League One & League Two roundup: Bolton notch up huge win as Rotherham’s relegation confirmed

It was a night of huge results across League One and Two with play-off races heating up and relegation battles taking huge turns.

Rotherham’s relegation to League Two was confirmed with a 3-0 loss away at Wigan, with Port Vale delaying their descent with a 0-0 home draw against Barnsley.

Barrow won in dramatic fashion at home to Oldham Athletic to boost their survival chances with all three of their goals coming in the last 10 minutes.

Chesterfield also took home three points with shot stopper Ryan Boot saving a last minute penalty to boost the Spireites’ play-off chances.

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Huddersfield Town 1-1 Cardiff City

Yousef Salech headed home an equaliser six minutes into added time to rescue a 1-1 draw and dent Huddersfield’s play-off hopes in Sky Bet League One.

Bali Mumba thought he had opened the scoring for Huddersfield two minutes in after racing onto Cameron Humphreys’ dink over the Cardiff defence, but his strike was ruled out for a marginal offside.

The Terriers kept their positive start going but Marcus Harness hit the bar from the edge of the box and Bojan Radulovic saw a header superbly saved by Nathan Trott.

Ryan Ledson broke the deadlock in the 27th minute, however, scoring for a third game in a row with a well-struck volley from Lasse Sorensen’s cross to the edge of the box.

Cardiff dominated the second half but nearly slipped two goals behind in added time, as Trott tipped Marcus McGuane’s shot onto the crossbar.

The visitors finally got their equaliser when Salech stole in at the back post to head home Callum Robinson’s flick-on from Ollie Tanner’s cross.

Bolton Wanderers 5-1 Stevenage

Amario Cozier-Duberry helped Bolton steady their play-off nerves with two goals in a convincing 5-1 win against top-six rivals Stevenage in Sky Bet League One.

Brighton loanee Cozier-Duberry, starting his first game for Bolton since January, put his side ahead in the 13th minute with a left-footed effort from 20 yards.

The second came on the half-hour mark from another loanee, Celtic striker Johnny Kenny, who tucked his shot home after an impressive run from Thierry Gale down the left.

Stevenage’s night got worse when Daniel Phillips was given a straight red card for an elbow on Kenny just before half-time.

Bolton took full advantage and Cozier-Duberry scored his second of the night four minutes after the break, finishing neatly from close range after a clever flick from Sam Dalby.

Dan Kemp scored a spectacular consolation in the 64th minute but Ruben Rodrigues restored the three-goal cushion three minutes later, combining with Mason Burstow to stroke a shot into the bottom corner.

Burstow – yet another loanee in the Bolton line-up – then got his 12th goal of the season nine minutes from time, stealing in after goalkeeper Filip Marschall had parried Kyle Dempsey’s stinging shot.

Amario Cozier-Duberry led the way for Bolton (PA)

Wigan Athletic 3-0 Rotherham United

Rotherham were relegated to League Two after going down to a 3-0 defeat to Wigan, who took a step closer to securing their League One status for next season.

Lee Clark’s side will play in the fourth tier of English football for the first time since 2012-13 next term, while Latics are now eight points above the relegation zone with just three games of their campaign remaining.

It was the hosts at the Brick Community Stadium who were comfortable for most of the evening, with goals from Jason Kerr, Joe Taylor and Callum Wright securing Wigan’s third straight win.

Gary Caldwell’s side opened the scoring in the 14th minute as captain Kerr headed home from close range, sending his side into the half-time interval 1-0 ahead.

The hosts came out firing in the second half, with star man Taylor converting an incredible through-ball from Matt Smith to make it 2-0 after 59 minutes.

The Latics got their third just three minutes later thanks to a bit of luck, with Wright’s shot taking a big deflection to lob Millers keeper Ted Cann.

Barrow 3-2 Oldham Athletic

Substitute Isaac Fletcher earned relegation-threatened Barrow a remarkable 3-2 win over League Two play-off chasing Oldham at the SO Legal Stadium.

Fletcher converted Elliot Newby’s cross in the first minute of stoppage time after Latics skipper Tom Pett appeared to have rescued a point for the in-form visitors.

Barrow stay in the relegation zone, a point from Newport in 22nd, although their position could have been even worse but for an amazing conclusion.

Oldham, beaten for a second successive game, led from the 49th minute when Wigan loanee Kai Payne converted a cross from Jamie Robson.

Micky Mellon’s side should have doubled their advantage but Mike Fondop was denied by Wyll Stanway’s save.

With eight minutes remaining, Barrow still trailed but stunned Oldham with two goals in a minute.

Danny Rose levelled before Josh Gordon charged down keeper Mathew Hudson’s kick and rolled the ball into an empty net.

Oldham hit back in the 88th minute through Pett’s low strike before Fletcher made himself the home hero.

Chesterfield 2-1 Grimsby Town

Goalkeeper Ryan Boot saved a stoppage-time penalty as Chesterfield’s League Two play-off hopes received a huge boost after beating nearest rivals Grimsby 2-1 at the SMH Group Stadium.

A quickfire first-half double from Liam Mandeville and Lee Bonis was enough for Paul Cook’s side, with Jaze Kabia reducing the deficit before Reece Staunton was denied from the spot in the fifth minute of time added on.

The home side took a 31st-minute lead as Mandeville swept home Lewis Gordon’s cross.

The Spireites doubled their advantage three minutes later when Sammy Braybrooke’s cross-field pass was expertly controlled and finished by Bonis.

In what was a chaotic end to the half, the Mariners halved the deficit in the 41st minute after Kabia smashed home from close range.

After the break, both sides saw efforts cannon off the upright, but it was stoppage-time heroics from Boot which helped earn all three points for the Spireites.

For the second game running, the shot-stopper produced a save from 12 yards as he kept out Staunton’s spot-kick with almost the last kick of the game.

Full result roundup

Bolton Wanderers 5-1 Stevenage

Huddersfield Town 1-1 Cardiff City

Leyton Orient 0-0 Mansfield Town

Port Vale 0-0 Barnsley

Wigan Athletic 3-0 Rotherham United

Barrow 3-2 Oldham Athletic

Cheltenham Town 2-1 Gillingham

Chesterfield 2-1 Grimsby Town

Colchester United 2-1 Accrington Stanley

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