Summary

  • League One: Birmingham City, Wrexham and Wycombe cement their places in the top three with wins

  • Reading move into the play-off places after beating Peterborough 3-1

  • The Royals sit behind Stockport and Charlton, who both won in the early kick-offs

  • Crawley were the only team in the bottom four to win today after thrashing Rotherham 4-0

  • League Two: Leaders Walsall salvage a draw at AFC Wimbledon to stay a point above Bradford City, who drew earlier in the day

  • Carlisle lose and replace Morecambe at the bottom of the table after the Shrimps claim a rare win

Live Reporting

Alex Hoad, Glenn Speller, Matt Cresswell & Oliver Brindle

  1. Cambridge United 0-0 Northampton

    Struggling for a breakthrough at the Abbey Stadium where five of Cambridge's seven wins have come this season.

    You would feel defeat for the home side today would turn out the lights on their League One status.

  2. goal

    GOAL: Birmingham 1-0 Shrewsbury

    Ben Davies (26 mins)

    It's been coming...

    Kieron Dowell has been hugely influential in the early stages and it's his inviting cross from a free-kick on the left which beats the defence for Ben Davies to stretch and slot Blues into a deserved lead with his first goal for the club.

    A lead you'd expect them to build on, too...

  3. 'A few arguments amongst the Shrewsbury players'

    Birmingham 0-0 Shrewsbury

    Steve Cross
    Ex-Shrewsbury Town defender on BBC Radio Shropshire

    The new Shrewsbury boss, Michael Appleton, will be as nervous as we are in the commentary box up here.

    Birmingham City are a side that are good at keeping possession, and Shrewsbury are finding it hard to pass the ball around and find each other.

    There a few arguments amongst the Town players which is not good, but hopefully it will spice things up.

  4. goal

    GOAL: Exeter 0-1 Wrexham

    Ollie Rathbone (23 mins)

    The Red Dragons strike first...

    Ollie Rathbone's speculative strike from 25-yards out deflects off a defender's head and flies to Joe Whitworth's right, inside the post, to put second-placed Wrexham ahead.

    They are wearing gold today and though they might not end up top of the podium this season, who'd bet against them taking silver.

  5. CLOSE!

    Birmingham 0-0 Shrewsbury

    One-way traffic.

    Kieron Dowell ghosts in to meet Willum Willumsson's low cross into the mixer but can only steer over the bar from six yards out with his weaker right foot.

    Blues could be out of sight already...

  6. Walsall 0-0 AFC Wimbledon

    Little to tell you about in terms of goalmouth action since that early chance for Walsall.

    The Dons have dominated the possession without creating anything clear-cut in front of goal.

  7. The Red Dragons travel in their numbers...

    Exeter 0-0 Wrexham

    Chris Wathan
    BBC Sport Wales at St James Park

    Another Wrexham away day and another sell-out.

    Those early wins for Charlton and Stockport will have just reminded the Wrexham fans packing the end to our left that it’s not all about keeping ahead of Wycombe, as manager Phil Parkinson pointed out before the game.

    The Exeter flags have been flying in the goal to our right that Wrexham are attacking. Before the game supporters displayed with a huge banner of white wording on a black background that reads: “We’re the Hollywood Stars of this Football Club.”

    In case you’re interested, no sign of the north Wales club’s celebrity co-owners in Devon.

  8. GREAT SAVE!

    Birmingham 0-0 Shrewsbury

    Pretty much all Blues and they should be ahead.

    Kieron Dowell pokes Jay Stansfield clear down the right with only the keeper to beat but Jamal Blackman does well to block the striker's effort falling low to his right.

    Moments later Willum Willumsson curled inches over Blackman's bar after some more pressure.

  9. Cambridge United 0-0 Northampton

    Northampton leading scorer Cameron McGeehan almost moves into double figures for the season but his shot deflects into the hands of Nathan Bishop.

  10. 'Chances are starting to come from Blues'

    Birmingham 0-0 Shrewsbury

    Richard Wilford
    BBC Radio WM commentator

    Blues have had nothing to deal with defensively so far from Shrewsbury.

    The chances are starting to come from Blues, there has been three or four in the past six minutes.

  11. League One latest

    #bbcefl

    Barnsley's talisman Davis Keillor-Dunn is on target again and his goal means they lead 1-0 at Wigan. It's a superbly taken free-kick.

    Chem Campbell has scored for Reading and they are 1-0 up on Peterborough.

    Caylan Vickers got the first League One goal of the 15:00 (GMT) games to give Mansfield the lead at Bristol Rovers.

    It's goalless between third-placed Wycombe and Lincoln and Rotherham against Crawley is also scoreless.

  12. goal

    League Two updates

    #bbcefl

    Two goals to tell you about in League Two

    Notts County have opened the scoring at Newport County after just six minutes thanks to Charlie Whitaker's left-footed strike.

    Bromley lead Salford City after eight minutes after Adam Mayor's cross was turned into his own net by Ammies midfielder Ossama Ashley.

  13. goal

    GOAL: Blackpool 1-0 Bolton

    Ashley Fletcher (13 mins)

    Now then...

    Ashley Fletcher has sent Bloomfield Road into rapture with his 11th goal of the campaign - and against the side he played for as a youngster.

    Albie Morgan tries an ambitious 30-yard volley from a corner played outside the box but his low shot ricochets through a crowd for Fletcher to tuck into the corner from close range.

    Big goal in the play-off race.

  14. CLOSE!

    Birmingham 0-0 Shrewsbury

    One of the passes of the season from Blues keeper Ryan Allsop, who shows great vision to launch a quick free-kick over the top of the Shrewsbury defence to Keshi Anderson. He controls well before fizzing a dipping half-volley narrowly over the Salop bar.

  15. Matty Stevens back to haunt Walsall?

    Walsall 0-0 AFC Wimbledon

    Sanny Rudravajhala
    BBC Radio 5 Live at Poundland Bescot Stadium

    There are about 10,000 here today, including 2,000 expectant school children. It feels big. Walsall are wobbling but with Bradford again dropping points, a victory here will erase those last six winless games.

    For Wimbledon, the league’s best defence have the division’s joint-top scorer back in the goals in Matty Stevens.

    A one-time Saddler, he will also be familiar with the Walsall captain, together he and Jamille Matt bagged 42 to lift Forest Green Rovers to the title four years ago. We’re under way and there’s barely a free seat in the house.

  16. Blackpool 0-0 Bolton

    Full throttle start to the West Lancashire derby at Bloomfield Road with a frantic pace and plenty of early errors.

    The home fans are goading their visitors with cries of 'There's only one Ian Evatt'...

    Nothing like a local rivalry, eh?

  17. goal

    GOAL Reading 1-0 Peterborough

    Chem Campbell (7 mins)

    Reading are in the race for the play-offs and have an early goal.

    Chem Campbell is claiming it but it would be an own goal from Sam Hughes.

    Either way the home side lead.

  18. Cambridge United 0-0 Northampton

    An early look at goal has seen Terry Taylor blaze over the bar for Northampton.

  19. CHANCE

    Walsall 0-0 AFC Wimbledon

    First chance goes to the hosts but Walsall midfielder Charlie Lakin fizzes his shot wide following a decent knock down from David Okagbue.

  20. CLOSE!

    Exeter 0-0 Wrexham

    The Red Dragons are the first to show at St James Park but Ollie Rathbone's low shot from a Ryan Longman cross is blocked in the goalmouth by Ed Turns.

    Sam Smith has also seen the ball in the back of the Grecians net but the flag had long since gone up for offside as he was threaded through by Matty James' neat pass.