Summary

  • Struggling Shrewsbury stun promotion-chasing Birmingham 3-2 in Gareth Ainsworth's first game in charge

  • Bolton come from behind to beat Blackpool; Stevenage play out goalless draw v Leyton Orient

  • Grimsby 0-1 Colchester; Notts County 0-0 Newport County in early League Two fixtures

  • Wrexham comfortably beat Exeter; Wycombe come from behind to win at Lincoln; Morecambe beat Swindon in battle of League Two strugglers

  • Bradford v Accrington, Fleetwood v MK Dons and Salford v Bromley postponed due to effects of Storm Bert

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Live Reporting

Alex Hoad, Glenn Speller, Deepak Mahay and Joe Boon

  1. YELLOW CARD

    Bolton 0-1 Blackpool

    Is that a sign of frustration?

    Bolton's George Thomason is late with a tackle and Ed Duckworth's had enough - yellow card for the defender.

  2. 'A real strikers goal'

    Bolton 0-1 Blackpool

    Steve Thompson
    BBC Radio Lancashire summariser & former Blackpool assistant manager

    That's a real strikers goal, a really good finish from Kyle Joseph

  3. 'Blues have been punished'

    Shrewsbury 1-0 Birmingham

    Darren Carter
    Ex-Birmingham midfielder on BBC Radio WM

    Blues really packed a punch going forward, but they gave away a set-piece to a team like Shrewsbury and they've been punished.

  4. goal

    GOAL Bolton 0-1 Blackpool

    Kyle Joseph (32 mins)

    A seventh goal of the season for Kyle Joseph.

    Elliot Embleton sends in a cross which goalkeeper Nathan Baxter should be first to but Joseph gets in front of him to head home.

    That should liven things up.

  5. Grimsby 0-0 Colchester

    Colchester spring forward into attack and Arthur Read supplies Samson Tovide with a chance but the forward's shot is easily saved.

  6. goal

    GOAL Shrewsbury 1-0 Birmingham

    Aaron Pierre (31 mins)

    Was this in the script?

    Mal Benning's free-kick is headed back across goal by Tom Bloxham for big Aaron Pierre to sweep home from close range with his left foot.

    A dream start for Gareth Ainsworth at the Meadow.

  7. YELLOW CARD

    Stevenage 0-0 Leyton Orient

    Os skipper Darren Pratley goes into the book after lunging in on Luther Wildin who had taken a heavy touch as he ran across midfield.

    Ref Ben Speedie also shows a yellow card to the Os bench, possibly Richie Wellens, for his protests.

    Feisty, even if this game has not had much in the way of incident.

  8. Notts County 0-0 Newport

    Notts County are beginning to apply pressure now as they have a couple of efforts blocked.

    First Lewis Macari's shot is blocked inside a crowded penalty area followed by Michael Spellman denying Matty Platt.

  9. YELLOW CARD

    Grimsby 0-0 Colchester

    Mandela Egbo is the second Colchester player to get a caution for a foul.

  10. Bolton 0-0 Blackpool

    Elliot Embleton has a dip at goal for Blackpool and it's not far away from Nathan Baxter's right hand upright.

    It's beginning to warm up now - on the pitch - not off it.

  11. YELLOW CARD

    Stevenage 0-0 Leyton Orient

    Lewis Warrington goes into the book for the visitors after a lunging challenge on Jordan Roberts as he tried to spin away in midfield.

    Harvey White's free-kick holds up in the air and drops to Louis Thompson who unleashes a bouncing shot from 20-yards.

    Josh Keeley can't hold the ball and it bounces towards Louis' brother Nathan Thompson who can only poke the ball wide under strong pressure from defender Dan Happe... a real let-off for Keeley and the Os.

  12. Bolton 0-0 Blackpool

    Bolton goalkeeper Nathan Baxter has had treatment - something to do with his left leg.

    He's up and ready to go again - a situation that will need monitoring.

  13. Notts County 0-0 Newport

    Some nice play from Newport as Kyle Hudlin and Michael Spellman link up well to work the ball out wide.

    Hudlin puts in a low cross but it's well blocked.

  14. #bbcefl

    Bolton's rainy Toughsheet Community StadiumRex Features

    It's been pretty stormy off the field leading up to today's early kick-offs in Leagues One and Two.

    But, midway through the first half in our 12:30 GMT fixtures, we still don't have a single goal.

  15. Bolton 0-0 Blackpool

    Bolton goalkeeper Nathan Baxter is down injured.

    Bolton DO NOT have a goalkeeper on the bench...

  16. Stevenage 0-0 Leyton Orient

    Tom James swings in a corner from the left for Orient but Boro keeper Murphy Cooper flies to his left and punches away to prevent it swirling inside his far post.

  17. Bolton 0-0 Blackpool

    A shot on goal!

    Josh Sheehan tries to find the top corner with a free-kick for Bolton but it's just off target.

    That's better...

  18. Bolton 0-0 Blackpool

    Of the sides in League One since the start of 2024 Bolton have the best home record for the calendar year with just two defeats so far - Huddersfield and Exeter the sides to come away with three points.

    Bolton are unbeaten in their last four in the league at home - Blackpool will need to be good today.

  19. Stevenage 0-0 Leyton Orient

    Brief stoppage in play after a nasty clash of heads between Darren Pratley and former Os man Dan Kemp but after a spot of treatment evergreen skipper Pratley is ok to continue.

  20. Bolton 0-0 Blackpool

    This is feisty - both sets of players are making it physical but the referee Edward Duckworth has done well to keep it under control with just a few words here and there.

    A game of football might break out any minute.