Carlisle 1 Swindon 1 

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RESULT: Carlisle United 1 Swindon Town 1

Town scorer: Tudor-Jones 90

Carlisle scorer: Bridges 8

Owain Tudor-Jones might just have saved Swindon Town's season.

 

The loanee midfielder rifled in a last-minute free-kick salvage what Danny Wilson described as a 'hugely significant point'.

 

"It was a massive moment," the manager said, "because we needed it so badly.

 

"Other results have gone against us [Brighton and Northampton both winning] and everyone has bunched up. It would have been extra hard to pick the players up if we'd lost."

 

Early set-back

 

The goal arrived after Swindon had dominated the second-half following a lacklustre first period in which Town conceded early on for the second successive game.

 

Michael Bridges' eighth minute effort, following a poor clearance by Gordon Greer, giving the home side, and fellow relegation-strugglers, a lead they defended en-masse until Tudor-Jones struck.

 

Swindon managing to waste all their best opportunities, with both the Carlisle goalkeeper and woodwork keeping Paynter, Robson-Kanu and Cox off the score-sheet. 

 

Swindon remain in 17th place, four points off the drop-zone.

 

The bottom of the League One table

 

15 Leyton Orient 44 -11 55
16 Hartlepool 44 -9 50
17 Swindon 44 -4 49
18 Yeovil 43 -23 49
19 Carlisle 44 -15 46
20 Crewe 44 -19 46
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21 Northampton 42 -1 45
22 Brighton 43 -17 45
23 Cheltenham 43 -35 38
24 Hereford 43 -35 33

Two games to go

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