On 02/04/2025 at 07:24, Robbie said:

It's been a remarkable season for so many teams at the top finding it very hard to put a consistent run together.

I don't think it's been that unusual for League Two, many a team has won promotion on 70-odd points and we're on 68 already. It's just a very even league. That also means that (cliche alert) there are no easy games.

At the other end, Carlisle are now nine points adrift of safety and are surely going down with a whimper. Very sad  

As well as Notts losing.

Three clubs around Notts in the league, Walsall, Crewe & Chesterfield lost too in the fifth of April.

League 2 Midweek fixtures.

Tuesday 8th April 07:45 pm Kick off.

Chesterfield 1 - 1 Gillingham

Thursday 10th April 8:00 pm Kick off

Crewe 2 - 3 Cheltenham

Friday 11th April 07:45 Kick off

Notts 1 - 3 Salford 

Good news for Notts tonight.

Chesterfield dropped points by drawing with Gillingham 

Up to date league 2 table

Another good result for Notts Thursday evening. Crewe losing at home to Cheltenham 2-3.

So here's the up to date table.

League 2 fixtures:

Saturday 12th April

12:30 pm Kick off 

Doncaster 1-1 Wimbledon 

Swindon 5-4 Bradford 

15:00 kick off 

Accrington  3-3 Tranmere

Barrow 2-0 Walsall 

Chesterfield 3-0 Fleetwood 

Gillingham 1-0 MK Dons 

Harrogate 2-2 Grimsby 

Morecambe 0-2 Carlisle

Newport 0-2 Colchester 

Port Vale 5-0 Bromley 

Good results for Notts.

Bradford lost 5-4 to Swindon.

Doncaster & Wimbledon drew 1-1.

Top of League 2 after 12:30 games.

Not so good for Notts in the 3pm Kick offs.

Walsall lost again.

Grimsby drew.

But Port Vale, Chesterfield, & Colchester all won.

However, Notts still have their playoff future in their own hands.

Up to date table after 3pm Kick offs.

 

 

Tuesday 15th April 19:45 kick off

Salford City 1 - 1  Doncaster 

Thursday 17th April 20:00 kick off

Bradford 1 - 1 Notts 

Friday 18th April 3pm Kick off

Wimbledon v Chesterfield 

Bromley v Morecambe 

Carlisle v Port Vale 

Cheltenham v Gillingham 

Colchester v Crewe 

Fleetwood  v  Barrow 

Grimsby v Swindon 

MK Dons v Newport

Salford v Accrington

Tranmere v Doncaster 

Walsall v Harrogate 

Good Friday fixtures that affect Notts.

Wimbledon 0 - 0 Chesterfield 

Carlisle 3 - 2 Port Vale 

Colchester 0 - 0 Crewe 

Grimsby 0 - 4 Swindon 

Salford 1 - 2 Accrington

Tranmere 0 - 3 Doncaster 

Walsall 2 - 2  Harrogate 

Only one team out of the top 11 in league 2 won, Doncaster.

Latest League 2 table 

I can't remember a season like this in league 2 when every week many of the top teams are losing or drawing in such high numbers.

Walsall just avoided another defeat by a few minutes at the end. Port Vale lost, Wimbledon drew 

Just one team from the top eleven winning

The team currently in 13 th place, Bromley, are still mathematically in with a chance of making the last playoff space with 3 games to go.

It'll be exciting up to the final day. From our point of view, one more win will almost certainly see us in the playoffs - Colchester and Grimsby would then both need a minimum of 7 points to overtake us, which I don't see happening with their remaining fixtures. As for the top three, we're outsiders now but all we can do is win our games and see what happens. 

Mad that Walsall have dropped out of the top three. After 23 games they were 12 points clear at the top, but since then they've picked up just 24 points in their last 20 games. That's virtually relegation form for nearly half the season. 

Considering we’ve only won 3 games since March it's nuts that we could still possibly finish in the top 3! I'm still looking the other way so I’m just glad that none of the play-off chasers won. Today’s results were almost perfect for us.

League 2 games for Easter Monday that affect Notts.

12:30 Kick off

Newport 0 - 0 Walsall 

15:00 Kick off 

Chesterfield 3 - 3 Bradford 

Crewe 0 - 1 MK Dons 

Doncaster 3 - 0 Colchester 

Gillingham 1 - 0 Wimbledon 

Morecambe 1 - 3 Salford 

Port Vale 2 - 2 Grimsby 

Swindon 0- 1 Bromley

Walsall have dropped two points today by drawing at Newport in the early kick off, but have temporarily gone back into third place.

In the afternoon matches only two of the top eleven teams won, Doncaster & Salford.

Doncaster are basically promoted now, they’ve got a 4 point gap over 4th place Walsall who now haven’t won in 12 matches! It’s extremely unlikely they will win their last 2. I actually hope their promotion is confirmed this weekend, it might give us more of a chance against them!

I think one win for Notts might be enough for Notts to secure a playoff place on Saturday. I know that our record against Harrogate at their ground isn't great, but I'm more confident that Notts can get a result away rather than at home at the moment.

It's maddening - L2 tends to be close, but I don't think it's ever been as easy to get out of it as this season. We've picked up one point from our last four games and STILL have a theoretical chance of finishing in the top three. If we win and Bradford lose on Saturday it could even go to the final game. If we'd held on to our lead for another twenty minutes on Saturday we would have been in shooting distance of Bradford with a play-off spot virtually confirmed. If if if...

We're not catching Donny anyway now, so it's best for us that they seal the deal on Saturday and go for a nice relaxing stroll at Meadow Lane on the final day.

At the other end, Morecambe are gone and Carlisle are just about holding on for now.

League 2 games Saturday 26/04/25 that affect Notts.

12:30 pm Kick offs

Wimbledon v Port Vale

Doncaster v Bradford 

15:00 Kick offs

Chesterfield v Morecambe 

MK Dons v Grimsby 

Salford City v Colchester

Walsall v Accrington 

What's the best results for Notts among the teams chasing us?

My opinion 

Chesterfield draw, Grimsby lose, Salford win.

I don't really care* what the teams chasing us do @Robbie, if we win one of our two remaining matches, we're through and in the play-offs. If we don't, is there any point in us being there anyway?

The wild thing is that we still have a theoretical chance of automatic promotion. If we win and Doncaster beat Bradford (and I think they will), we will take it to the final day of the season, when we will play a Doncaster team who have spent the week parting on the final day. It's still very much an outside shot (and also dependent on Walsall not beating Accrington at home), but strange things happen in football.

* Not quite true, I really don't want to see Salford in the play-offs.

@DangerousSausage

I want Notts to win their last two matches & get into the playoffs by their own results rather than rely on other clubs.

I'd rather face Grimsby or Chesterfield in the semi finals than Colchester or Salford who seem to have our number. 

Everyone will have their own opinion on who we might face or don't face if we make it to the playoffs. 

It's a good line of discussion because there are so many different possibilities.

12:30 pm Kick offs

Wimbledon 0-2 Port Vale

Doncaster 2-1 Bradford 

Doncaster & Port Vale promoted.

15:00 Kick offs

Chesterfield 4-1 Morecambe 

MK Dons 0-0 Grimsby 

Salford City 4-1 Colchester

Walsall 0-1 Accrington 

Notts are assured of a playoff place.

These are the final matches that could affect Notts's final position in league 2, & who they may face in the playoffs.

Saturday 3rd May

Accrington 0-1 Chesterfield 

Bradford 1-0 Fleetwood 

Carlisle 2-2 Salford 

Colchester 0-0  Barrow 

Crewe 0-1 Walsall 

Grimsby 0-1 Wimbledon 

Port Vale 0-1 Gillingham 

Three dangerous teams failed to make the playoffs on the last day. Salford, Grimsby Colchester.