Wigan Athletic manager Leam Richardson heaped the praise on his players as they battled for over 80 minutes with ten men to earn a 1-0 victory at Birmingham City.
Joe Bennett was controversially sent off in the early stages at St. Andrew’s, though Latics showed resilience in abundance once again to protect a clean sheet and grab the win thanks to substitute Nathan Broadhead’s first goal for the club.
Bolton’s Ian Evatt rallied around his players as he looks for a positive reaction to the end of Wanderers’ lengthy unbeaten run.
A 2-0 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday – in front of an excellent crowd of just over 22,000 – brought the Whites a first loss this season and a first since March.
Evatt’s men should have led after an impressive opening half-hour but then conceded a poor opening goal following a mis-directed back-pass from skipper Ricardo Almeida Santos before the Owls followed up with a quick-fire second to take control.
Salford City suffered a first league defeat of the season, surrendering a 0-1 lead and losing 2-1 at Doncaster Rovers.
Brandon Thomas-Asante’s fifth goal of the campaign set The Ammies on the right path in the South Yorkshire sun, but a brace by Kyle Hurst secured the points for Doncaster.
Callum Hendry hit the post after having two snapshots blocked in the box, but Salford couldn’t break Doncaster down and tasted defeat for the first time in Sky Bet League Two this season.
Stockport’s second League Two assignment of the week on the road saw them edged out by the odd goal in three at Mansfield, as they had been at Doncaster four days earlier.
Following a tight first 45 minutes, the afternoon’s three goals arrived in as many minutes early during the second half, as County went in front through Antoni Sarcevic, before conceding two in quick succession to fall behind.
Rochdale remain without a pointlosing 3-0 away at Swindon Town.
Jacob Wakeling, Jonny Williams and Harry McKirdy were on the scoresheet for the Robins at the County Ground as Jim McNulty was in charge of the side following the departure of Robbie Stockdale and Jimmy Shan on Thursday,
In the National League Oldham fell to a dissapointing defeat at Roots Hall following a 28th minute strike from Dan Mooney for Southend.
Egli Kaja chose the perfect way to introduce himself to Altrincham fans with a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser to salvage a thoroughly-deserved point against Yeovil Town at The J.Davidson Stadium .
Signed on a short-term deal just 24 hours earlier, Kaja was on hand to haul Alty back on terms for a second time, just as it looked as though the game was up for Phil Parkinson’s side after the visitors restored their lead against the run of play in the 72nd minute.
