Following the postponement of their Saturday matchup against Newport County AFC at Rodney Parade, CARLISLE fell to the bottom of League Two.
Storm Darragh made the judgement late on Friday afternoon, ending the Exiles’ encounter with the Cumbrians.
With a 3-1 victory over Fleetwood in Wiltshire, struggling Swindon gave their survival prospects a boost, leaving the teams eagerly awaiting the Saturday results.
Harry Smith gave the Robins a “perfect” hat-trick by heading in a second goal in the 28th minute, scoring with his left foot near the hour, and driving in the first with his right foot in the eighth.
Fleetwood’s Matty Virtue got one back, but Swindon managed to hold on for three crucial points.
In an attempt to capture Swindon’s first league title since mid-October, former QPR and Leicester manager Ian Holloway made six changes to his team, and he believed it paid off handsomely.
“It made a huge difference that we had people on the team who hadn’t failed and weren’t involved in that,” Holloway stated.
“I don’t have a lot of baggage with me. This club brings a lot of baggage with it.
“Seeing that kind of performance and our supporters joining in with them because of the awful vibe we’ve had here for so many years is what matters to me.
It feels like I’m going to try to get this bunch going and add some cavalry in the window till I’m exhausted in order to create an interesting season from the ashes of hell.
“We have a long enough ladder, but we have a hell of a hole to dig ourselves out of.”
Morecambe, who suffered a 3-0 loss against Grimsby at home, joined Carlisle in the drop zone when they fell to the bottom of the table.
Danny Rose’s late goal and Justin Obikwu’s double helped the Mariners, who were unexpectedly considered for promotion, record another thrilling victory away from home.
After losing 3-0 at Chesterfield, with Ryan Colclough, Armando Dobra, and Kane Drummond scoring goals, Tranmere’s problems only got worse.
Although Bromley defeated Accrington 2-1, manager Andy Woodman called the victory a “disgusting game with no quality.”
Ben Woods equalised after top scorer Michael Cheek scored his 11th goal of the season, but Idris Odutayo’s free kick in the 63rd minute, which bounced once before going in, secured the victory.
With a goal from former County striker Jamille Matt, Walsall overtook Port Vale to take the lead at the top of the league.
Matt’s sixth goal of the season early in the second half gave the Saddlers the lead, extending their league winning streak to nine games and putting them two points ahead of the Valiants with one game remaining.
In a 2-2 home draw with Cheltenham, Doncaster, who are still in third place, twice overcame deficits as goals from Luke Molyneux and George Broadbent negated Owen Bailey’s own goal and Ethon Archer’s attempt.
Bradford, with ten men, defeated promotion-chasing Crewe 1-1 at home as well.
Early in the second half, former Exiles striker Omar Bogle gave Crewe the lead, and Alex Pattison was incensed shortly after had equalised for the visitors
Josh Kelly, John-Joe O’Toole, and Matty Stevens all scored goals in AFC Wimbledon’s 3-0 victory at Harrogate, while Jayden Clarke’s goal secured Gillingham’s 1-0 victory over Salford at home, keeping them one point behind Grimsby in sixth place.
The matches between Notts County and Colchester and Barrow and MK Dons were postponed.
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