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Colchester United's teenage striker Kwame Poku signs a new two-and-a-half year contract at the League Two club.
Colchester United's teenage striker Kwame Poku signs a new two-and-a-half year contract at the League Two club.
Conor Thomas's second-half penalty earns Cheltenham a draw at home to Colchester.
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An 11-goal thriller, a 17-year-old captain and seven Premier League academies progressing - a busy night in the EFL Trophy.
Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | |||
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1 | Swindon | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 36 | ||
2 | Forest Green | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 35 | ||
3 | Crewe | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 34 | ||
4 | Exeter | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 33 | ||
5 | Cheltenham | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 31 | ||
6 | Northampton | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 9 | 31 | ||
7 | Bradford | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 31 | ||
8 | Plymouth | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 29 | ||
9 | Port Vale | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 28 | ||
10 | Colchester | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 27 | ||
11 | Newport | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 27 | ||
12 | Salford | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 28 | -5 | 25 | ||
13 | Cambridge | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 24 | ||
14 | Macclesfield | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 21 | -3 | 23 | ||
15 | Mansfield | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 21 | ||
16 | Scunthorpe | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 26 | -1 | 21 | ||
17 | Crawley | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 31 | -6 | 21 | ||
18 | Grimsby | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 22 | -2 | 20 | ||
19 | Leyton Orient | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 20 | ||
20 | Oldham | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 26 | -7 | 19 | ||
21 | Carlisle | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 31 | -12 | 19 | ||
22 | Walsall | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 26 | -12 | 19 | ||
23 | Stevenage | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 14 | ||
24 | Morecambe | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 35 | -19 | 14 |
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