Football: Football League: Five things you may have missed

It was a day of more downs than ups in the league with the end of the season now within reach.

BBC Sport looks at five things that you have missed one afternoon which saw MK Dons, York and Colchester suffer City all descent.

The long and winding road

Coventry City may expand most unwanted record in the league on Saturday.

The Sky Blues fell to a 2-0 defeat against Doncaster struggling to ensure that their waiting time in the first six will end each division now extend to 47 years.

That's right, have Coventry sixth or higher not completed as a sixth-place finish recorded in the then First Division in the year 1970th

It was all looked so different earlier in the season, as Tony Mowbray side led the way to the third stage in late November.

But four defeats in a row in late February and early March, they looked the promotion places fall and they have not returned since, in the League a fourth season One means beckons.

has left the slump of the team Mowbray perplexed. He told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire: "I feel as disappointed as I was in the team all year Where is the team that we Gillingham 4-0 Millwall 4-0 and Wigan 2-0 Where has beat this team saw. ? way?

"Maybe a bit too much for a couple of young players, it is. I'm really disappointed for the supporters who came for them from.

"In my head was the promotion push over a long time ago, while mathematically could still do it, and keep going you, but I do not think it was realistic to believe that we would do that."

Wigan come good on Sharpe's wise words

On April 28, 2015 Wigan were relegated from the Championship without playing when Rotherham defeating read them shipped to a second relegation in three years

On Tuesday, a little less than a year later, the Latics could also promoted back into the championship without playing when Walsall Shrewsbury fail.

In reality, the League One leaders are as good as promoted is already far superior than goal difference to the Saddlers.

Chairman David Sharpe promised that the 2013 FA Cup winners would "bounce back" and that nothing more than promote sufficient. Fortunately his protégés have come good on his words.

Boss Gary Caldwell was delighted with his side's performance in their 4-1 win over Southend on Saturday. He told BBC Radio Manchester: "We are focused in recent weeks on improving and I thought today's performance was sensational.

"We deserved more comfortable win, as we did at the end."

He added: "Whether we win the league or not, it is about improving the club and forward My focus is, the team of Blackpool on preparing .."


Robinson, who led the club to the championship for the first time last year said, BBC Three Counties Radio he "felt sick" by their drop back into League One.

"Everybody knows my commitment to this football club and now it is as difficult as it may be for me. I have the feeling that they are degraded not known before," he said.

"It is not a case of me showing my finger at someone or something. First and foremost I must be honest with myself."

U-boss Kevin Keen, who saw his team drop to the fourth stage for the first time in 18 years, BBC Essex said: "It is an extremely painful afternoon on the side of the pitch, but the chairman was so supportive and loves this club..

"There are so many good things about this club and it is a really good future have. I want to stay the fans here."

Minstermen Manager Jackie McNamara BBC Radio York said .. "You can see why they are at the top of the league above I do not think that we now enough players on their game had we got what we deserved.

"We are not relegated due today, but because of the season. There were too many poor performances."