Lowdown on League One: Just nine points separate the 最高の，を越す 10 in race for 昇進／宣伝... and Pompey are fighting to 生き残る

By Adam Shergold for MailOnline

Published: 15:52 BST, 20 March 2013 | Updated: 18:16 BST, 20 March 2013

With Manchester 部隊d cantering away with the 首相 League 肩書を与える and English 利益／興味 in the 支持する／優勝者s League finished, you might think excitement, 緊張 and 演劇 will be at a 賞与金 in the の近くにing 行う／開催する／段階s of the football season.

But you’d be wrong. Take a look 負かす／撃墜する at the leagues that will take centre 行う／開催する／段階 over the international 週末 and there’s everything to play for.

In League One, the 肩書を与える race is far from a foregone 結論, with just nine points separating the 最高の，を越す 10 and an almighty 緊急発進する for the (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 昇進／宣伝 and play-off 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs brewing. At the 底（に届く）, the tight relegation 戦う／戦い changes on a 週刊誌 basis.

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支持する／優勝者s! But who will emulate Charlton 運動競技の and 勝利，勝つ the League One 肩書を与える?

大きくする ?

The 現在の League One standings

Who’s looking good to reach the 支持する／優勝者 ship?

The 昇進／宣伝 race in League One is 始める，決める for a grandstand finale. The 主要な 走者s and riders ? the 現在の 最高の，を越す 10 are separated by just nine points ? continue to jostle for position with eight fixtures remaining. Remember that two go up automatically and a third 経由で the play-offs.

現在／一般に on 最高の，を越す of the pile are Doncaster Rovers, hoping to bounce 支援する to the 選手権 at the first 試みる／企てる. They seemed to be 立ち往生させるing a little in December, 出口ing both the FA Cup and the Johnstone’s Paint トロフィー 同様に as losing ground in the league, but after Brian Flynn 取って代わるd Dean Saunders as 経営者／支配人 in January they have been able to keep the 勢い going.

Two points （疑いを）晴らす at the moment, Rovers 直面する 地元の 競争相手s Scunthorpe next, followed by 支援する-to-支援する 遭遇（する）s with 昇進／宣伝 競争相手s Coventry and Swindon. Encouragingly for Doncaster, goals are coming from many sources, 含むing 10 by midfielder David Cotterill.

Bouncing 支援する: Doncaster 現在／一般に 最高の，を越す the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する and look 始める，決める for a quick return to the 選手権 under 経営者／支配人 Brian Flynn (below)

Brentford are having their best season for many years. Not only have they 安全な・保証するd their 財政上の 状況／情勢 thanks to two FA Cup 関係 with Chelsea, they have stayed the course in League On e superbly ? 主として as a result of their 優れた home form.

Uwe Rosler has a squad 十分な of talents at his 処分, 含むing 22-year-old playmaker Harry Forrester who has chipped in with 10 goals this season so far.

They will 直面する a 厳しい examination of their 信任状 on Saturday, when they travel to Bramall 小道／航路 to 直面する Sheffield 部隊d in a テレビ放送するd lunchtime 衝突／不一致.

未来 hopes: Uwe Rosler has a talented 味方する that are 力／強力にするing Brentford's 昇進／宣伝 押し進める, 含むing Sam Saunders (above) and 高度に-率d youngster Harry Forrester (below left)

With the 荒廃 of their play-off final 刑罰，罰則 敗北・負かす by Huddersfield last season, any illusions the Blades had of a 早い return to the 選手権 were 粉々にするd.

Unsurprisingly, they have been up there all season, now dropping lower than eighth and topping the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する four times.

At the moment, they sit fourth, four points off the 最高の，を越す and two off an (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 place, but have home matches against Brentford and Swindon in the run-in ? not that this is やむを得ず a 利益 since 部隊d have been held eight times at the 小道／航路 and beaten three times.

On course: Sheffield 部隊d's 昇進／宣伝 hopes took a 攻撃する，衝突する with a 4-0 敗北・負かす at Stevenage on Saturday, but they are very much in the mix for (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 昇進／宣伝

What a season it has been for Swindon ? a real rollercoaster that could still end with 昇進／宣伝.

H aving won League Two last season, Paolo Di Canio 確実にするd the コマドリs adapted flawlessly to the higher league and are the 主要な scorers thanks in 広大な／多数の／重要な part to the 出資／貢献s of James Collins (16) and Andy Williams (12).

But the club’s 現在進行中の 財政上の difficulties caught up with Di Canio last month, with the Italian 出発／死ing suddenly, 特記する／引用するing the sale behind his 支援する of Matt Ritchie as the 長，指導者 推論する／理由. His 交替／補充, Kevin MacDonald has had one 勝利，勝つ, one draw and one 敗北・負かす so far.

Hero: Having led Swindon 支援する into League One, Paolo Di Canio 奮起させるd another 昇進／宣伝 challenge before leaving last month

Who’s got a ticket for the play-off 宝くじ?

While Bournemouth and Tranmere 現在／一般に 占領する the other two play-off places, you can neither count them count for (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 昇進／宣伝, nor Yeovil Town, Coventry City, Walsall or Leyton Orient beneath them for the play-offs.

Bournemouth seem to play in fits and starts, with a run of 勝利，勝つs followed すぐに by a run of 敗北・負かすs. But two 連続した away victories at Stevenage and Oldham hav e put Eddie Howe’s men in a good position and it looks like they have a わずかに easier run-in than those around them.

Big 勝利，勝つs: Brett Pitman celebrates 得点する／非難する／２０ing the winning goal for Bournemouth at Stevenage last week

Tranmere will wonder how on earth they find themselves 粘着するing on to a play-off place, having led the 分割 for large 列s of the season.

Before Christmas, Ronnie Moore’s 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金s looked unstoppable, with the goals flowing, but things have taken a turn for the worse in 2013 and they’ve dropped to the 支援する of the pack.

As low as 16th at one point, Yeovil have made a 殺到する as みごたえのある as Tranmere’s 拒絶する／低下する since the New Year, winning six on the bounce in January and February.

Gary Johnson’s 味方する were given a reality check by Swindon on Tuesday evening, but remain out of the play-offs by virtue of goal difference alone.

Coventry, 捜し出すing to return to the 選手権 at the first 試みる／企てる, are three points behind and locked on 60 points with Walsall and Leyton Orient.

Goal getters: The League One 最高の，を越す scorers this season by position

Who’s dreading the 減少（する）?

While not as tight as the ridiculous relegation 捨てる in League Two, there’s plenty still to fight for in League One.

Portsmouth look doomed to their 運命／宿命 に引き続いて another season of 騒動, though a couple of 勝利，勝つs recently over 乗組員 and Bury and last 週末’s draw at leaders Doncaster have given them a 微光 of hope.

Fight to the finish: Portsmouth look doomed to relegation but 経営者／支配人 Guy Whittingham (below) and his players continue to believe - Jed Wallace celebrates his goal in the draw at Doncaster (above)

But with the 利ざや to safety eight points, Pompey, Cup 勝利者s just five years ago, would have to 勝利，勝つ pretty much every remaining game and hope for favours from どこかよそで to 生き残る.Better to concentrate on getting a squad together for League Two next season under the 強制s of 行政.

Hartlepool did look to have a bit more fight about them, but their 2013 復活 has 攻撃する，衝突する the 衝撃を和らげるものs of late and they now look 辞職するd to a return to League Two after three seasons away. From August to the end of December, they won only once, but six 勝利，勝つs since had 奮起させるd hope of the unlikeliest of escapes.

Still fighting: Hartlepool look like going 負かす／撃墜する but nobody told Simon Walton to give up the fight

Bury kept their hopes alive with a 2-0 home 勝利，勝つ over Stevenage on Tuesday night, but they still have six points to （不足などを）補う and a tricky trip to Bournemouth up next. Teetering on the brink are Oldham and Scunthorpe, who have been swapping places on the 辛勝する／優位 of the 減少（する） zone.

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