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League One Round-Up

Swansea City and Southend United stay level on points at the top of League One.

Swansea City and Southend United stay level on points at the summit of League One after wins on Saturday.

Kenny Jackett's side remain top of the table after a 3-2 victory over Blackpool at The New Stadium.

Lee Trundle gave The Swans the lead on 22 minutes before Keigan Parker levelled matters on 36 minutes.

Adebayo Akinfenwa restored Swansea's lead just before the break but Ciaran Donnelly made it 2-2 midway through the second half.

It fell to Leon Britton to hand Swansea victory with a winning strike with nine minutes left.

A second half brace from Mark Bentley (pictured) gave Southend a 2-1 win at South East rivals Gillingham, with Alan Pouton scoring a late consolation for The Gills.

Huddersfield Town are now two points adrift of the top two after being held to a 2-2 draw by Bournemouth at The Galpharm Stadium.

Danny Schofield and Gary Taylor-Fletcher gave The Terriers a half time lead but a James Hayter penalty on 66 minutes was followed by a second goal four minutes later to earn The Cherries a point in West Yorkshire.

Brentford came from a goal down to defeat Rotherham United 2-1 at Griffin Park.

Former Brentford man Deon Burton gave The Millers the lead on eight minutes before a Kevin O'Connor penalty restored parity three minutes later.

Isaiah Rankin scored the winner for The Bees eight minutes before the break.

Port Vale move up to fifth after an entertaining 3-2 home win over Walsall, with Martin Foyle's side getting goals from Chris Birchall (8), Gary Mulligan (55) and on-loan Chris Cornes (72) A Sam Collins own goal and a strike from Ishmel Demontagnac proved scant consolation for The Saddlers.

Chesterfield are also in the play-off places after a 2-1 win at Colchester United, with Colin Larkin (25) and Paul Hall (49) finding the scoresheet for The Spireites.

Chris Iwelumo scored a late consolation for The U's.

Bradford City stay just outside the play-off places after being held to a 2-2 draw at Yorkshire rivals Doncaster Rovers.

Tom Kearney gave The Bantams the lead just before the break and Steve Claridge doubled their lead three minutes after half time.

Rickie Ravenhill pulled a goal back on 55 minutes but was then sent off two minutes later for a second bookable offence.

Despite having ten men, Donny claimed a point when Nick Fenton struck on 69 minutes for a 2-2 result.

Barnsley scored three goals inside the first quarter of an hour in a 4-0 rout of Oldham Athletic at Oakwell.

Daniel Nardiello (8), Martin Devaney (12) and Chris Shuker (14) all found the scoresheet before half time and Shuker claimed a second nine minutes after the break.

Nottingham Forest continue their recovery from a slow start with a 1-0 win over Tranmere Rovers at The City Ground.

Gareth Taylor's second half strike moves Forest to within a point of the play-off places.

A seven-goal thriller between two promoted sides at Glanford Park saw Yeovil Town claim a 4-3 victory over Scunthorpe United.

The Iron stormed in to a two-goal lead through Andrew Keogh and Billy Sharp before The Glovers replied with four goals of their own.

Darren Way and Phil Jevons had the Somerset club level by half time and a Matt Harrold brace took Yeovil out to a 4-2 lead in the second half.

Sharp scored again late on to make the contest interesting but Yeovil held on for the points.

Gary Johnson suffered his first defeat as Bristol City manager after Michael Proctor's second half strike gave Hartlepool United a 1-0 win at Ashton Gate.

Finally, Milton Keynes Dons came from a goal down to defeat managerless Swindon Town 3-1 at The National Hockey Stadium.

Rory Fallon had put The Robins into an early lead but second half goals from Malvin Kamara (49), Gareth Edds (77) and Izale McLeod (81) gave MK Dons a valuable win over League One's bottom club.

Click below for match summaries: 
Barnsley 4-0 Oldham Athletic
Brentford 2-1 Rotherham United
Bristol City 0-1 Hartlepool United
Colchester United 1-2 Chesterfield
Doncaster Rovers 2-2 Bradford City
Gillingham 1-2 Southend United
Huddersfield Town 2-2 Bournemouth
Milton Keynes Dons 3-1 Swindon Town
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Tranmere Rovers
Port Vale 3-2 Walsall
Scunthorpe United 3-4 Yeovil Town
Swansea City 3-2 Blackpool

Click here for the League One table.