nPower Football League Two
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Swindon Town Macclesfield Town
P.Benson (76')
HT: 0-0
Attendance:  7,639 (38 away fans)   Referee:  K. Stroud



 
Paolo di Canio launches a passionate defence of his culture after being sent to the stands again - but he also declares that his side will win the league even if he is sent off every week, after an otherwise dull victory over Macclesfield.




Lineups
35
Wes FODERINGHAM
                 
  José VEIGA
1
27
Alessandro CIBOCCHI
                 
Carl TREMARCO
3
5
Joe DEVERA
             87'   
Nat BROWN
5
4
Aden FLINT
                 
Shaun BRISLEY
16
7
Paul CADDIS  
   63'             
Elliott HEWITT
24
23
Raffaele DE VITA
 52'
             66'
Colin DANIEL
11
8
Simon FERRY
 90'
             84'
  Arnaud MENDY
12
13
Oliver RISSER  
                 
Tony DIAGNE
14

10
Matt RITCHIE  
                73'
Waide FAIRHURST
18

9
Paul BENSON
   77'           
Matt HAMSHAW
20
17
Alan CONNELL
 61'
              
George DONNELLY
9
Substitutes
3
Callum KENNEDY
                 
Jonathan BATESON
2
19
Luke ROONEY

52' 
              
Paul MORGAN
6
24
Jonathan SMITH

90' 
           
84' 
Michael THOMAS
25
31
Billy BODIN  
              
73' 
Ben MILLS
29
34
Ronan MURRAY

61' 
           
66' 
Michael BAKARE
34













Results on Saturday, January 21, 2012: League Table

 
  Aldershot Town 0 - 0 Accrington Stanley  
  Bradford City 1 - 1 Burton Albion  
  Cheltenham Town 0 - 2 Bristol Rovers  
  Crewe Alexandra 4 - 1 Dagenham and Redbridge  
  Gillingham 3 - 4 AFC Wimbledon  
  Morecambe 1 - 2 Torquay United  
  Northampton Town 1 - 2 Barnet  
  Oxford United 2 - 2 Hereford United  
  Plymouth Argyle 1 - 1 Crawley Town  
  Rotherham United 0 - 1 Port Vale  
  Shrewsbury Town 2 - 1 Southend United  
  Swindon Town 1 - 0 Macclesfield Town  

Table as at Saturday, January 21, 2012:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Southend United 26 16 4 6 51 28 23 52 
2 Crawley Town 26 15 7 4 48 30 18 52 
3 Cheltenham Town 26 16 4 6 39 23 16 52 
4 Swindon Town 26 15 4 7 41 20 21 49 
5 Shrewsbury Town 26 14 6 6 39 25 14 48 
6 Torquay United 26 12 8 6 40 32 8 44 
7 Oxford United 27 11 9 7 38 27 11 42 
8 Gillingham 26 12 5 9 44 35 9 41 
9 Burton Albion 27 11 8 8 40 41 -1 41 
10 Accrington Stanley 27 10 10 7 34 29 5 40 
11 Crewe Alexandra 27 12 3 12 37 38 -1 39 
12 Port Vale 27 11 5 11 44 39 5 38 
13 Rotherham United 26 10 7 9 42 39 3 37 
14 Morecambe 27 9 9 9 43 34 9 36 
15 AFC Wimbledon 26 9 5 12 36 50 -14 32 
16 Macclesfield Town 26 8 6 12 24 29 -5 30 
17 Bristol Rovers 27 8 6 13 34 48 -14 30 
18 Barnet 26 8 5 13 33 46 -13 29 
19 Aldershot Town 26 8 4 14 24 34 -10 28 
20 Bradford City 26 6 9 11 31 36 -5 27 
21 Hereford United 27 6 8 13 27 43 -16 26 
22 Plymouth Argyle 27 5 7 15 29 49 -20 22 
23 Dagenham and Redbridge 26 6 3 17 26 46 -20 21 
24 Northampton Town 27 5 6 16 33 56 -23 21 

Key: Promotion Play-offs Relegation