna 79
HT: 1-0. Att: 29,293
PRESTON 2 QPR 1
Dunne 42 (og) Gray 90+3 (pen)
Archer 50
HT: 1-0. Att: 10,873
READING 1 CARDIFF 2
Lucas João 7 Doughty 59
Vaulks 85
HT: 1-0
SHEFFIELD UTD 0 BOURNEMOUTH 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 26,769
SWANSEA 2 DERBY 1
Piroe 8, 16 Lawrence 22 (pen)
HT: 2-1. Att: 18,374
WEST BROM 1 STOKE 3
Robinson 73 Livermore 16 (og)
Brown 59, Baker 90+4
HT: 0-1ALDERSHOT 2 BOREHAM WOOD 1
Ndjoli 22Berkeley-Agyepong 74 Orsi-Dadomo 60
HT: 1-0. Att: 1,092
BARNET 0 SOLIHULL MOORS 2
Dallas 7
Richards-Everton 85 (og)
HT: 0-1
BROMLEY 0 DAGENHAM & R 2
McCallum 47, Morias 76
HT: 0-0. Att: 1,674
DOVER 0 MAIDENHEAD UTD 1
Kelly 90+2
HT: 0-0. Att: 475. Sent off: Baptiste (Dover) 84
HALIFAX 2 WOKING 1
Warburton 10 (pen), 62 Kretzschmar 75 (pen)
HT: 1-0. Att: 1,763. Sent off: Woods (Halifax) 83
KING'S LYNN TOWN 2 YEOVIL 2
Clunan 38 Gorman 6 (pen)
Omotayo 45+2 Wakefield 90
HT: 2-1. Att: 1,148
Sent off: Worthington (Yeovil) 42; Sundrie (King’s Lynn) 70
STOCKPORT CO 5 SOUTHEND 0
Collar 21, Hippolyte 25
Madden 50, 63, Cannon 89
HT: 2-0. Att: 7,738
TORQUAY 5 NOTTS COUNTY 1
Little 11, 90+5 Wootton 74
Lemonheigh-Evans 14, 77, 85
HT: 2-0. Att: 3,130
WEALDSTONE 1 CHESTERFIELD 2
Umerah 52 Grimes 35, Quigley 68
HT: 0-1. Att: 1,337
WEYMOUTH 0 GRIMSBY 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 1,228
WREXHAM 3 EASTLEIGH 2
Hayden 27, Mullin 77, 90+5 (pen) Whitehall 26, 65
HT: 1-1. Att: 9,163
League. They lost
4-0 at home to
Mansfield Town,
who moved up to
fourth. It was
Scunthorpe’s 15th
defeat in their past
18 matches. The
game was stopped
for a while 15
minutes from time
as home fans
invaded the pitch.
Tennis balls had
also been thrown
onto the pitch in
protest at the
club’s situation.
Stevenage
boosted their
survival hopes
with a 2-0 win
away at Colchester
United. But they
will face Rochdale
on Friday without
Luke Norris, who
scored their
second goal. He
was sent off six
minutes from time.
Joe Kizzi’s
header put Sutton
United back on
course for the
play-offs with the
1-0 defeat of
Leyton Orient.Oldham Athletic.
The visitors had
won their previous
two games to
move out of the
drop zone and
battled back after
twice going
behind to Jamie
Proctor goals. Brad
Walker, though,
fired in the 54th-
minute winner
from 25 yards.
Good Friday
could be
Disastrous Friday
for bottom club
Scunthorpe
United. They go to
Leyton Orient
where a defeat will
end their 72-year
stay in the FootballCARLISLE 0 EXETER 1
Amond 89
HT: 0-0. Att: 5,132
COLCHESTER 0 STEVENAGE 2
Reid 45+6, Norris 49
HT: 0-1. Att: 3,094. Sent off: Norris (Stevenage) 84
CRAWLEY TOWN 1 BARROW 0
Appiah 57
HT: 0-0. Att: 2,081
FOREST GREEN 1 HARTLEPOOL 1
Hendry 53 Bogle 68
HT: 0-0
NORTHAMPTON 0 BRADFORD CITY 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 5,548
PORT VALE 3 OLDHAM 2
Proctor 10, 34 Missilou 16
Walker 54 Keillor-Dunn 45+1
HT: 2-2. Att: 8,384
ROCHDALE 1 WALSALL 0
Grant 55
HT: 0-0. Att: 2,437
SALFORD 2 HARROGATE TOWN 0
Smith 70, 75
HT: 0-0
SCUNTHORPE 0 MANSFIELD 4
Grant 16 (og), McLaughlin 32
Stirk 38, Quinn 46
HT: 0-3. Att: 4,015
SUTTON UTD 1 LEYTON ORIENT 0
Kizzi 21
HT: 1-0. Att: 3,152
SWINDON 0 NEWPORT COUNTY 1
Conroy 90 (og)
HT: 0-0. Att: 11,408
TRANMERE 1 BRISTOL ROVERS 1
Hemmings 56 Anderson 63
HT: 0-0. Att: 6,637LEAGUE TWO
extend their lead
over third-placed
Rotherham United
to three points
after the Papa
John’s Trophy
winners lost 1-0 at
home to Charlton
Athletic. George
Dobson hit the 30-
yard winner.
Leaders Wigan
Athletic are three
points clear after a
3-1 win away to
Lincoln City.
Callum Lang
scored twice.
Plymouth
Argyle remain
fourth despite a
0-0 draw away to
Burton Albion.
Sheffield
Wednesday, in
fifth, were held 1-1
away to Bolton
Wanderers, who
equalised through
MJ Williams’s 90th-
minute strike.
Elliot Embleton’s
89th-minute shot
put Sunderland
into the play-off
places with a 2-1
win away to Oxford
United.Padraig Amond
struck in the 89th
minute as Exeter
City, and their
travelling
supporters,
returned from
their 700-mile
round trip to
Carlisle United one
match closer to
promotion.
Amond struck
from close range
to give the happy
Grecians a 1-0 win.
Exeter are five
points behind
leaders Forest
Green Rovers, who
have still to return
to their fluent best
after a poor spell.
Regan Hendry’s
strike gave them
the lead in their 1-1
draw with
Hartlepool United,
who equalised
through Omar
Bogle in the
second half.
Third-placed
Port Vale made it
seven wins in eight
undefeated
matches, 3-2 at
home againstmet with so much
at stake as there
was at Plough
Lane. The hosts’
miserable club
record continued
with a 1-1 draw
taking their total of
games without a
league win to 23,
keeping them in
the drop zone.
Alex Woodyard
fired AFC
Wimbledon into an
early lead but the
visitors, who
extended their
unbeaten run to 15
games, equalised
with a spectacular
Troy Parrott effort
in the 80th minute.
MK Dons didLEAGUE ONE
5
Portsmouth have
gone five games
without a win
after their 1-0
defeat away to
Cheltenham TownKeane
Lewis-Porter
celebrates
scoring the
winner for HullCrewe Alexandra
have become the
first EFL side to
learn their fate
(Peter Wilson
writes). Their 2-0
defeat away to
Doncaster Rovers,
and the point
Gillingham gained
in a 1-1 draw with
Wycombe
Wanderers,
confirmed their
relegation.
With the bottom
two sides meeting,
David Artell’s team
knew they had to
win to keep their
hopes alive. But
goals from Tommy
Rowe and Josh
Martin consigned
them to a 15th
defeat in 16
games. Doncaster
will probably need
to win three of
their final four
matches to have a
chance of survival.
There is little
love, if any,
between AFC
Wimbledon and
MK Dons, but
rarely have theyAmond scored
Exeter’s winnerAFC WIMBLEDON 1 MK DONS 1
Woodyard 19 Parrott 80
HT: 1-0. Att: 7,841
BOLTON 1 SHEFFIELD WED 1
Williams 90 Storey 66
HT: 0-0. Att: 19,164
BURTON ALBION 0 PLYMOUTH 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 3,938
CAMBRIDGE UTD 2 MORECAMBE 1
Smith 42, Ironside 71 (pen) Stockton 68
HT: 1-0. Att: 5,813
CHELTENHAM 1 PORTSMOUTH 0
Sercombe 76
HT: 0-0. Att: 5,117
DONCASTER 2 CREWE 0
Rowe 10, Martin 47
HT: 1-0. Att: 5,912
FLEETWOOD 1 ACCRINGTON 2
Harrison 45 McConville 62, Nottingham 90+4
HT: 1-0. Att: 2,881
Sent off: Cairns (Fleetwood) 85
GILLINGHAM 1 WYCOMBE 1
Tucker 75 Vokes 20
HT: 0-1. Att: 4,858. Sent off: Wing (Wycombe) 86
LINCOLN 1 WIGAN 3
Scully 14 Lang 8, 72, Keane 21
HT: 1-2. Att: 9,498
OXFORD UTD 1 SUNDERLAND 2
Moore 35 Evans 16, Embleton 89
HT: 1-1. Att: 11,690
ROTHERHAM 0 CHARLTON 1
Dobson 55
HT: 0-0. Att: 9,087
SHREWSBURY 1 IPSWICH 1
Whalley 84 Norwood 6
HT: 0-1. Att: 7,682. Sent off: Burgess (Ipswich) 75PWDLF AGDPts
1 Wigan 40 26 8 6 73 36 37 86
2 MK Dons 42 24 11 7 69 40 29 83
3 Rotherham 40 24 8 8 64 26 38 80
4 Plymouth 42 23 9 10 67 40 27 78
5 Sheff Wed 41 20 13 8 67 44 23 73
6 Sunderland 41 21 10 10 69 49 20 73
7 Wycombe 42 20 13 9 69 49 20 73
8 Oxford Utd 42 20 9 13 76 54 22 69
9 Ipswich 42 17 14 11 60 42 1865
10 Bolton 42 17 10 15 63 52 1161
11 Portsmouth 40 16 12 12 54 41 1360
12 Cheltenham 42 13 15 14 61 71 -10 54
13 Cambridge Utd42 14 12 16 51 64 -13 54
14 Accrington 42 15 9 18 54 73 -19 54
15 Charlton 42 15 8 19 49 52-3 53
16 Shrewsbury 42 12 13 17 42 40 249
17 Burton Albion41 13 9 19 48 63 -15 48
18 Lincoln City 42 12 10 20 47 57 -10 46
19 Fleetwood 41 8 14 19 55 71-16 38
20 Morecambe 42 9 11 22 53 82 -29 38
21 Gillingham 42 8 14 20 32 62 -30 38
22 AFC Wimbledon 42 6 17 19 43 66 -23 35
23 Doncaster 42 9 6 27 30 76 -46 33
24 Crewe 42 6 7 29 32 78 -46 25PWDLF AGDPts
1 Fulham 39 25 8 6 93 32 6183
2 Bournemouth39 21 10 8 62 35 2773
3 Nottm Forest39 19 10 10 61 36 25 67
4 Huddersfield40 18 12 10 52 43 966
5 Luton 40 18 11 11 59 45 1465
6 Sheff Utd 41 18 11 12 53 41 1265
7 Blackburn 41 17 12 12 52 42 1063
8 Middlesbro 40 18 8 14 52 42 1062
9 Millwall 41 16 13 12 45 40 561
10 QPR 41 17 8 16 55 53 259
11 West Brom 41 15 12 14 45 40 557
12 Preston 41 14 15 12 43 46-3 57
13 Swansea 40 16 9 15 48 53-5 57
14 Coventry 40 15 11 14 51 50 156
15 Stoke 41 15 10 16 53 47 655
16 Blackpool 40 14 11 15 44 47-3 53
17 Cardiff 40 14 7 19 47 61 -14 49
18 Birmingham 41 11 12 18 43 60 -17 45
19 Bristol City 41 12 9 20 52 73 -21 45
20 Hull 41 12 8 21 34 45 -11 44
21 @Reading 41 12 7 22 48 77 -29 37
22 Barnsley 40 6 11 23 30 59 -29 29
23 *Derby 41 12 13 16 40 47-7 28
24 Peterborough 41 6 10 25 34 82 -48 28
* deducted 21pts for breaching financial rules
and for going into administration
@ deducted 6pts for breaching financial rulesPWDLF AGDPts
1 Stockport Co36 26 4 6 79 29 50 82
2 Wrexham 36 22 8 6 74 38 36 74
3 Halifax 37 22 7 8 55 29 26 73
4 Solihull Moors37 20 11 6 67 39 28 71
5 Chesterfield 38 19 13 6 64 40 24 70
6 Notts County37 18 10 9 65 47 1864
7 Grimsby 37 19 6 12 55 35 20 63
8 Dag & Red 37 18 5 14 64 45 1959
9 Boreham Wood35 16 11 8 41 27 1459
10 Torquay 36 16 8 12 60 49 1156
11 Bromley 35 15 9 11 47 40 754
12 Yeovil 37 13 11 13 38 40-2 50
13 Southend 37 13 8 16 38 56 -18 47
14 Woking 38 14 4 20 52 53-1 46
15 Altrincham 36 13 7 16 54 56-2 46
16 Maidenhead 38 11 9 18 40 62 -22 42
17 Barnet 37 11 9 17 45 69 -24 42
18 Wealdstone 37 10 10 17 40 57 -17 40
19 Eastleigh 37 11 7 19 40 59 -19 40
20 Aldershot 36 9 7 20 35 61 -26 34
21 King's Lynn 38 7 8 23 38 68 -30 29
22 Weymouth 36 5 8 23 32 69 -37 23
23 *Dover 36 1 6 29 29 84 -55-3
* deducted 12pts for breaching league rulesNATIONAL LEAGUE
Cricket
anchor
Mark
Nicholas
on the
not-so-
special one
BEST OF TIMES
Our 3-1 hammering of Real Madrid in- A magnificent display: the
definitive performance of the
Pochettino era.
WORST OF TIMES
Relegation in 1977 was humiliating. I
didn’t see it coming, so I was
shocked beyond belief. And thereferee giving Moussa Sissoko’s
handball in the Champions League
final. Sometimes you have to
balance the moment with the match.MY FAVOURITE PLAYER
Glenn Hoddle. The only point of
football is its beauty. He saw
opportunities that nobody else
could. I met him a few years ago at
Heathrow baggage claim, after we’d
been on separate golfing trips. I was
dragged over. He spins around and
says, “Mark Nicholas! I’ve always
wanted to meet you!” We said we’d
play a round, but the pandemic
intervened.MY LEAST FAVOURITE PLAYER
No players: José Mourinho. At first I
thought he got Tottenham and was
interested and excited to be here.
Then, instead of thinking how lucky
he was and how he’d got it made, heretreated into moaning and spoilt
whingeing. He could have made
Tottenham a real home for himself,
but I was so disappointed in him. The
game’s passed him by.IS ANTONIO CONTE THE RIGHT MAN?
Definitely. He’s clearly a brilliant elite-
level manager. Imagine how upset
we’d be if he’d gone to Manchester
United. He’s tactically strong,
mentally strong and it looks as if he’s
here to make Spurs less Spursy. I’d
be mortified if he left early.WILL HARRY KANE START NEXT
SEASON WITH SPURS?
Yes, although anyone who doesn’t
want to play shouldn’t be here. He
looked shocked to be with us at the
start of this season, but I’ve been
told there was never a formal
Manchester City bid.
John AizlewoodMY
CLUB
WHY TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR?
My father died just before my 11th
birthday. The following Saturday, my
godfather took me to Stamford
Bridge to see Chelsea play
Tottenham. When Jimmy Greaves
scored for Spurs, it was the most
exciting thing I’d ever seen. I was in
for life.EARLY MEMORIES
Me, my brother and schoolfriends
mostly stood in the Paxton Road
end, but we were too wimpish
for any street fighting, so we
were careful to surround
ourselves with Tottenham
fans. One time, though, we
were herded up by mounted
police who thought we were
part of the nastiness after an
Arsenal game. I ran under a
horse and kept going all the
way to Seven Sisters. Hoddle made football beautiful