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League One Round-Up: Plymouth Win Late to Stay Top, Peterborough Win at Leicester and Reading Score Five

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  1. 01

    Plymouth beat AFC Wimbledon with a goal in the fifth minute of stoppage time and stay top of League One on 19 points.

  2. 02

    Peterborough lead 3-0 at half-time and win at Leicester in Robbie Savage's opening league match as manager, and Leicester fall to 17th.

  3. 03

    Reading score five at MK Dons, who are the only League One club still without a win.

35goals
6home wins
4away wins
2draws

Totals calculated from the completed results below.

League One results: 10 October 2026

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League One match reviews: 10 October 2026

Plymouth are still top of League One after Xavier Amaechi's stoppage-time winner against AFC Wimbledon. All twelve fixtures on the archived listing for 10 October were played, so all 24 clubs were in action, a week after six of the nine listed games were postponed.

Thirty-five goals went in across the twelve games, with six home wins, four away wins and two draws, and three of the goals were own goals, by Warren O'Hora, Cohen Bramall and Ibane Bowat. Twelve of the 35 goals came in the 80th minute or later, including Plymouth's winner, both of Sheffield Wednesday's at Huddersfield, two at Notts County, two at Wycombe and three at MK Dons. Blackpool's captain George Honeyman was the only player sent off, in the sixth minute at Cambridge.

Plymouth lead on 19 points, Bradford have 17, Stockport, Huddersfield and Cambridge have 16, and Reading and Sheffield Wednesday have 15, so second to eighth place are covered by three points, with Oxford on 14 having played only seven games. Doncaster moved out of the bottom four with a 1-0 win over Burton. Five of the six games postponed on 3 October still have no new date in the archived October schedule, and Luton against Doncaster is now set for 27 October.

Plymouth Argyle2-1AFC Wimbledon

Top of League One on 19 points

Plymouth came from a goal down to win in the fifth minute of stoppage time, which keeps them at the top of the table. The goal belonged to substitute Xavier Amaechi. Alex Hartridge nodded Andy Yiadom's attempted clearance down to him and he swept the ball beyond Josef Bursik.

Jayden Stockley had put Wimbledon in front on 16 minutes with a deft touch at the end of a move that Yiadom began on the right, a finish the PA Media report calls superb. Caleb Watts, an emergency striker with Bim Pepple out injured, equalised on 25 minutes from a few yards after Bursik spilled a goal-bound shot from Will Evans.

Bursik also made a one-handed stop from Oliver Irow in the seventh minute, Murphy Cooper stopped a Stockley volley in the 35th, and Freddie Simmonds saw a header strike the crossbar after a Steve Seddon corner. The statistics lean Plymouth's way, with 18 shots to 14 and eight on target to five, though Wimbledon had nine corners to their four.

Plymouth lead on 19 points from ten games, a week after going top with a win at Leyton Orient, and Bradford are second on 17 with a game fewer played. Wimbledon fall from ninth to 11th on 12 points.

Match events and statistics
  1. 16'J. StockleyGoal · AFC Wimbledon
  2. 25'C. WattsGoal · Plymouth Argyle
  3. 90+5'X. AmaechiGoal · Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle / AFC Wimbledon

54.9Possession (%)45.1
18Shots14
8Shots on target5
4Corners9

Leicester City1-3Peterborough United

Three first-half goals, and Leicester down to 17th

Three first-half goals put Peterborough in control at the King Power Stadium, and they won comfortably in Robbie Savage's opening league match as their manager. The PA Media report says the defeat adds to the pressure on Leicester's Russell Martin. Leicester, now 17th, have taken nine points from eight league games.

Owura Edwards scored first after 12 minutes, running in from the left, beating Olabade Aluko and finding the far corner. Harry Leonard doubled the lead on 36 minutes after Bolu Shofowoke shrugged off Luke Thomas, and Warren O'Hora turned Ethan Williams' shot into his own net just before the break.

Martin made three substitutions at half-time and Leicester pulled one back through Emil Riis on 68 minutes, who slid in a finish after Wes Burns, a substitute, squared the ball. Alex Bass made a sharp reaction save to deny Kamari Doyle for Peterborough, and Danny Ormerod went close to a fourth. Leicester had 70 per cent of the possession and 20 shots, yet only four were on target, the same as Peterborough managed.

The PA Media report counts it as Leicester's third home league defeat this season. They drop from 14th to 17th, and Peterborough rise from 23rd to 20th on eight points from nine games. Martin's reaction was captioned 'I am just as frustrated as those in the stands'.

Match events and statistics
  1. 12'O. EdwardsGoal · Peterborough United
  2. 36'H. LeonardGoal · Peterborough United
  3. 44'W. O'HoraOwn goal · Peterborough United
  4. 68'E. RiisGoal · Leicester City

Leicester City / Peterborough United

70.3Possession (%)29.7
20Shots13
4Shots on target4
8Corners8

MK Dons1-5Reading

Reading unbeaten in four, MK Dons still without a win

Reading scored five away from home and left MK Dons, who have not won a league game this season, with one. Reading, under Leam Richardson, are unbeaten in four league games, the PA Media report says, and the first goal came on 38 minutes, when Paddy Lane prodded the ball past Will Dennis from a cross.

The second was an oddity, two minutes after the break: Kyreece Lisbie went down in the box, the ball broke off Dennis and finished in the net off Cohen Bramall. The third was a present. Dennis collided with a defender outside the area and Lisbie scored into an unguarded goal on 64 minutes. Lisbie got his second ten minutes from time, beating Bramall and driving the ball in, after Sam Nombe had missed a sitter for the Dons.

Aaron Collins reduced the deficit late on with a finish from a Sam Silvera cross, and Jacob Brown restored the four-goal margin moments later, tapping in Josh Stokes' cross. MK Dons had 55.5 per cent of the ball, but Reading had 13 shots to 10 and six on target to three.

Reading go from seventh to sixth on 15 points from nine games. MK Dons fall from 22nd to 23rd on six points from eight games, and with six draws and two defeats they are the only club in League One without a win. Leam Richardson's reaction was captioned as a 'complete' away performance.

The PA Media report puts Aaron Collins's goal in the 84th minute; the BBC key events and live text put it at 85 minutes, and the timeline follows the BBC.

Match events and statistics
  1. 38'P. LaneGoal · Reading
  2. 47'C. BramallOwn goal · Reading
  3. 64'K. LisbieGoal · Reading
  4. 80'K. LisbieGoal · Reading
  5. 85'A. CollinsGoal · MK Dons
  6. 87'J. BrownGoal · Reading

MK Dons / Reading

55.5Possession (%)44.5
10Shots13
3Shots on target6
2Corners5

Huddersfield Town2-2Sheffield Wednesday

Wednesday score twice late to rescue a point

Huddersfield led by two goals with two minutes of normal time left and drew. Huddersfield would have been ahead at the break, the PA Media report says, with Wednesday managing no shot on goal in the first half. Joe Taylor should have scored on 12 minutes, when Bojan Radulovic squared the ball across goal for what looked a simple chance, and Joe Lumley saved.

Straight after the restart Huddersfield pressed high, won the ball at the edge of the Wednesday area and Taylor found the bottom corner. On 68 minutes Derensili Sanches Fernandes got into the box after combining with Archie Collins and finished well.

Wednesday's way back began on 88 minutes, when Ibane Bowat put the ball into his own net with a header. In the eighth minute of stoppage time Jamal Lowe then scored a penalty, given because Marcus Harness had been penalised for a high boot. Huddersfield had 30.5 per cent of the possession and 10 shots to 15, with five on target each.

Huddersfield are fourth on 16 points from nine games, down from third, and Wednesday, on 15 from eight, fall from fourth to seventh without losing.

Match events and statistics
  1. 46'J. TaylorGoal · Huddersfield Town
  2. 68'D. Sanches FernandesGoal · Huddersfield Town
  3. 88'I. BowatOwn goal · Sheffield Wednesday
  4. 90+8'J. LowePenalty · Sheffield Wednesday

Huddersfield Town / Sheffield Wednesday

30.5Possession (%)69.5
10Shots15
5Shots on target5
5Corners8

Bradford City0-0Leyton Orient

Duff's first league game as Bradford manager ends goalless

Michael Duff, who replaced Graham Alexander on Tuesday, began his Bradford reign with a goalless draw at Valley Parade. The PA Media report calls the game poor, against a well-organised Leyton Orient side playing their first away match since 5 September.

Bradford's main moments were an early Adam Phillips shot that took a deflection wide, a Jake Beesley header cleared off the line by Alfie Gilchrist on 32 minutes, and a close-range Phillips effort that hit the bar after a Kayden Jackson cross. Orient's first long-range shot came at the start of the second half, from Fin Stevens, and Jon McCracken saved it low. Antoni Sarcevic put a shot over for Bradford and Alex Gilbert curled one wide for Orient.

Bradford had 70 per cent of the possession and 11 corners to two. None of their nine shots was on target, and Orient had one on target among theirs. Bradford stay second on 17 points from nine games, and Orient go from 11th to 12th on 11. Richie Wellens's reaction was captioned 'Our goalkeeper's not had a save to make!'.

Match events and statistics

    Bradford City / Leyton Orient

    69.7Possession (%)30.3
    9Shots9
    0Shots on target1
    11Corners2

    Cambridge United1-0Blackpool

    Ten-man Blackpool hold out until the 82nd minute

    Blackpool had a man sent off in the sixth minute and stayed in the game until the 82nd. Captain George Honeyman was shown a straight red card by referee Lewis Sandoe after an off-ball clash that followed a Blackpool corner. The goal that ended the resistance was Gassan Ahadme's right-footed shot, which took a big deflection off Zac Ashworth and beat Bailey Peacock-Farrell, with Ben Knight credited with the assist in the BBC's live text.

    Cambridge had come close before. Peacock-Farrell kept out a Knight shot after a cross from Sullay Kaikai, with the rebound from Liam Bennett going wide, and later turned a fierce 20-yard effort from Kell Watts wide. Blackpool's rare break came in the 68th minute, and Jake Eastwood saved from Jerry Yates.

    Cambridge had 24 shots to Blackpool's six, seven on target to one, 13 corners to six and 73 per cent of the ball. They are fifth on 16 points from nine games, up from sixth, and Blackpool fall from 15th to 18th on eight.

    The BBC key events list Cambridge's scorer as G. Yahyai; the match report and live text name Gassan Ahadme, and the line-up shows both names against shirt 14.

    Match events and statistics
    1. 6'G. HoneymanRed card · Blackpool
    2. 82'G. YahyaiGoal · Cambridge United

    Cambridge United / Blackpool

    73.1Possession (%)26.9
    24Shots6
    7Shots on target1
    13Corners6

    Doncaster Rovers1-0Burton Albion

    A first EFL goal lifts Doncaster out of the bottom four

    Leon Ayinde's first goal in the EFL took Doncaster out of the bottom four, according to the PA Media report. The Ipswich loanee scored two minutes into first-half stoppage time, finishing a rapid counter-attack by finding the far-post side of the net from the corner of the area.

    The report says Doncaster were the greater threat for much of the game, although the statistics show Burton with 20 shots to 15 and five on target to one. Tommy Simkin saved well from Matthew Dennis in the early stages, pushing a low strike onto the far post, and Alfie May hit the top of the bar with a 20-yard volley for Doncaster. Burton came late, with Harvey Araujo heading wide from close range and Simkin's legs stopping Gbemi Arubi on the line.

    Doncaster climb from 21st to 16th on nine points from eight games, five places, the biggest climb of the round. Burton fall from eighth to 10th on 12, a week after losing at home to Huddersfield. Grant McCann's reaction was captioned 'We keep progressing'.

    Match events and statistics
    1. 45+2'L. AyindeGoal · Doncaster Rovers

    Doncaster Rovers / Burton Albion

    43.1Possession (%)56.9
    15Shots20
    1Shots on target5
    3Corners12

    Mansfield Town2-1Bromley

    Mansfield end a four-game run without a win

    Mansfield won for the first time in five games, in the club's first ever meeting with Bromley. Stephen McLaughlin put them ahead on 22 minutes: he cut inside from the left and his shot took two deflections on the way in. Michael Smith and Rhys Oates had both wasted chances by then, Oates heading wide from six yards in the 19th minute.

    Bromley drew level on the half-hour, against the run of play, when JJ McKiernan took Mitch Pinnock's cross from the right in his stride and finished low across the keeper, his third goal in three games. Mansfield regained the lead four minutes after the interval. Smith backheeled the ball to Nathan Moriah-Welsh, who hit a hard low finish from the right of the six-yard box.

    Bromley kept pushing. Liam Roberts blocked McKiernan at close range and Nicke Kabamba had a finish ruled out for offside, while Owen Mason also had to save from Smith and Jon Russell, and Roberts denied Mickel Miller from distance in added time. Mansfield had 21 shots to nine and seven corners to one.

    Mansfield rise from 17th to 14th on 11 points from eight games, and Bromley fall from 19th to 21st on eight. A caption has Nigel Clough calling it incredible to be eight months without losing at home in the league.

    Match events and statistics
    1. 22'S. McLaughlinGoal · Mansfield Town
    2. 30'J. McKiernanGoal · Bromley
    3. 49'N. Moriah-WelshGoal · Mansfield Town

    Mansfield Town / Bromley

    57.5Possession (%)42.5
    21Shots9
    5Shots on target3
    7Corners1

    Notts County1-2Oxford United

    A goalkeeper's pass gifts Oxford the lead

    Oxford took the lead through a goalkeeper's mistake: James Belshaw's pass went straight to Mark Harris, who made no mistake on 18 minutes. The PA Media report says the first half belonged to the visitors, though Siriki Dembele shot over when he might have doubled the lead and Tyler Goodrham's tame effort was saved by Belshaw.

    Notts County thought they had equalised through James Gibbons five minutes before half-time, but the goal was disallowed for a foul on Jamie Cumming. Cameron Brannagan, Oxford's captain, then finished a counter-attack that started deep in his own half, shooting past Belshaw two minutes from time. Rory Finneran scored from 18 yards in the first minute of stoppage time for Notts, though it was too late to matter.

    Oxford had 13 shots to nine and five on target to three. They go from 10th to eighth on 14 points with only seven games played, and Notts County fall from 20th to 22nd on seven points from eight.

    Match events and statistics
    1. 18'M. HarrisGoal · Oxford United
    2. 88'C. BrannaganGoal · Oxford United
    3. 90+1'R. FinneranGoal · Notts County

    Notts County / Oxford United

    50.4Possession (%)49.6
    9Shots13
    3Shots on target5
    5Corners4

    Stevenage1-0Wigan Athletic

    Marçal's header lifts Stevenage to ninth

    Stevenage scored once, just before the hour, and held on. Josh Magennis started the move with a spin and turn in the Wigan half, ran into the box and floated a cross in from the right. Wanya Marçal met it at the back post with a header that went in off the far post.

    The PA Media report describes a scrappy game lacking in quality. It says Stevenage should have scored more on the counter-attack, that the finish was nervy and that their defensive solidity wavered at times, and that Wigan had possession and some promising positions without really testing Tommy Setford. Connor Barrett's first-half effort, pulled across goal and wide from the edge of the area, was their best chance, the report says.

    Stevenage had 15 shots to six, six on target to one, but only 40 per cent of the ball. They climb from 13th to ninth on 12 points from eight games, four places. Wigan stay last on four points from eight, with five goals scored, the fewest in League One. Alex Revell's reaction was captioned 'We were very very organised'.

    Match events and statistics
    1. 60'Wanya MarçalGoal · Stevenage

    Stevenage / Wigan Athletic

    40Possession (%)60
    15Shots6
    6Shots on target1
    2Corners7

    Stockport County3-1Barnsley

    Wootton's double turns it round, and Stockport go third

    Kyle Wootton's second-half double turned the game for Stockport. Barnsley had been ahead since the 13th minute, when Patrick Kelly's curling shot from the edge of the area found the bottom right corner, after Ollie Whatmuff had already stopped Reyes Cleary with an outstretched leg.

    Stockport came into it slowly. Harry Wood and Wootton both just missed Ryan Glover's low cross before the midway point of the half, and Whatmuff had to stop Cameron McGeehan's close-range header before the half-hour. After the break Wootton equalised in the 61st minute with a header from Ollie Norwood's corner, and he scored again with 17 minutes left, lifting a header over Rogan Ravenhill from Jason Adigun's cross. Substitute Mikael Mandron finished things in the 90th minute.

    Barnsley had nine shots on target to Stockport's four and 18 shots to 16 overall, though Stockport scored with three of their four. Wootton has seven league goals this season, the PA Media report says, and Mandron three. Stockport are up from fifth to third on 16 points from nine games, and Barnsley down from 18th to 19th on eight, winless in four league games. Daniel Stendel's reaction was captioned 'So much against us'.

    Match events and statistics
    1. 13'P. KellyGoal · Barnsley
    2. 61'K. WoottonGoal · Stockport County
    3. 73'K. WoottonGoal · Stockport County
    4. 90'M. MandronGoal · Stockport County

    Stockport County / Barnsley

    56.9Possession (%)43.1
    16Shots18
    4Shots on target9
    11Corners6

    Wycombe Wanderers1-4Luton Town

    Luton spoil Hounsell's day

    Luton won by three goals at Wycombe on the day Tom Hounsell was confirmed as permanent head coach, according to the PA Media report. Kasey Palmer put them ahead with a shot into the top corner and Jamie Donley added a second with a superb strike into the top right of the goal.

    Less than a minute after the restart Nahki Wells scored from close range, from Donley's low cross according to the PA Media report, although the BBC key events credit J. Clark with the assist. Devante Cole made it four with six minutes of normal time remaining, after Conor Hazard had blocked Emilio Lawrence's shot with his foot. Jack Grimmer scored for Wycombe in injury time.

    Wycombe had 58.5 per cent of the ball and 18 shots to 14, with seven on target each, so the scoreline is wider than the shot count. Luton climb from 16th to 13th on 11 points from eight games, and Wycombe fall from 12th to 15th on 10. Tom Hounsell's reaction was captioned 'A bit of a reality check'.

    Goal timeline unavailable: the archived report puts Luton's first two goals in the 15th and 28th minutes and the event log in the 16th and 27th.

    Match events and statistics

      Wycombe Wanderers / Luton Town

      58.5Possession (%)41.5
      18Shots14
      7Shots on target7
      4Corners6

      League One standings: 12 October 2026

      Snapshot: . P played · W won · D drawn · L lost · GF goals for · GA goals against · GD goal difference · Pts points.

      League One standings after this round
      #ClubPWDLGFGAGDPts
      1Plymouth Argyle106131812619
      2Bradford City952285317
      3Stockport County95132011916
      4Huddersfield Town9441169716
      5Cambridge United94411411316
      6Reading943222111115
      7Sheffield Wednesday8431158715
      8Oxford United7421158714
      9Stevenage8332128412
      10Burton Albion103341416-212
      11AFC Wimbledon9333710-312
      12Leyton Orient93241311211
      13Luton Town83231615111
      14Mansfield Town83231214-211
      15Wycombe Wanderers92431420-610
      16Doncaster Rovers82339909
      17Leicester City82331014-49
      18Blackpool82241314-18
      19Barnsley8224815-78
      20Peterborough United9225714-78
      21Bromley8224920-118
      22Notts County8143811-37
      23MK Dons8062915-66
      24Wigan Athletic8116513-84

      Plymouth top the table on 19 points from ten games, two clear of Bradford on 17 from nine. Stockport, Huddersfield and Cambridge are level on 16, Reading and Sheffield Wednesday on 15, and Oxford, who have played only seven games, are eighth on 14. Reading's 22 goals are the most in League One and Bradford's five conceded the fewest. Games played range from seven for Oxford to ten for Plymouth and Burton.

      Doncaster and Stevenage made the biggest climbs of the round, five places for Doncaster from 21st to 16th and four for Stevenage from 13th to ninth. Luton, Mansfield and Peterborough each rose three places. Sheffield Wednesday, Wycombe, Leicester and Blackpool each fell three, Sheffield Wednesday from fourth to seventh without losing. At the bottom, Wigan are last on four points from eight games, MK Dons are 23rd on six and the only club without a win, and Notts County are 22nd on seven. From Doncaster in 16th to Bromley in 21st, six clubs are covered by a single point, and Bromley's goal difference of minus 11 is the worst in the division.

      League One upcoming fixtures: 15 October 2026 to 17 October 2026

      Plymouth are at home to Huddersfield on 17 October, one of twelve League One fixtures listed from Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 October. Mansfield against Oxford is the Thursday night game at eight o'clock, MK Dons against Luton and Peterborough against Burton start at half past twelve on Saturday and the other nine at three o'clock, including Bradford against Stevenage, Leicester against Doncaster and Wigan against Reading. The archived October schedule also lists eleven games on Tuesday 20 October, moves Luton against Doncaster, postponed on 3 October, to Tuesday 27 October, and shows no new dates for the other five postponed games.

      League One fixtures: to

      All kick-offs UK time. Schedule checked ; fixtures may change.

      • Mansfield Town v Oxford United20:00
      • MK Dons v Luton Town12:30
      • Peterborough United v Burton Albion12:30
      • Barnsley v Cambridge United15:00
      • Bradford City v Stevenage15:00
      • Leicester City v Doncaster Rovers15:00
      • Leyton Orient v Blackpool15:00
      • Plymouth Argyle v Huddersfield Town15:00
      • Sheffield Wednesday v AFC Wimbledon15:00
      • Stockport County v Bromley15:00
      • Wigan Athletic v Reading15:00
      • Wycombe Wanderers v Notts County15:00
      BBC division fixture schedule ↗

      Sources: the BBC Sport match reports and listings named above.

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