Rotherham remain in League One drop zone despite impressive away victory at Northampton
A late free-kick from Josh Benson gave The Millers all three points.
Last updated 13th Oct 2025
Rotherham remain in the League One relegation zone despite a late winner to defeat Northampton 2-1.
Sam Hoskins put Northampton ahead with a 26th-minute penalty - his 100th goal for the club - but Joe Rafferty equalised before a late free-kick from Josh Benson gave The Millers all three points.
Leyton Orient climbed to 13th after an emphatic 4-0 win at home to Doncaster.
Dominic Ballard got the opener early on before Aaron Connolly doubled the lead with a curling strike from outside the box. Ballard got his second shortly after the break and got completed a brilliant hat-trick in the 72nd minute.
Elsewhere, Sam Bell's goal in the 35th minute kept Wycombe out of the relegation zone as The Chairboys beat Wigan 1-0, while Burton came out on top 3-0 at home to Bolton courtesy of a Jake Beesley brace, one of them from the spot, and a late goal from Fabio Tavares.
In their first game since sacking Steve Bruce, Blackpool lost away to Stockport via to a Joseph Olowu winner, with County now sitting fourth.
AFC Wimbledon thought they had their fifth league win in a row but Devante Cole equalised in the 86th minute to earn Port Vale a 1-1 draw, and Jack Marriott scored his fifth successive league goal for Reading in a 1-1 draw with Exeter.
In League Two, leaders Walsall drew 1-1 with Crawley.
Harry McKirdy's penalty was saved early on but Crawley took the lead through Ryan Loft in the 32nd minute, before Walsall equalised through Connor Barrett in the 53rd minute.
Colchester made it back-to-back league wins away to Grimsby. Kieran Green got the opener for Town before Micah Mbick equalised in the 38th minute and got his second on the hour to win it for Colchester.
A 78th-minute winner from Ryan Graydon saw Fleetwood beat Harrogate 3-2, with the Yorkshire side having led twice, while Bromley secured a first win in five, 1-0 away to Crewe thanks to Michael Cheek's goal.
Newport left their spot at the bottom of the league after beating Accrington 1-0 after an Isaac Sinclair own goal, with Cheltenham now bottom after a 1-1 draw at Gillingham.
An Oliver Turton own goal and a late Ronan Darcy finish gave Chesterfield a 2-0 win against Salford, putting them up to sixth, while MK Dons have won three times on the bounce, this time scoring four against Bristol Rovers without reply.
Shrewsbury won for the first time in four after a 2-0 victory at home to Cambridge.
Tranmere remain winless in the league since August after Barnet came away 2-0 winners, with Lee Ndlovu and Adam Senior on target for the visitors.