Emblen etched on the memory

It was the 83rd-minute header from Emblen that brought down City's banner when he poached the winner for Wycombe at Lincoln City.

Wycombe's fifth away win in their last seven travels consigned the Minstermen to their first appearance in the bottom four all season to make the drop to Division Three alongside Macclesfield, Lincoln and Northampton.

Northampton's fate was sealed at home to Burnley. The Cobblers twice took the lead through Dave Savage and ex-Claret Lee Howey. But twice the Lancashire side - undefeated in their last 11 games - countered through Paul Cook and Andy Cooke.

Battling Oldham, who had the division's worst home record until a rally this past month, recorded their third success in four games at Boundary Park when they beat Reading 2-0 to leapfrog the Minstermen.

Mark Innes and Paul Rickers were the Latics' first-half marksmen.The other heart-break woe befell Bournemouth. Held at home in a goal-less draw by

Wrexham the Cherries were pipped to the final play-off place by Wigan's 3-1 win at home to Chesterfield.

The Spireites went ahead though Ian Breckin to put them on the way to a tenth consecutive season in the top eight. But Wigan roared back with a brace of goals from Andy Liddell in five minutes either side of half-time and a lone effort from defender Pat McGibbon.

Gillingham's win at Notts County thanks to Carl Asaba's 20th goal of the season lifted them to fourth place, the Gills and Man City both leaping above Preston, who crashed 3-0 at champions Fulham.

Paul Moody was the Cottagers' hero with a second-half hat-trick in the space of 13 minutes that took Kevin Keegan's men to 101 points.

No such ripe finish for runners-up Walsall. They collapsed to a 2-0 defeat at Stoke City, who kept a clean sheet for the first time in eight games, though that was barely a consolation for the former long-time leaders.

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