Academy Alumni #326 – Feb 25th 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 MLS. Those teams marked with a * have a player(s) out on loan.

Championship:

Harry Pickering played the final 75 mins for Blackburn Rovers in their 1-1 home draw against Norwich City while Connor O’Riordan was an unused sub for the hosts.

Perry Ng played the full game and was booked for Cardiff City in their 2-1 home win against Stoke City while Ryan Wintle played the final 35 mins for the hosts.

Oliver Turton was not involved for Huddersfield Town in their 2-1 win at Watford.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
14	Cardiff	34	13	5	16	39	48	-9	44
16	Blackburn	34	11	6	17	48	60	-12	39
19	Huddersfield	34	8	13	13	40	55	-15	37

League 1:

Tom Lowery was not involved for Portsmouth in their 0-0 draw at Charlton Athletic.

Owen Dale played the final 26 mins for Oxford United in their 2-1 home defeat against Leyton Orient.

Cheyenne Dunkley played the full game for Shrewsbury Town in their 3-2 win at Reading.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Portsmouth	35	21	10	4	58	30	28	73
2	Derby*	34	20	6	8	59	31	28	66
6	Oxford	35	16	9	10	57	44	13	57
19	Shrewsbury	34	11	5	18	26	46	-20	38

League 2:

Kelvin Mellor played the full game for Accrington Stanley in their 1-0 home defeat against Crawley Town while Travis Johnson was not involved for the visitors.

Billy Waters played the final 19 mins for Doncaster Rovers in their 1-0 home win against AFC Wimbledon.

James Jones was not involved for Wrexham in their 1-0 defeat at Gillingham.

Matty Lund played the final 22 mins and was booked for Salford City in their 5-1 defeat at Mansfield Town.

Toby Mullarkey played the full game for Grimsby Town in their 1-1 draw at Morecambe while Callum Ainley was not involved for the visitors.

Lewis Billington, Rio Adebisi (booked), Matus Holicek (75 mins) and Charlie Kirk (75 mins, booked) all started for Crewe Alexandra in their 3-1 win at Notts County. Joel Tabiner (15 mins) was a used sub while Tom Booth was an unused sub, both for the visitors.

Nick Powell played the full game for Stockport County in their 0-0 home draw against Swindon Town.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
2	Stockport	34	18	9	7	66	37	29	63
3	Crewe	34	17	10	7	62	46	16	61
4	Wrexham	33	17	8	8	59	44	15	59
6	Barrow	33	14	11	8	47	39	8	53
8	Crawley	33	15	4	14	49	49	0	49
14	Accrington	33	13	7	13	46	42	4	46
19	Salford	34	10	9	15	51	63	-12	39
20	Doncaster	33	11	6	16	43	57	-14	39
22	Grimsby	32	6	12	14	44	60	-16	30

National League:

Harry Davis played the full game for AFC Fylde in their 2-2 home draw against Solihull Moors.

Amari Morgan-Smith played the first 73 mins for Kidderminster Harriers in their 2-0 home defeat against Gateshead while Regan Griffiths played the final 17 mins and was booked for the hosts.

Josh Lundstram was an unused sub for Oldham Athletic in their 1-1 draw at York City.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Chesterfield	33	26	3	4	82	42	40	81
7	Oldham	33	14	11	8	51	42	9	53
14	Boreham Wood	34	9	13	12	43	56	-13	40
15	AFC Fylde	34	10	9	15	56	60	-4	39
23	Kidderminster	34	8	9	17	29	43	-14	33

National League North:

Nathan Woodthorpe played the full game for Chester in their 1-1 home draw against Spennymoor Town.

Matt Tootle was not involved for Peterborough Sports in their 4-0 home win against Rushall Olympic.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
4	Chester	36	16	11	9	45	26	19	59
15	Peterborough	33	12	8	13	42	46	-4	44
18	Southport*	34	11	5	18	38	63	-25	38

MLS:

Ashley Westwood played the full game and was booked for Charlotte in their 1-0 home win against New York City.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
3	Charlotte	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	3