A thread to keep an eye on what is happening in league 2 that might affect Notts & to initiate discussion on clubs in league 2 other than Notts.

Top of the table clash ended in a draw tonight which suits Notts.

Port Vale 1 Crewe 1

Notts are now fifth in the table, just two points behind second placed Walsall.

Port Vale 1-1 Crewe Alexandra: Lankester earns injury time point for visitors

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Crewe Alexandra move up to third in League Two after Jack Lankester's late...

 

great idea @Robbie!

port vale will be hoping walsall will slip with their two games in advance but really the pressure will be on both teams. it seems a bit weird to think we are only 6 points off the top, not that i think our form is bad but the recent defeat to crewe and a draw to newport has not really effected us. at the other end of the table, carlisle seem to have found some form since their winning, they have drawn their last two games.

there are some good teams at the wrong end of the table.

Matches in League 2 tonight.

Results

Walsall 2-2 Bromley 

Tranmere 0-2 AFC Wimbledon 

Latest League 2 table after tonight's matches.

 

There was one match in league 2 on Saturday.

Result.

Carlisle 1 Crewe 1.

Crewe drop two points,so here's the up to date top half of league 2.

Tonight's game is very important for Notts. The league is very wide open, with the top 4 fighting for first place. We're still in that fight, as are others, but games like today's could be where we make some ground up.

Think our game is the biggest one in terms of position in the table tonight, MK are doing well now (boo) and face Chesterfield at home, Wimbledon at home to Newport and Port Vale away at Cheltenham. At the end of play tonight best case scenario sees us go within 3 points of the leaders and up to 2nd (if we score enough goals). Worst case scenario we go 9 points behind the leaders and drop to 7th place - let’s not think about that one though!

Also, how are Grimsby only 3 points behind us, doesn’t seem possible given they’ve lost 8 games already!

There were only three winners amongst the top ten teams in league 2 tonight.Walsall, Mk Dons & Grimsby. 

All  the other teams drew or lost. So teams around Notts are dropping points too.

Doncaster meet Fleetwood tomorrow.

Meanwhile in League 2 final score from the only match in league 2 tonight.

Fleetwood 2 Doncaster 4.

So the updated league table looks like this 

Current form table, not a great read. Thing to note is that Saturday’s opponents are currently doing better than I realised.

 

These are the league 2 fixtures today including the matches that are off due to the Weather.

Results so far today 7th Dec. Early kick offs 

Port Vale 0 - 1 Walsall 

Crewe 1 - 1 Bradford 

Notts are currently in 8th position at half time today.

Notts are now in 9th place, five points behind an automatic  promotion place after today's matches.

MK have 2 games in hand, and unfortunately are in really good form now I'd expect them to break into the top 3 very soon. Not that surprising we dropped, had the game gone ahead and we'd won we'd be 4th - just have to make sure we do beat Colchester when the game gets rearranged! 

Salford play Notts at 12:30 on Saturday. These are the other matches in League 2 to be played on Saturday 14th December.

Two games were played on Friday night 20th Dec which affect Notts 

Gillingham 2 Cheltenham 2

Crewe 0 Colchester 0.

So it turned out to be a good night for Notts with two rivals dropping points 

MK Dons got hammered by Newport 

Grimsby lost to Swindon 

AFC Wimbledon lost to Chesterfield 

Port Vale drew with Carlisle today.

Notts just 5 points off an automatic promotion place.

That's your Charlie Adam booted from Fleetwood after they lost yesterday...

Charlie Adam: Fleetwood Town sack former Liverpool man after poor run

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Charlie Adam is sacked by Fleetwood Town after a run of one win in their past 11 league games

Unsurprising but I think the issues run deeper than just the manager at Fleetwood. They peaked when they got to League 1, but they only got there by spending a lot of money. Now the money isn’t being as freely splashed out, I think they are likely to slowly slide back into non-league. It was never going to be sustainable, the fan base just isn’t there, this season they have been averaging about 2,750 for home games. It’s pretty much impossible to not lose a lot of money and have a competitive team…

Thursday 26th December

League 2 fixtures 

Wimbledon 1-1  Swindon 

Bradford 2-1 Port Vale 

Bromley 5-2 Newport

Carlisle 0-1 Morecambe 

Cheltenham 2-1 Crewe 

Colchester 1:0 Gillingham 

Fleetwood 2-0 Chesterfield 

Grimsby 2-1 Harrogate 

MK Dons 0-2 Notts

Salford 3-0 Barrow 

Walsall 2:0 Doncaster  

Boxing day fixtures 

Wimbledon drew

Port Vale lost.

Chesterfield lost.

Doncaster lost

Crewe lost

Gillingham lost

Grimsby won

Walsall won

Bradford won.

Five of Notts rivals lost.

Notts are just two points off an automatic promotion place with a game in hand.

Rest of the League 2 matches Sunday 29th December.

Bromley 1:1 Swindon Town

Carlisle 2-1 Accrington 

Bradford 2-1 Chesterfield 

Colchester 1-1 Doncaster 

Fleetwood 1-1 Harrogate 

Grimsby 3-0 Port Vale 

MK Dons 1-1 Crewe 

Salford 1-0 Morecambe 

Tranmere 1-1 Barrow 

Walsall 2:0 Newport 

Of those teams on  the Notts watch

Chesterfield & Port Vale lost.

MK Dons, Crewe & Doncaster drew.

Walsall & Grimsby, Salford  & Bradford won.

AFC Wimbledon beat Gillingham 1-0 Sunday evening so they go second in the table on goal difference. Notts are third. Up to date table below ????