Academy Alumni #324 – Feb 18th 2024

This column looks at the results of the fixtures played this weekend (yesterday unless stated) in the Football League, National League, National League North and the National League South. Those teams marked with a * have a player(s) out on loan.

Championship:

Oliver Turton was not involved for Huddersfield Town in their 2-1 home defeat against Hull City.

Ryan Wintle played the final 31 mins for Cardiff City in their 4-1 defeat at Norwich City while Perry Ng was not involved.

Connor O’Riordan was an unused sub for Blackburn Rovers in their 2-2 draw at Preston North End while Harry Pickering was not involved for the visitors.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
14	Cardiff	32	12	4	16	37	47	-10	40
17	Blackburn	32	11	4	17	47	59	-12	37
20	Huddersfield	33	7	13	13	38	54	-16	34

League 1:

Tom Lowery was not involved for Portsmouth in their 4-1 home win against Reading.

Cheyenne Dunkley played the full game and was booked for Shrewsbury Town in their 1-0 home defeat against Wigan Athletic.

Owen Dale was an unused sub for Oxford United in their 0-0 draw at Wycombe Wanderers.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	34	21	9	4	58	30	28	72
2	Derby*	33	20	6	7	58	29	29	66
6	Oxford	33	16	8	9	54	40	14	56
19	Shrewsbury	33	10	5	18	23	44	-21	35

League 2:

Kelvin Mellor played the full game and was booked for Accrington Stanley in their 1-1 draw at Colchester United.

Travis Johnson was not involved for Crawley Town in their 2-0 home win against Forest Green Rovers.

Lewis Billington (45 mins), Luke Offord (29 mins), Matus Holicek and Rio Adebisi all started for Crewe Alexandra in their 0-0 home draw against Harrogate Town. Charlie Kirk (45 mins) was a used sub with Calum Agius an unused sub for the hosts.

Billy Waters played the final 25 mins for Doncaster Rovers in their 5-1 win at Grimsby Town while neither Callum Ainley nor Toby Mullarkey were involved for the hosts.

Matty Lund played the final 15 mins for Salford City in their 5-3 home win against Barrow while George Ray played the full game for the visitors.

Nick Powell played the first 60 mins for Stockport County in their 4-0 defeat at Tranmere Rovers.

James Jones played the first 88 mins for Wrexham in their 1-0 home win against Notts County.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Stockport	32	18	7	7	66	37	29	61
3	Wrexham	31	17	7	7	58	42	16	58
4	Crewe	33	16	10	7	59	45	14	58
6	Barrow	33	14	11	8	47	39	8	53
12	Accrington	31	13	6	12	45	40	5	45
15	Crawley	31	13	4	14	47	49	-2	43
19	Salford	33	10	9	14	50	58	-8	39
20	Doncaster	32	10	6	16	42	57	-15	36
22	Grimsby	31	6	11	14	43	59	-16	29

National League:

Harry Davis played the full game for AFC Fylde in their 4-2 home defeat against Barnet.

Ryan Colclough was not involved for Chesterfield in their 4-3 defeat at Bromley.

Billy Sass-Davies played the full game for Boreham Wood in their 3-1 defeat at Hartlepool United.

Amari Morgan-Smith played the full game for Kidderminster Harriers in their 0-0 home draw against Dorking Wanderers while Regan Griffiths played the final 24 mins for the hosts following him joining the Harriers last Monday.

Josh Lundstram played the final 1 min for Oldham Athletic in their 3-1 win at Maidenhead United.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Chesterfield	33	26	3	4	82	42	40	81
6	Oldham	32	14	10	8	50	41	9	52
13	Boreham Wood	34	9	13	12	43	56	-13	40
17	AFC Fylde	33	10	8	15	54	58	-4	38
23	Kidderminster	33	8	9	16	29	41	-12	33

National League North:

Matt Tootle was not involved for Peterborough Sports in their 3-1 defeat at Brackley Town.

Nathan Woodthorpe played the full game for Chester in their 2-1 win at Farsley Celtic.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
3	Chester	34	16	9	9	43	24	19	57
17	Peterborough	31	10	8	13	36	45	-9	38
20	Southport*	32	10	5	17	36	61	-25	35

National League South:

Malachi Linton played the full game for Weymouth in their 4-1 home defeat against Worthing.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
17	Weymouth	32	10	11	11	43	48	-5	41