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    Bury and Wycombe aim to maintain Chesterfield chase

    By Ben Collins   Last updated: 11th March 2011   Subscribe to RSS Feed

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    Bury will aim to cement an automatic promotion spot as they visit Rotherham in League Two on Saturday.

    The Shakers have won their last four to climb to second and Bury boss Alan Knill will be determined to keep that run going against his former club Rotherham, who are five points behind in fifth.

    Bury must win to keep within range of Chesterfield as although they have two games in hand on the league leaders, the Spireites are a whopping 11 points clear as they travel to Crewe.

    Wycombe are third on goal difference and host mid-table Stevenage looking to remain clear of the play-off places.

    Fourth-placed Shrewsbury are four points off the top three and are set for a tough test at Torquay, who are eighth and five points outside the play-offs.

    Port Vale have got their promotion bid back on track in recent weeks to go sixth and they host 10th-placed Oxford.

    Gillingham are currently in the last play-off spot and have a home game against Accrington, who are 11th.

    Southend travel to Lincoln hoping to keep alive their hopes of crashing into the top seven, while Cheltenham host Aldershot in a mid-table clash.

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    Gary Johnson takes charge of his first home game as Northampton boss and he will be eager for his side to take another step towards safety as an away win would send lowly Macclesfield above the Cobblers.

    Hereford will also hope to move further towards survival as they host second-bottom Barnet in another of several relegation tussles this weekend.

    The biggest one sees rock-bottom Stockport host Burton. Victory would put County a point from safety although third-bottom Burton have six games in hand so time is running out for the Hatters to avoid slipping into non-league for the first time in their history.

    Morecambe and Bradford are level on 40 points and clash at the Globe Arena, where the Bantams’ caretaker boss Peter Jackson will aim to follow up the welcome midweek win over Rotherham.

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