Academy Alumni #46 – April 21st 2019

In this column, we look at how the Alex Academy Graduates have done in this weekend with all games taking place on Good Friday unless stated.

Championship:

Luke Murphy was not involved in Bolton Wanderers 2-0 home defeat against Aston Villa.

Cheyenne Dunkley played the full game for Wigan Athletic in their 2-1 win at Leeds United while Nick Powell came on for the final 15 minutes and was booked for the visitors.

Billy Jones was not involved for Rotherham United in their 4-3 defeat at Swansea City.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
20	Wigan	43	11	12	20	47	63	-16	45
22	Rotherham	43	8	16	19	49	76	-27	40
23	Bolton (R)	43	8	8	27	29	74	-45	32

League 1:

Junior Brown was an unused substitute for Coventry City in their 2-0 home win against Bradford City while Kelvin Mellor was not involved for the visitors.

Gareth Evans played the first 76 minutes for Portsmouth’s 2-1 win at Burton Albion.

George Cooper came on for the final 15 minutes in Peterborough United’s 1-1 draw at Fleetwood Town.

Oliver Turton played the first 18 minutes for Blackpool in their 0-0 draw at Scunthorpe United while neither Ryan Colclough (Scunthorpe) nor Max Clayton were involved for their teams.

Liam Nolan came on for the final 6 minutes in Accrington Stanley’s 3-0 home defeat against Luton Town yesterday.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
4	Portsmouth (PO)	42	24	11	7	77	45	32	83
7	Peterborough	42	18	11	13	64	55	9	65
8	Coventry	43	18	10	15	52	49	3	64
10	Blackpool	43	14	17	12	47	46	1	59
16	Accrington	43	12	12	19	43	64	-21	48
20	Scunthorpe	43	12	10	21	49	73	-24	46
24	Bradford (R)	43	10	6	27	45	74	-29	36

League 2:

Michael O’Connor was an unused substitute for Lincoln City in their 1-0 defeat at Carlisle United.

Billy Waters came on for the final 34 minutes in Cheltenham Town’s 0-0 home draw at home to Oldham Athletic while Chris Clements was an unused sub for the hosts.

Harry Davis played the full game for Grimsby Town in their 1-0 defeat at Colchester United.

Perry Ng, Billy Sass-Davies, James Jones (68 mins), Ryan Wintle, Tom Lowery (scored), Callum Ainley (68 mins) and Charlie Kirk all started for Crewe Alexandra in their 2-0 home win against Yeovil Town. Owen Dale and Ollie Finney (both 22 mins) were used substitutes whilst Ben Garratt, Shaun Miller and Lewis Reilly were all unused subs.

Ritchie Sutton played the first half before being replaced for Morecambe in their 4-0 defeat at Mansfield Town while AJ Leitch-Smith was not involved for the visitors.

Nicky Maynard played the full game and scored for Bury in their 3-1 away defeat against Newport County while Byron Moore also played the first 53 minutes for the visitors.

Matt Tootle played the full game for Notts County in their 2-1 home defeat against MK Dons while David Vaughan was an unused sub for the hosts.

Will Appleyard was not involved for Stevenage in their 4-1 win at Port Vale.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
1	Lincoln (P)	43	23	15	5	73	39	34	87
4	Bury (PO)	43	21	11	11	77	53	23	74
10	Stevenage	43	18	9	16	54	53	1	63
14	Crewe	43	17	8	18	55	53	2	59
16	Cheltenham	43	14	12	17	54	60	-6	54
17	Grimsby	43	14	8	21	41	54	-13	50
20	Morecambe	43	12	11	20	47	68	-21	47
24	Notts County	43	8	13	22	44	79	-35	37

National League:

Andy Bond played the full game and was booked for AFC Fylde in their 1-0 home win against Barnet yesterday.

Both Mark Carrington and Chris Holroyd played the full game in Wrexham’s 1-0 home win against Sutton United yesterday while Jason Oswell came on for the final 18 minutes for the hosts.

		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
4	Wrexham (PO)	44	24	9	11	55	36	19	81
5	AFC Fylde (PO)	44	21	15	8	71	39	32	78