Coventry ended a difficult week in the history of the club by winning against npower League One leaders Doncaster at the Ricoh Arena on Good Friday.
Deducted 10 points on Thursday after entering administration, the Sky Blues managed to put off-field distractions behind them as a first-half Cyrus Christie strike secured three points with a 1-0 win over Rovers.
Second-placed Swindon could not fully capitalise on Doncaster's surprise defeat as they were held to a 1-1 draw at The County Ground by struggling Oldham. Lee Barnard gave the Latics a shock lead but Adam Rooney levelled. Bournemouth recorded a 1-0 win over Colchester to move second with a close-range Brett Pitman effort proving decisive.
Brentford also moved ahead of Swindon courtesy of a 2-1 home victory over Notts County. Toumani Diagouraga gave the hosts a half-time lead before Bradley Wright-Phillips fired Brentford 2-0 ahead. County hit back with 17 minutes remaining as Alan Judge tapped home the rebound after Simon Moore had saved Jamal Campbell-Ryce's penalty.
Sheffield United moved to within two points of the automatic promotion places courtesy of a vital 1-0 away win against Tranmere. With both sides hoping to close the gap to the sides above them it was an unfortunate own goal by Tranmere's Ash Taylor that was the difference, with Ronnie Moore's side dropping to sixth in the table.
Yeovil and Walsall played out a goalless draw. Hartlepool's 10 men lost 2-0 at home to MK Dons. Patrick Bamford opened the scoring for Karl Robinson's side after just seven minutes and Hartlepool's job became even harder when Simon Walton was sent off, before Dean Bowditch doubled the lead for the mid-table Dons.
A last-minute penalty from Andy Bishop was enough for second-bottom Bury to rescue a point with a 2-2 at home to Crewe. A late Bradden Inman strike looked to have won the game for the visitors, after Tom Soares scored just before the hour mark to bring Bury level following Max Clayton's opening goal.
Scunthorpe managed to drag themselves out of the relegation places as they won 2-1 at home to Leyton Orient. Goals from Akpo Sodje and Niall Canavan were enough for Scunthorpe, with Kevin Lisbie's header on the stroke of half-time proving to be only a consolation for the visitors.
Two penalties from Lee Miller earned Carlisle a 2-2 draw against Shrewsbury. A Matthew Richards free-kick and a Yado Mambo strike had twice given Shrewsbury the lead but Miller coolly converted two spot-kicks to grab the hosts a share of the spoils.
Stevenage left the Broadfield Stadium with a 1-1 draw after playing for over an hour with 10 men against Crawley. Miguel Comminges was sent off for a professional foul on Josh Simpson before Mark Roberts headed Stevenage in front. Matthew Sparrow scored 10 minutes into the second half but Crawley could not find a winning goal.
Source: PA
