Spurs loan watch: League One round up | OneFootball

In League One, as always, there were action for Tottenham Hotspur loanees. Let’s review how it all happened.

How things went for all of the Spurs loanees across the third tier

On Saturday afternoon, there was action for Josh Keeley and Jamie Donley’s Leyton Orient, as they hosted Lincoln City, for their third game at home in the space of seven days.

As always, Keeley was named in the starting XI, though Donley was given a rare rest, as he was named amongst the substitutes. It was the first time he had not started a league game since late November (coincidentally, the last game Orient lost before their unbeaten run), so it was pretty understandable. He had also played two hours against Derby County, 85 minutes against Manchester City, etc, in the FA Cup during that time.

Nevertheless, in the first 28 minutes – the O’s had raced into a 2-0 lead, and were comfortably the better side. It looked to be staying that way heading into the interval, but they would concede a rare league goal in the seventh minute of first half stoppage time. There is never a good time to concede a goal, but there are not many worse times than that either.

Midway through the second half, Donley was introduced to the action, as he replaced Sonny Perkins.

Then, with a quarter of an hour of the game remaining, Lincoln would manage to find an equaliser – only the second time Orient had conceded more than one goal in a league game since November. Really terrible timing for it to come.

Just as it looked like the O’s were going to be held to a draw, despite being 2-0 ahead – late drama ensued, as Charlie Kelman found the back of the net in stoppage time to give Richie Wellens’ side a late winner, as they then saw out the rest of the game to secure a massive three points.

That goal has kept Orient in the play-offs, in sixth place, with 50 points from their 30 games – they would have been ninth without it, so it cannot be overstated just how important it was. Next up is a trip to North Wales to face Wrexham on Tuesday evening, for a 19:45 GMT kick off. If the season ended today, the two sides would be facing each other in the play offs.

To finish up, Matthew Craig was again not involved whatsoever for Mansfield Town, as they drew 3-3 away to Blackpool.