Swindon 1 Fleetwood 1 

SkyBet League One

 

RESULT: Swindon Town 1 Fleetwood Town 1

Swindon scorer: Ajose (68)

Fleetwood scorer: Burns (6)

 

 

 

After an Easter to forget, Swindon Town were back in action this afternoon against Fleetwood, a side sitting just one point above the drop zone.

 

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Town got off to a nervous start and fell behind after just six minutes.

 

Wes Burns rising like a salmon (cod?!) to nod home from a set piece and send the away support into raptures.

 

Only the heroics of Tyrell Belford and a helping hand from the woodwork (on 4 occasions in the second half!) prevented Fleetwood from further extending their lead.

 

But in fairness to the home side, they didn't give in, and on 68 minutes, Town's Johnny on the Spot, Nicky Ajose popped up with a leveller - firing home from close range after some great work from Brandon Ormonde-Ottewill.

 

Town manager Luke Williams was delighted to stop the rot: "

 

The League One table

 

1 Wigan 40 34 77
2 Burton 40 17 76

---------------------------- 
3 Walsall 38 17 68
4 Gillingham 39 21 67
5 Bradford 40 8 67
6 Millwall 40 16 66

----------------------------
7 Barnsley 39 12 62
8 Sheff Utd 40 5 58
9 Rochdale 40 5 58
10 Southend 40 1 58 
11 Coventry 40 15 57
12 Scunthorpe 40 5 56
13 Port Vale 41 -4 56
14 Peterborough 39 7 54
15 Swindon 39 -7 51
16 Bury 40 -14 51
17 Chesterfield 40 -10 46
18 Shrewsbury 39 -14 46
19 Blackpool 41 -11 45
20 Fleetwood 39 -5 42
-----------------------------

21 Oldham 38 -13 41
22 Doncaster 40 -17 38
23 Colchester 40 -36 35
24 Crewe 40 -32 30 

 

NEXT GAME:

 

Oldham (A)

Tuesday 05 April 2016, 7.45pm