Bury go top with nine men

ROUND-UP

ROUND-UP

Bury are the new leaders of the Second Division after a 1-0 win at Notts County, despite having two men sent off.

Ronnie Jepson scored the only goal of the game at Meadow Lane to help his side go top and keep their distance from Brentford, who moved into second place after winning at Wrexham.

Two goals from their leading scorer Carl Asaba put an end to Brentford's run of three successive defeats, but his side failed to reclaim pole position as Bury, who travel to Griffin Park on Saturday, have conceded one goal less.

Bristol City bounced back from Joe Jordan's resignation on Monday to win 2-1 at Crewe. Rotherham, along with Notts County, now appear all but relegated after they lost 2-1 at home to Gillingham.

Portsmouth moved to the fringes of the First Division play-offs with a 1-0 win over Reading at Fratton Park, with Paul Hall's 84th-minute winner lifting them to eighth place. In the Third Division, Doncaster enjoyed a 3-0 win over Rochdale.

Carlisle will be going to Wembley on 20 April to meet Colchester in the Auto-Windscreens Shield final after their Northern Area final second leg finished goalless at Stockport. They won the first leg 2-0.