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draw to those across the pond.

If we both tie next week, we go up.

Two and one half months ago, we were mired in 20th place. Third or higher is much better.

Then: League Two table after close of play on 05 February 2021 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Cambridge United 26 13 6 7 41 24 17 45 2 Forest Green Rovers 26 12 9 5 33 23 10 45 3 Carlisle United 23 13 3 7 34 22 12 42 4 Cheltenham Town 25 11 8 6 34 23 11 41 5 Tranmere Rovers 25 12 5 8 32 30 2 41 6 Morecambe 25 12 5 8 33 34 -1 41 7 Newport County 24 11 7 6 35 27 8 40 8 Exeter City 25 10 9 6 45 31 14 39 9 Salford City 25 10 8 7 32 21 11 38 10 Leyton Orient 26 11 4 11 34 29 5 37 11 Crawley Town 24 9 8 7 35 31 4 35 12 Walsall 25 8 11 6 32 33 -1 35 13 Oldham Athletic 26 10 4 12 41 46 -5 34 14 Mansfield Town 24 7 11 6 32 30 2 32 15 Port Vale 27 9 5 13 39 40 -1 32 16 Scunthorpe United 26 10 2 14 28 34 -6 32 17 Bradford City 24 8 7 9 25 27 -2 31 18 Colchester United 25 7 10 8 28 34 -6 31 19 Bolton Wanderers 25 8 7 10 30 37 -7 31 20 Harrogate Town 25 8 6 11 28 32 -4 30 21 Stevenage 25 5 10 10 19 27 -8 25 22 Barrow 24 5 8 11 31 34 -3 23 23 Grimsby Town 26 5 6 15 20 45 -25 21 24 Southend United 26 5 5 16 17 44 -27 20 NOW: League Two table as it stands now (2020-21 season, still in progress) Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Cheltenham Town 43 23 9 11 56 36 20 78 2 Cambridge United 44 23 8 13 66 44 22 77 3 Bolton Wanderers 44 22 10 12 54 47 7 76 4 Morecambe 44 21 9 14 65 58 7 72 5 Tranmere Rovers 44 20 12 12 54 48 6 72 6 Forest Green Rovers 43 18 13 12 54 48 6 67 7 Newport County 43 18 12 13 51 41 10 66 8 Salford City 43 17 14 12 50 33 17 65 9 Exeter City 43 16 15 12 65 46 19 63 10 Carlisle United 43 17 10 16 56 48 8 61 11 Leyton Orient 44 17 10 17 51 49 2 61 12 Port Vale 44 17 9 18 57 53 4 60 13 Crawley Town 44 16 12 16 52 55 -3 60 14 Bradford City 43 16 10 17 48 50 -2 58 15 Stevenage 44 13 17 14 37 38 -1 56 16 Oldham Athletic 44 15 9 20 71 74 -3 54 17 Harrogate Town 44 15 9 20 46 53 -7 54 18 Mansfield Town 44 11 19 14 50 54 -4 52 19 Walsall 44 11 19 14 45 51 -6 52 20 Colchester United 44 10 17 17 43 61 -18 47 21 Scunthorpe United 43 13 8 22 41 59 -18 47 22 Barrow 43 12 10 21 49 56 -7 46 23 Southend United 44 9 14 21 26 56 -30 41 24 Grimsby Town 43 9 13 21 34 63 -29 40 Be thankful!