Reading break into the top six, Blackpool break out of the bottom four, and Notts County, Crawley, Barrow & Crewe are the big winners in League Two
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League One
Huw Davies
League One featured five matches and zero goals for the away teams, prompting hundreds of travelling supporters to question why they do this.
Burton Albion fans would’ve been happy to see no goals at all, because CJ Hamilton’s stoppage-time winner for Blackpool had huge significance. At 0-0, Blackpool were in the relegation zone. The 1-0 final score moved them up and out and to within a point of their opponents, who seem unable to pull themselves fully clear. Gary Bowyer’s Brewers took just a single shot against his old side on the windy Lancashire coast.
Replacing Blackpool in the bottom four was Exeter, who’ll be visiting them on Good Friday. Tantalising! A goalless draw with Leyton Orient put an end to their run of five straight defeats, which followed a point at home to Burton on the day of Matt Taylor’s reappointment, but draws aren’t enough for the Grecians, winless since January.
This was a lively 0-0, at least, featuring Jayden Wareham hitting the post with a header by leaping about 18 feet. There’s flea DNA in that boy. Orient’s Dom Ballard missed the game’s best chance, however.
Further up the table, Stockport beat Wimbledon 3-0. Goalscorer Adama Sidibeh had to be replaced during the first half by Kyle Wootton, who scored himself – just 20 seconds after Corey Addai had denied Junior Nkeng at the other end. Addai, arguably man of the match, also saved superbly from Ryan Johnson and smartly from Zack Nelson, before Oli Norwood wrapped up the points by wrapping his left foot around a bouncing ball.
Oddly, these two teams will meet again at Plough Lane in a couple of weeks. That’ll be the true test for Stockport, who’ve taken 22 points from their last 8 home games but just one from their last five on the road. Eek.
Reading v Wigan also finished 3-0, thanks to Will Aimson’s day from hell.
Having been bodied by Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan for Reading’s first goal, Aimson started and finished the move for their second by misplacing his defensive header and then (after some great work by Kamari Doyle) flat-footedly turning Charlie Savage’s cross into his own net. Nor did the Wigan defender cover himself in glory for the third goal, Ehibhatiomhan’s second, but then neither did his team-mates. For an encore, Aimson obstructed Reading’s goalkeeper from an offside position so Caylan Vickers’ strike was disallowed.
What a day. Daniel Kyerewaa, care to rub it in?
Wycombe beat Port Vale 4-0, although Mike Duff wasn’t especially happy with their performance. Vale did hit the post at 1-0, after Cauley Woodrow had punished a defensive mix-up to score in his 400th career appearance, and there was a hint of fortune in three of Wycombe’s goals taking deflections and the other, from Fred Onyedinma, possibly being offside. No need to be churlish, though: they fully deserved three points and now have the joint-best goal difference outside the top two, which could prove useful…
League Two
Matt Watts
The greatest fourth tier in the world returned to its unpredictable best. Only four top-half teams won while three of the bottom four claimed maximum points.
In terms of unpredictability, very little can trump the 24th-placed team beating the league leaders to end their 21-match unbeaten run. But that’s exactly what happened as Barrow came from behind to beat Bromley 2-1.
A stunning Ashley Charles free-kick put the Ravens in front, but second-half strikes from Josh Gordon and Danny Rose gave Sam Foley’s side a deserved victory. After their 5-0 humiliation at the hands of Grimsby last weekend, this was a statement win for Barrow, whose last four wins have each come under four different managers.
Bromley’s slip-up wasn’t capitalised upon by MK Dons, who followed a 3-1 defeat at home to Barnet with a 1-0 defeat at Salford. Matt Butcher’s rising strike in the 66th minute proved to be the difference. Of course, this victory will have been extra sweet for Karl Robinson, who managed MK for over six years, but it was also the Ammies’ fifth win in six and it moves them to within three points of the automatic promotion places. To make matters worse for MK, Luke Offord picked up a red card for kicking the ball into Fabio Borini’s midriff.
If you thought that Bromley’s and MK Dons’ slip-ups would be capitalised upon by Cambridge, then you would be mistaken.
The U’s nine-match unbeaten run came to an end as they lost 1-0 to play-off chasers Barnet. It’s two in two now for centre-back Danny Collinge, who finished like a seasoned striker. After wins against MK and Cambridge, Barnet are only three points off the play-off pace, but there is a fair amount of traffic between them and the top seven. Cambridge will hope to bounce back on Good Friday when they face Swindon, who drew 1-1 with Fleetwood.
All of that meant Notts County won the weekend by beating Harrogate 2-0 in the early kick-off. A brace from Alassana Jatta and a clean sheet for James Belshaw on his return to North Yorkshire was the perfect response for Notts, after their humbling at Oldham during the week. This was a damaging defeat for Harrogate, who returned to the bottom of the pyramid following Barrow’s victory over Bromley.
With neither Grimsby nor Chesterfield in action, the victor of Crewe v Oldham knew they would end the day in 7th. It was a ding-dong battle at the Mornflake… and the home side came out on top. Kane Drummond gave Oldham the lead, before Reece Hutchinson’s pile-driver on the run levelled it up four minutes later, and with stoppage time ticking away, Matúš Holíček’s fizzing half-volley made it 2-1 Crewe. Cue pandemonium, in the stands and on the pitch. Oldham’s five-match winning run (and 10-match unbeaten run) is over, but they’re still only two points behind Crewe with a game in hand.
At the bottom, it was a bad day for Harrogate – and Tranmere – as Barrow, Newport and Crawley all won. A bit of magic from Bobby Kamwa lit up a game otherwise bereft of quality as Newport beat Shrewsbury 1-0. The 26-year-old cut inside onto his right foot and curled a dipping effort past the helpless Matthew Cox. Kamwa has shown in the past that he is more than capable of producing moments like this – he just doesn’t do it very often.
Finally, Crawley ended their 10-match winless run by beating Gillingham 2-0. It was a game that neither side really deserved to win, until the 91st minute when Crawley substitute Taylor Richards made half a yard for himself and found the bottom corner from the edge of the box. Tobi Adeyemo added the second a couple of minutes later to seal the points for the Red Devils.
Colin Kazim-Richards may have seemed a leftfield pick to replace Scott Lindsey, but after one game in management, his win percentage is approximately 28% better than that of Pep Guardiola.
🎦 Our Top 5 clips from the EFL weekend
Reading goalkeeper Joel Pereira brings out the Zidane roulette.
Reece Hutchinson fires a laser-guided missile for Crewe…
…before Matúš Holíček generates some generational last-gasp limbs.
Matt Butcher goes full Pat Butcher: “What a slapper!”
Lights, Kamwa, Action! Bobby K wins it with a stunner for Newport
📊 Your Monday morning cheat sheet
📈 Royal Record — Only Lincoln City (40) and Plymouth Argyle (33) have earned more League One points in 2026 than Reading (32).
🔄 Barrow bounce — Barrow ended an eight-game winless run, coming from behind to secure just their second win in 16 league games in 2026.
🔥 Gas fired up — Bristol Rovers have won five of their last six league games, as many as in their previous 26 combined.
⚽ Jatta surge puts him among giants — Alassana Jatta has scored 34 league goals across the last two seasons for Notts County; only Erling Haaland (44) and Michael Cheek (41) have more in the top four tiers.
🛣️ County cruising — Notts County are now unbeaten in their last eight Saturday away games (W7 D1), conceding just four goals.
🏠 Salford streaking — Salford have won four consecutive home league games, their best home run since 2024, while their 22 wins equal their best-ever EFL season tally.
📉 Exeter slump — Exeter City are winless in 14 league games (D7 L7), one of the longest runs in their Football League history.
🌊 Woodrow wave — Cauley Woodrow has 8 goal involvements since the start of February (5G 3A) for Wycombe Wanderers.
⬆️ Wootton you just know it — Kyle Wootton has 19 league goals for Stockport County this season, equalling his previous two campaigns combined.
League One
Blackpool 1-0 Burton Albion
Exeter 0-0 Leyton Orient
Reading 3-0 Wigan
Stockport 3-0 AFC Wimbledon
Wycombe 4-0 Port Vale
League Two
Barnet 1-0 Cambridge
Barrow 2-1 Bromley
Bristol Rovers 2-0 Accrington
Colchester 1-1 Walsall
Crawley 2-0 Gillingham
Crewe 2-1 Oldham
Harrogate 0-2 Notts County
Newport 1-0 Shrewsbury
Salford 1-0 MK Dons
Swindon 1-1 Fleetwood
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