RESULTS elsewhere deepened Swindon Town's relegation plight as Bury came from behind to defeat fellow strugglers Chesterfield.

The 22nd-placed County Ground men are now four points behind both the Shakers and Port Vale above them, with the Valiants possessing two games in hand and Bury enjoying a superior goal difference to Luke Williams' side.

George Miller struck in stoppage time to give Lee Clark a winning start as Bury manager and the 2-1 win at Chesterfield saw them climb out of the relegation zone at the expense of Vale, who could only draw 1-1 at home with Bristol Rovers.

Elsewhere at the bottom, Kwame Thomas and George Thomas scored to give Coventry a first win in 16 as they downed Gillingham 2-1 at the Ricoh Arena.

Aristote Nsiala's last-minute effort gave Shrewsbury a last-gasp 2-1 win over AFC Wimbledon.

Sheffield United maintained their five-point advantage at the top after a 1-1 draw with nearest rivals Scunthorpe at Bramall Lane.

Paddy Madden tapped the Iron into a 1-0 lead from Stephen Dawson's cross two minutes into the second half but the lead lasted less than two minutes before Billy Sharp volleyed the Blades level from inside the six-yard box.

Scunthorpe's Harry Toffolo was then sent off in the 51st minute for a wild challenge on Kieron Freeman before both sides hit the woodwork late on.

Bolton failed to close the gap on the Scunthorpe after they came back from 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Bradford.

The Bantams started brightly and a pair of goals from Charlie Wyke had them coasting after 16 minutes.

But the Trotters rallied and second-half goals from David Wheater and Gary Madine earned them a share of the spoils.

Cian Bolger headed home his fifth goal of the season as Fleetwood extended their unbeaten league run to 16 games and the Cod Army drew level on points with Bolton after a 1-0 win against MK Dons at Stadium MK.

With Millwall in FA Cup action, Southend jumped into the play-off places on goal difference after a 2-2 draw with Northampton at Roots Hall.

Jermaine McGlashan opened the scoring but Marc Richards quickly cancelled it. Simon Cox restored the advantage before John-Joe O'Toole levelled again.

Substitute Jorge Teixeira scored twice as Charlton secured a thrilling 3-3 draw with Rochdale at the Crown Oil Stadium and stoppage-time goals from Erhun Oztumer and Kieron Morris gave Walsall a 2-0 win over Peterborough.