Swindon 0 Orient 1 

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RESULT: Swindon Town 0 Leyton Orient 1

 

Orient scorer: Demetriou 3

 

Town's survival in League One will go down to the wire after Orient stunned the County Ground with a third-minute winner.

 

Defender Jason Demetriou the unlikely scorer with a superb strike from 20 yards out, as Swindon were caught cold by their fast-starting visitors.

 

A set-back that Town failed to recover from despite creating a number of chances for leading scorer Cox and strike partner Paynter.

 

In the thick of it: Town's Billy Paynter calyx multimedia

 

The closest efforts bouncing off the bar and the post, as Swindon failed to breakdown a resolute Orient defence clearly happy to defend their lead.

 

But with results elsewhere going their way, the Robins remain six points above the relegation zone - albeit with three tough games remaining.

 

"We've made it difficult for ourselves again, haven't we?" said a frustrated Danny Wilson, "and the pressure is back on us to get a result at Carlisle." 

 

League One table

 

1 Leicester 43 40 89
2 Peterborough 42 24 82
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3 MK Dons 42 34 78
4 Millwall 42 11 76
5 Leeds 43 22 75
6 Tranmere 43 15 72
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7 Scunthorpe 41 17 70
8 Southend 43 -3 67
9 Huddersfield 43 -4 63
10 Oldham 43 2 61
11 Walsall 43 -4 58
12 Bristol Rovers 42 15 57
13 Stockport 43 3 57
14 Colchester 43 -3 57
15 Leyton Orient 43 -9 55
16 Yeovil 42 -22 49
17 Swindon 43 -4 48
18 Hartlepool 43 -10 47
19 Crewe 43 -18 46
20 Carlisle 43 -15 45
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21 Northampton 41 -3 42
22 Brighton 42 -19 42
23 Cheltenham 42 -36 35
24 Hereford 42 -33 33 

 

Three games to go

 

Carlisle (A)
Saturday 18 April 2009 3:00pm
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Bristol Rovers (H)
Saturday 25 April 2009 Noon
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Peterborough (A)
Saturday, 02 May 2009 3:00pm
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