Paul Simpson was delighted to see his Carlisle side take a point against “the best side we’ve come across this season” in Peterborough.

Jordan Gibson’s deflected strike in the sixth minute of stoppage time snatched the Cumbrians a point after Ronnie Edwards had opened the scoring 16 minutes from time.

Simpson told BBC Cumbria: “This was an outstanding working performance where we’ve had to work on all areas of our game.

“We had to weather a storm in the first half because Peterborough started like a house on fire. They are the best side we’ve come across this season. They are a strong football team for this level.

“But we stayed in the game. We rode our luck at times. The players worked their socks off. Towards the end of the first half we started to get some control in the game but we didn’t work the keeper enough.

“In the second half, we held our own. I’ve looked back at the videos and the penalty shouts we had were stonewall penalties. I got told during the game they were, but I had to bite my lip.

“We’re looking at four or five proper penalties we’ve been denied this season.

“I’m delighted with the character the boys have shown tonight. Jordan Gibson showed real bravery to get that final shot away. Yes, it took a deflection, who cares? But we absolutely deserved a point today.”

Peterborough’s assistant manager Kieran Scarff told BBC Cambridgeshire Sport: “Naturally frustrating, no doubt about that.

“It was a game we should have won, a game we deserved to win. There was a lot we were happy about with our performance. Through the game we got in some great positions and had loads of chances in the final third.

“We showed discipline for large spells of the game, but generally our possession was really good. Ultimately we showed a little bit of naivety at the end. They get lucky in the end with the deflection and three points turn into one.

“We started the game really well. We were working from a solid base of possession and the speed of our attack was good.

“The goal was just-reward for the detail we’re putting in to set-pieces and at long last Ronnie Edwards has his first goal for the club.

“It’s never easy in League One that you can dominate a game for 90 minutes, especially away from home. It takes discipline to maintain the belief in a young side, but the players did that. We have a team full of energy and it’s great to see that have an impact.”

Neill Collins was delighted with Barnsley’s all-round display as they won 4-0 at Cambridge.

Collins’ side have dropped only two points from their five away trips in League One, in contrast to four defeats at Oakwell.

Nicky Cadden opened the scoring early on before Mael de Gevigney unwittingly scored the first goal of his professional career when a defensive header rebounded off the Frenchman and beyond Will Mannion.

Max Watters put the result beyond doubt, moments after Cambridge were denied a penalty which might have shifted the momentum, and Jon Russell’s fine strike sealed an emphatic Barnsley win late on.

“I think particularly the first-half performance was as good as we’ve been, in all aspects of the game,” Collins said.

“We created some really good opportunities, got a couple of goals and had to defend as well. Cambridge have got some really good physical attributes to put us under pressure on set-pieces.

“All in all, a good team performance where we showed a willingness to defend our box but also a lot of quality in possession.

“I’m sure every changing room up and down the country say a lot of the same things. Ultimately one team’s maybe going to come out on top trying to do similar things, but I thought the players implemented it with a bit of quality as well. It was a good, positive attitude against the ball, but then quality on the ball as well.

“Our form at home will improve but I think it says a lot about the mentality of the team to come somewhere like this and play like that.”

Cambridge boss Mark Bonner was at a loss to explain how his team had come out on the wrong end of such a comprehensive scoreline.

“I actually can’t believe the score was 4-0 tonight,” said Bonner.

“All goals are preventable goals really and we’ve had enough chances to score.

“We’ve lost some games by big scorelines a few times but that was a fairly even game where both teams have created similar number of chances. We’ve created lots of them and to come out not scoring, and then conceding some of the ones we’ve had is actually quite tough to take.

“They’re a really good side and they showed their quality in the attacking parts of the pitch, the wide players crossing delivery, it’s just top, top quality and we couldn’t find those moments ourselves.

“In many respects we’ve got ourselves to blame for not being at the intensity we needed at the start, not taking the moments that we got, and giving away a couple of poor goals that have made the game impossible for us to turn around.”

Jevani Brown scored his first goal in Bristol Rovers colours as the Gas secured a comfortable 3-0 League One win over 10-man Port Vale at The Memorial Stadium.

The former Exeter striker ended the game on a high but also helped put Rovers in charge after 25 minutes when he crossed for the unmarked midfielder Luke McCormick to nod past Connor Ripley.

It went from bad to worse for Vale after 38 minutes as their hopes of retaining a place in the play-off zone receded when defender Jesse Debrah was sent off after earning a second yellow card for scything down Ryan Woods.

Former Sheffield Wednesday right-back Hunt took advantage of Thomas’s absence when he doubled the lead two minutes into first-half stoppage-time when he drove in Aaron Collins’ pinpoint cross.

Valiants manager Andy Crosby made a quadruple change at the break to revive his team’s fortunes but Rovers continued to dominate and Brown sealed victory with a delightful long-range effort after 86 minutes.

Midfielder Josh Sheehan scored his first Sky Bet League One goal of the season to earn Bolton an eventful 3-2 win over Stevenage.

The Wales international struck 20 minutes from time after top scorer Dion Charles and Jack Iredale twice put Ian Evatt’s side in front.

Wanderers’ second victory in four days moved the Trotters up to third as Stevenage suffered back-to-back defeats after last Saturday’s loss to Oxford.

On a night the club remembered Bolton legend and spot-kick king Franny Lee with a minute’s applause, Charles fired in a 13th-minute penalty for a Dan Butler foul on Iredale.

Jamie Reid finished off a 90-metre breakaway to level matters with his eight goal of the season, seven minutes later.

Australian defender Iredale volleyed Bolton back in front from Sheehan’s corner, three minutes after the break.

But substitute Cameron Jerome’s foul on Carl Piergianni saw Reid show Lee-esque ability with a 64th-minute penalty equaliser as he completed his brace for the visitors.

However, man of the match Iredale then produced a through ball assist for Sheehan to control and fire home the winner.

Jordan Gibson scored in the sixth minute of stoppage time to snatch Carlisle a point in a 1-1 draw against Peterborough.

Ronnie Edwards opened the scoring 16 minutes from time and the win looked like going back to Cambridgeshire.

That was before Gibson’s long-range effort deflected past Nicholas Bilokapic to steal a point for the hosts.

Within the first two minutes, Jonson Clarke-Harris blazed over from 12 yards as Posh made early inroads.

Clarke-Harris came closer with a whipped effort midway through the half, forcing goalkeeper Tomas Holy to palm away.

Ephron Mason-Clark called Holy back into action shortly afterwards with a low shot which the keeper tipped onto the foot of a post.

Gibson woke up the Brunton Park faithful with a rasping effort which was expertly blocked by Harrison Burrows.

Edwards broke the deadlock when he powered a header home from an inviting Joel Randall free-kick.

But Carlisle battled and found a late equaliser when Gibson’s effort found the net at the death.

Goals from Junior Quitirna and Jack Marriott earned Fleetwood a 2-0 win at 10-man Cheltenham, who equalled an EFL record after failing to score for an 11th successive match.

The bottom-placed Robins, goalless this season, were under new boss Darrell Clarke’s leadership for the first time, against the team directly above them in the table.

But Quitirna curled a free-kick into the bottom corner from 20 yards in the 19th minute to set Lee Johnson’s side on their way to a second successive victory.

Cheltenham were close to ending their drought in the fifth minute when Jovan Malcolm’s shot from 12 yards hit the post and Sean Long’s follow-up attempt flashed wide.

Curtis Davies saw a header gathered on the line by Jay Lynch 10 minutes into the second half.

But the veteran defender was shown a straight red card for a challenge on Ryan Broom in the 70th minute.

Will Goodwin rolled a shot past the post five minutes later, but Fleetwood added their second in the 80th minute.

Jayden Stockley’s effort rebounded off the bar and Marriott reacted quickest to tap in from close range.

Conor Shaughnessy scored his first Portsmouth goal with a 98th-minute header to earn the League One leaders a 2-1 win at home to Wycombe

Pompey, looking to extend their long unbeaten league run, handed Chelsea loanee Tino Anjorin his full debut in place of injured skipper Marlon Pack.

But they found it hard going in the opening 45 minutes, going in a goal down at half-time.

There had been little in terms of efforts on goal from either side before Wycombe took the lead after 22 minutes.

An inswinging corner from Luke Leahy saw skipper Josh Scowen get ahead of two defenders to steer the ball home at the near post.

Constant Pompey pressure straight from the restart saw them equalise after 58 minutes.

Just two minutes after Abu Kamara failed to connect with a Paddy Lane cross, he made amends by crossing from the byline for Colby Bishop to stab home.

Shaughnessy nodded the winner from a Jack Sparkes cross deep into injury time to send the home fans wild.

Charlton made it three straight home league wins for the first time since December 2021 as they comfortably dispatched Exeter 4-1 at The Valley.

The Addicks fell behind in the 23rd minute, Reece Cole’s defence-splitting pass sent Grecians striker James Scott racing through to fire past Ashley Maynard-Brewer.

Charlton, unbeaten in five matches since head coach Michael Appleton took charge, deservedly levelled just before the break. Corey Blackett-Taylor rifled home after Chuks Aneke’s header from a dinked Alfie May cross crashed back off the crossbar.

The Addicks were awarded a penalty in the 65th minute after Tennai Watson was fouled by Yanic Wildschut. Aneke’s spot-kick was pushed on to the post by Exeter keeper Viljami Sinisalo but May followed up to smash in from close range.

Exeter captain Will Aimson received a straight red card for a late sliding lunge on May just moments later.

Charlton substitute Miles Leaburn emphatically drilled in Charlton’s third goal in the 79th minute and May clinically found the top left corner of the net after excellent approach play by Blackett-Taylor.

Ten-man Burton secured a much needed first home League One win of the season as Joe Powell’s brace saw off Wigan 2-1.

The midfielder capped a superb performance with a stunning equaliser after Charlie Hughes had put Wigan ahead before firing home from the penalty spot to seal victory.

Wigan hit the Brewers with a sucker punch just before half-time when Albion defender Sam Hughes headed a long throw clear to the edge of the box where Wigan counterpart Charlie Hughes was there to fire through a crowd of bodies to put Latics ahead.

It was harsh on Albion to find themselves behind but they clawed themselves back onto level terms midway through the second half when Powell lashed home a ferocious 25-yarder.

Powell doubled his tally for the night from the penalty spot six minutes from time after Kell Watts had been adjudged to have handled in the box.

Burton had to hang on with 10 men for the closing minutes after striker Beryly Lubala picked up a late second yellow card.

Fin Stevens scored his first Oxford goal to help them beat Shrewsbury 3-0 for a fourth straight league victory.

The on-loan Brentford right-back volleyed into the roof of the net in the 17th minute after keeper Marko Marosi only got fingertips to Greg Leigh’s outswinging cross.

Shrewsbury were reduced to 10 men early in the second half when Joe Anderson saw red for two yellow cards, having brought down Stevens for a second time in quick succession.

The visitors were immediately punished, Ciaron Brown knocking the ball in from close range in the 60th minute as they failed to clear Cameron Brannagan’s free kick.

Leigh rounded off a comfortable win in stoppage time, firing into an unguarded net from the left touchline after Marosi lost the ball in a moment of madness.

Recalled Oxford striker Mark Harris should have scored when he ran on to Ruben Rodrigues’ pass through the middle – but shot wide.

Shrews had fleeting moments and Chey Dunkley scooped an effort wide.

But the U’s dominated possession and Marosi had to beat out efforts from Brannagan and Marcus McGuane.

Northampton secured back-to-back League One wins by beating Reading 3-1 at Sixfields on Tuesday.

Sam Hoskins, Louis Appere and Mitch Pinnock all scored to earn the Cobblers a first home victory since August and handed the Royals a fifth straight away league defeat.

The Cobblers made all of the early running and deservedly went ahead after 10 minutes when Appere slipped in Hoskins and his shot from a tight angle squirmed through David Button.

Appere headed over and Shaun McWilliams scuffed wide before Reading gained a foothold and they were only denied an equaliser by goalkeeper Lee Burge’s quick reactions as he saved from Caylan Vickers.

Northampton went straight up the other end and doubled their lead through Appere, who finished off Kieron Bowie’s terrific work eight minutes before half-time.

Burge was at full stretch to keep out Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan but Reading dominated possession in the second half and they were back in the game with 24 minutes to play when Dom Ballard found the net from Harvey Knibbs’ lay-off.

The visitors could not find a leveller despite heavy pressure in the remaining time, however, and Northampton’s win was wrapped up in stoppage time thanks to Pinnock’s first-time finish.

Goals from Korey Smith, James Collins and Martyn Waghorn kept up Derby’s impressive away record so far this season with a 3-1 victory at Blackpool.

The Rams have won four out of the five league games they have played on the road.

They should have taken the lead twice in the first half through Kane Wilson, who on his first start for the club headed wide and fired off target both from close range.

Joe Wildsmith then made a smart save to deny the in-form Blackpool striker Jordan Rhodes.

Smith opened the scoring nine minutes into the second half, lashing Nathaniel Mendez-Laing’s cutback into the roof of the net.

The visitors doubled their lead through Collins, but Kenny Dougall’s header handed Blackpool a lifeline two minutes later.

The Seasiders should have been level through Rhodes, but he headed against the bar from 10 yards out before substitute Tom Barkhuizen had one cleared off the line at the other end.

Derby made sure of victory when they launched a counter-attack and Barkhuizen teed up Waghorn for a simple finish.

Barnsley claimed a fourth consecutive League One away win with a 4-0 victory at Cambridge.

The Tykes made an ideal start by opening the scoring inside seven minutes when Nicky Cadden was slotted in by Corey O’Keeffe and fired into the far corner.

That lead was doubled in unconventional style after 33 minutes when Cadden’s corner was met by a Cambridge header before ricocheting off Mael de Gevigney and back past Will Mannion for the 24-year-old’s first career goal.

Cambridge did provide a threat, with Liam Roberts keeping out a Jack Lankester effort and denying Gassan Ahadme in the final moments of the first half.

In a decisive passage of play just before the hour, strong Cambridge appeals for a penalty for a foul on John-Kymani Gordon were waved away, and within seconds Barnsley added their third when Callum Styles played in Max Watters, whose effort went in under Mannion.

Seven minutes from the end Jon Russell completed the scoring, firing an excellent finish from outside the box following Josh Benson’s pass.

Carlisle boss Paul Simpson described Jokull Andresson’s red card “amateurish” after the goalkeeper’s mistake led to a 2-0 defeat at Wycombe.

Believing he was alone in the penalty area after a routine save, Andresson dropped the ball to his feet but was immediately dispossessed by Wycombe striker Sam Vokes, lurking behind him.

Andresson brought Vokes down and also handled the ball outside the box, leaving referee Scott Tallis with an easy decision to show him red in the 29th minute.

Luke Leahy’s penalty, after Gareth McCleary was taken down just before half-time, and Vokes’ well-taken strike saw Wycombe prevail and left Simpson furious at full-time.

He said: “I think we brought this [the loss] on ourselves. We can’t blame anyone else. It’s about us. The sending off is just amateurish. Just absolutely amateurish, I’m afraid.

“The referee has obviously seen the situation and felt he’s needed to send him off.

“You then look at the penalty decision and our player got the ball but, by the letter of the law, he’s gone through the back of him and there’s nothing he can really do about it.

“We’ve gifted them situations. If we’re more professional, those things don’t happen, we don’t give them those opportunities.

“I think in the first half we were really poor. Forget those incidents, we were poor in not being front-footed and I think we needed to be aggressive in the way we defended but we weren’t.

“I got to say, though, in the second half, the attitude was absolutely first class. We probably should have got ourselves back into it with the opportunities we had.”

Wycombe manager Matt Bloomfield was pleased with his team’s performance and praised their maturity in facing 10 men for most of the game.

“Any win brings a really pleasing afternoon.

“This is a tough league, we’ve already seen that this season, and we knew the continuity they kept from their team last season and the way they’re built would make it difficult for us.

“I was pleased with the variety we showed in our display, especially against 11.

“Obviously, the game is going to change against 10. But we were really good, even if there were elements to improve.

“It’s one of football cliches that it’s never easy against 10 men. [In the second half], they reorganised and showed a real attacking intent.

“Fair play to Carlisle, they could have made our day uncomfortable, but we worked hard to get the win. We stuck to our task and it’s just a shame we couldn’t take more of our chances.”

Boss John Mousinho refused to get too carried away despite Portsmouth extending their unbeaten run to 21 matches thanks to a 2-1 Sky Bet League One victory at 10-man Wigan.

The Latics took the lead through Martial Godo but two goals in the space of six minutes just before half-time from Regan Poole and Paddy Lane were enough to secure the win for Pompey.

Wigan had to play for 41 minutes with 10 men after Charlie Wyke was sent off for a lunge on Marlon Pack but they kept pushing to the end.

But Pompey kept them at arm’s length to cement their position at the top of the table.

“It’s not about the unbeaten run today, it’s just about the result,” said Mousinho. “I’m absolutely thrilled to come away to a place like this and win.

“They are a very decent, very decent side, and I thought they showed that in the first half.

“They’ve beaten some very good sides this year and I’m absolutely delighted with the result.

“They were a Championship side last season and have still got some fantastic players.

“You know you’re going to go behind in some games, not everything is going to go your way. It’s going to happen when you’re playing at this level against good sides.

“But the good thing about this group is how well they respond to adversity and that’s exactly how it was today.

“It’s always difficult when you go behind to a good side, in front of a bumper crowd here, but it felt like even though we went behind, there was no panic.

“I always felt we would get back into it and we managed to do that.”

Wigan boss Shaun Maloney refused to point the finger at referee Will Finnie, whose decision to red card Wyke led to a commotion in the technical area that saw Latics No 2 Graham Barrow yellow-carded along with Portsmouth counterpart Jon Harley.

“Look, it wasn’t a great tackle and it gives the referee a decision to make,” he said. “I can understand why the referee has made the decision.”

Wigan also had a hat-trick of penalty shouts turned down, with Maloney adding: “I haven’t seen the ones with Thelo (Aasgaard) and Charlie (Wyke) in the box, I’ve only seen the handball.

“Yeah, look, I think the referee has probably got that one wrong, in my opinion.

“But I don’t complain about referees too much, these things happen, you can’t change what’s happened.

“We knew it was going to be a big fight with 10 men and I thought we did that, even with 10 men, we continued to take the game to them.

“There’s ways to lose games…last weekend (after the 4-1 defeat at Bristol Rovers), I felt completely differently.

“We just have to improve how we defend the box because we made it far too easy for them to score – especially considering how good our goal was.

“But the effort the team gave, and the quality they tried to bring with 10 men, I feel very different this weekend to last weekend.”