Luton striker Danny Hylton (centre)
Luton striker Danny Hylton (centre)

Sky Bet League Two round-up: Luton Town promoted to League One


Luton Town secured promotion into League One after a 1-1 draw at Carlisle coupled with Exeter's 2-2 with Crawley.

League Two results

Barnet 2-0 Newport
Cambridge 4-3 Cheltenham
Carlisle 1-1 Luton
Crewe 1-0 Morecambe
Exeter 2-2 Crawley
Forest Green 4-1 Chesterfield
Lincoln 2-1 Colchester
Mansfield 1-1 Port Vale
Notts County 4-1 Yeovil
Swindon 0-1 Grimsby
Wycombe 0-4 Accrington

Updated Sky Bet Championship table

Updated Sky Bet League Two odds

Luton sealed promotion from Sky Bet League Two and put the brakes on Accrington's title party after coming from behind to draw at Carlisle.

After an hour's play Stanley were on course to go up as champions, well on the way to a handsome 4-0 win at third-placed Wycombe while the Hatters trailed to Danny Grainger's first-half penalty.

But Oliver Lee hit back with the all-important equaliser, sending Luton into League One for the first time in a decade.

Accrington still boast a six-point lead with a game in hand and goals from Kayden Jackson, Scott Brown, Sean McConville and Offrande Zanzala suggested they will finish the job in style.

At the other end of the table, bottom club Chesterfield moved to within a mathematical whisker of a second successive relegation and life outside the Football League.

The Spireites were trounced 4-1 by fellow strugglers Forest Green, who went six points clear of the drop zone.

That left Chesterfield nine adrift of Morecambe with three to play and a highly unfavourable goal difference.

Relegation would have been certain had the Shrimps held on to a point at Crewe but they went down 1-0 after Shaun Miller's 88th-minute strike.

Second bottom Barnet gave themselves more hope, beating Newport 2-0 with one apiece from Shaquile Coulthirst and Ricardo Santos, but remain in trouble.

Lincoln stayed in the play-off places with a last gasp 2-1 win over Colchester.

Elliott Whitehouse and Courtney Senior exchanged goals in five second-half minutes, leaving Luke Waterfall to take the points in the closing seconds.

Exeter and Notts County remain fourth and fifth respectively.

The Grecians were held 2-2 by Crawley, despite a double either side of half-time from Jayden Stockley, while the Magpies eased past Yeovil 4-1.

Cambridge edged Cheltenham 4-3 in a mid-table thriller, Mohamed Eisa netting twice for the Robins only for Barry Corr to win it.

Mansfield drew 1-1 with Port Vale and Grimsby bested Swindon 1-0 through Mitchell Rose.

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