Stockport’s 577-mile round-trip to Plymouth ended with the after a chastening defeat at the struggling club
Two first-half goals for the ‘Pilgrims’ left County with un uphill task – and although a flicker of hope was offered through captain Ollie Norwood’s spot-kick in added time, it soon became snuffed out by two further Plymouth strikes after the break that rendered Kyle Wootton’s late, late one a mere consolation.
Ryan Lowe was proud of his Wigan Athletic players for showing the character to come back from a losing position at Lincoln City. Despite taking an early lead through Paul Mullin, Latics found themselves trailing at the break following a quick-fire James Collins double.
The visitors stuck to the task and equalised at the start of the second half, with Callum Wright finishing off a Christian Saydee cross for his first goal for the Football Club.
The final 30 minutes saw Christian Saydee and Rob Street see red for either side, and both sides had opportunities to steal the spoils at the end.
Steven Schumacher was happy to see his Bolton Wanderers turn one point into three as the Whites moved into the top 10.
Schumacher’s men ended a run of four successive League One draws with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Wimbledon to move within three points of the top-six places in League One
Down one league where goals from Luke Garbutt, Cole Stockton and Ossama Ashley capped off a brilliant Salford City performance in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Tranmere Rovers at the Peninsula Stadium.
Meanwhile Oldham registered their first win of the League Two season beating Cambridge 1-0 at The Abbey Stadium.
A first-half strike from Michael Mellon on his debut gave Latics that illusive first win of the season.
