EFL League Two REVIEW 12 Sep 2026: York City and Shrewsbury keep clean sheets, and Rotherham throw away a two-goal lead twice over

Twelve League Two matches and one of them would not lie down. Rotherham United and Salford City drew 3-3 having between them led twice and conceded a penalty each.

Salford City were two up inside half an hour through Ryan Graydon and Joe Powell. Brandon Cover and a Paul Mullin penalty had it level within four minutes, Ossama Ashley put Rotherham United ahead in the fifty-fifth, and Macaulay Langstaff levelled from the spot in the seventy-fourth. Abraham Odoh was sent off in the sixty-ninth.

York City were the most convincing side of the day, beating Swindon Town 4-0 with two from Alex Newby and one each from Ollie Banks and Ollie Pearce; Mitchell Clark was sent off in the sixty-seventh. Cheltenham Town won 3-1 at Crawley Town having gone behind to Dylan Morgan, Charlie McCann scoring twice around an Andreas Weimann goal.

Shrewsbury Town beat Northampton Town 2-0 with both goals in the first half, Kian McMahon-Brown and Kevin Berkoe. Grimsby Town beat Bristol Rovers 2-0 through Kieran Green and Géza Dávid Turi, and had Tommy Leigh sent off in the seventy-fifth. Gillingham beat Tranmere Rovers 2-0 late on through Logan Dobbs and Ronan Hale.

Barnet came from behind to beat Accrington Stanley 2-1, Charlie Lakin scoring both after Charlie Caton had put Accrington ahead, and Devon Matthews was sent off in the seventy-fourth. Chesterfield won 2-1 at Oldham Athletic, Dilan Markanday scoring the winner two minutes after Favour Fawunmi had levelled. Port Vale beat Exeter City 1-0 with a George Byers penalty.

Colchester United were three minutes from beating Crewe Alexandra when Joshua Stephenson levelled in stoppage time. Newport County and Fleetwood Town drew 1-1 through Christian Doidge and Aaron Loupalo-Bi. Walsall and Rochdale drew 0-0, the only match of the twelve without a goal.