Jamal Lowe penalty earns Sheffield Wednesday a winning start in League One
Lowe picked himself up after being fouled in the area by James Morris to fire home from the spot in the 66th minute.
Jamal Lowe converted a second-half penalty as Sheffield Wednesday made a winning start in Sky Bet League One following relegation with a 2-1 victory at Leyton Orient.
The Owls, under new ownership since succumbing to the earliest relegation in English Football League history in February, went ahead through Callum Slattery’s debut goal before Joseph Olowu levelled before the break.
But Lowe picked himself up after being fouled in the area by James Morris to fire home from the spot in the 66th minute.
Former Premier League champions Leicester were denied victory at Notts County in their first match since relegation as they were held 1-1.
Conor Grant’s late strike cancelled out Jayden Joseph’s second-half opener for Leicester and salvaged a deserved point for the home side.
Ciaron Brown’s stoppage-time equaliser rescued another relegated side, Oxford, earning them a 2-2 draw at newly-promoted MK Dons.
Charlie Goode and Aaron Collins gave the Dons a 2-1 half-time lead after Mark Harris had fired the U’s in front before Brown turned home a cross in the fifth minute of added time.
Substitute Gideon Kodua scrambled a stoppage-time winner to seal Luton a 4-3 win at Reading, for whom Jack Marriott scored a first-half hat-trick.
Marriott put Reading 3-1 up after Jake Richards’ early opener for the Hatters, who hit back through Kasey Palmer’s second-half double before Kodua’s last-gasp effort.
Huddersfield’s summer signing Derensili Sanches Fernandes struck twice as they beat AFC Wimbledon 3-0 at home despite the first-half dismissal of Bali Mumba.
Victor Adeboyejo fired a second-half winner as Bromley won 1-0 at Barnsley for their first-ever win in the third tier following promotion.
Rochdale lost their first game back in League Two as they lost 3-0 at Newport and had defender Bryant Bilongo sent off.
Newport summer signings Kyle Cameron and Shaquille Gwengwe struck in the first half and Yahya Bamba added their third in stoppage time after the 66th-minute dismissal of Bilongo for his second yellow card.
Relegated Port Vale, sporting pop star Robbie Williams as their new shirt sponsor, were beaten 2-0 at Oldham thanks to Calum Kavanagh’s second-half double.
Harry Boyes’ second-half double ensured York made a winning start following promotion in a 3-2 home victory over Bristol Rovers and Walsall won 3-0 at Gillingham thanks to late goals from Isaac Moore, James Connolly and Aaron Pressley.