Academy Alumni #38 – March 4th 2019

In this column, we look at how the Alex Academy Graduates have done in this weekend.

Premier League:

Ashley Westwood played the full game for Burnley in their 3-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
16	Burnley	28	8	6	14	32	51	-19	30

Championship:

Billy Jones played the full game for Rotherham United in their 3-2 home win against Blackburn Rovers.

Luke Murphy came on for the final 20 minutes in Bolton Wanderers’ 2-0 defeat at Swansea City.

Cheyenne Dunkley played the full game for Wigan Athletic in their 0-0 home draw with Middlesbrough while Nick Powell was not involved for the hosts.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
19	Wigan	34	9	9	16	33	47	-14	36
22	Rotherham	35	6	15	14	37	56	-19	33
23	Bolton	35	6	8	21	22	55	-33	26

League 1:

Neither Liam Nolan (Accrington) nor Junior Brown (Coventry) played as the away side won 1-0.

Oliver Turton played the full game and was booked for Blackpool in their 4-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers while Max Clayton was not involved for the visitors.

Ryan Colclough was not involved for Scunthorpe United in their 2-1 defeat at Oxford United.

George Cooper came on for the final 5 minutes and was booked in Peterborough United’s 4-2 home win against Wycombe Wanderers.

Gareth Evans played the full game and opened the scoring for Portsmouth in their 5-1 home win against Bradford City while Kelvin Mellor was a half-time substitute for the visitors.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
4	Portsmouth	35	18	11	6	60	37	23	65
7	Peterborough	35	15	10	10	56	48	8	55
8	Coventry	35	14	8	13	38	38	0	50
10	Blackpool	34	12	12	10	34	33	1	48
14	Accrington	33	10	11	12	34	44	-10	41
16	Scunthorpe	35	11	8	16	42	60	-18	41
23	Bradford	35	9	6	20	39	60	-21	33

League 2:

Nicky Maynard played the opening 68 minutes and opened the scoring for Bury in their 3-0 home win against Macclesfield Town while Byron Moore played the final 10 minutes for the hosts.

Ben Garratt, Perry Ng, George Ray (booked), Callum Ainley, Ryan Wintle and Charlie Kirk (67 mins) all started for Crewe Alexandra in their 2-0 home defeat against Northampton Town. Shaun Miller (23 mins), Owen Dale (23 mins) and Ollie Finney (5 mins) were all used substitutes while Tom Lowery and Travis Johnson were unused subs.

Michael O’Connor played 64 minutes for Lincoln City in their 2-1 win at Forest Green Rovers.

Harry Davis played the full game for Grimsby Town in their 2-0 home defeat against Cambridge United.

Billy Waters came on for the final 9 minutes and was booked in Cheltenham Town’s 4-2 defeat at Mansfield while Chris Clements was an unused sub for the visitors.

Both Matt Tootle and David Vaughan were unused substitutes for Notts County in their 0-0 home draw against Port Vale.

Will Appleyard was not involved for Stevenage in their 1-1 draw at Oldham Athletic.

Ritchie Sutton played the full game and was booked in Morecambe’s 3-2 defeat at Yeovil Town while AJ Leitch-Smith was not involved for the visitors.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln	35	19	12	4	62	35	27	69
2	Bury	35	19	9	7	69	40	29	66
11	Stevenage	35	14	7	14	40	45	-5	49
14	Grimsby	35	14	5	16	38	42	-4	47
15	Crewe	35	13	7	15	40	46	-6	46
17	Cheltenham	35	11	8	16	41	53	-12	41
21	Morecambe	35	9	8	18	37	56	-19	35
24	Notts County	35	6	11	18	34	66	-32	29

National League:

Andy Bond was an unused substitute in AFC Fylde’s 2-1 home win against Maidenhead United.

Jason Oswell (24 mins) and Chris Holroyd (9 mins) were both used substitutes for Wrexham in their 1-0 home win against Chesterfield.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Wrexham	36	20	9	7	45	25	20	69
4	AFC Fylde	35	17	12	6	58	29	29	63