- Reece Burke played as Wigan Athletic picked up their first point under Warren Joyce
- Josh Cullen and Lewis Page were also in action in League One
- Martin Samuelsen and George Dobson were unused substitutes in their respective loan sides’ clashes
Reece Burke returned to action following last week’s international break, helping Wigan Athletic secure their first point under new boss Warren Joyce in the Championship on Saturday.
The Latics stood firm in the clash against Yorkshire opponents Barnsley at Oakwell, recording a clean sheet to frustrate the hosts who picked up their third consecutive draw.
Burke – who has now started Wigan’s last four matches at right-back – was making his sixth appearance in total, having recovered from an injury which ruled him out of September and much of October.
Yanic Wildschut was guilty of spurning Burke’s side’s best opportunity, as he failed to connect with an effort which went straight into the hands of Tykes keeper Adam Davies.
Elsewhere, Josh Cullen again started for Bradford City in League One, however the Bantams were convincingly beaten 3-0 at the hands of Southend United.
Will Atkinson gave the hosts the lead just 14 minutes into the encounter, but James Hanson went close to pulling Bradford level when he headed against the crossbar from Mike Marshall’s delivery.
City could not trouble Southend stopper Mark Oxley a great deal however, and Atkinson doubled the Shrimpers’ lead with just under 20 minutes remaining.
Four minutes from time, Marc Antoine-Fortune’s cross was diverted into his own goal by Romain Vincelot to add a gloss to the scoreline for United and condemn high-flying Bradford to only their second league defeat.
Finally, Lewis Page was also in action in League One, playing 90 minutes for Coventry City, though the Sky Blues were also on the end of a humbling defeat.
Mark Venus’ side travelled to Oxford United and were comfortably beaten 4-1 thanks to home goals from Kane Hemmings, Chris Maguire and Alex MacDonald, as well as a Jamie Sterry own goal.
Marcus Tudgay grabbed a consolation from the penalty spot deep into injury time, though Coventry’s attentions had already turned to Tuesday’s clash at Bolton Wanderers.
Back in the second tier, Martin Samuelsen was an unused sub in Blackburn Rovers’ 3-2 victory over Brentford, while George Dobson was also an onlooker from the bench as Walsall were beaten 2-1 by Gillingham.
In a frantic first half, Danny Graham’s double for Rovers cancelled out Scott Hogan’s first minute strike, before a Harlee Dean own goal put the hosts back in front after Hogan had grabbed a second of his own.
At the Bescot Stadium, Cody McDonald gave Gillingham an early second minute lead before Jason McCarthy equalised for the hosts inside the opening ten.
And as it looked like the game was headed for a draw, Jay Emmanuel-Thomas popped up with six minutes left to seal all three points for Justin Edinburgh’s Gills.