A failure for League Two promotion contenders to capitalise on Swindon Town's recent dropped points has buoyed the Robins' chances of getting automatic promotion.
Swindon Town Football Club were not in action on Tuesday night, but fans had their eye on a number of fixtures taking place that day and were left pleased to see most of them going their way.
When the dust had settled, league leaders Bromley and Oldham held each other to a scoreless draw, leaving them only seven points ahead of Town.
Play-off contenders Walsall lost to Fleetwood and Colchester lost to Chesterfield, leaving them 11th and 12th respectively, while Chesterfield sit in sixth place, six points behind Swindon.
Salford, who were looking like automatic promotion contenders at one point, recorded their fourth loss in a row, dropping them down to ninth with 55 points, seven points behind Swindon.
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This meant that while Ian Holloway's side woke up on Wednesday still fourth in the table, having secured a draw against local rivals Bristol Rovers last weekend, they now sit level on points with MK Dons for the third automatic promotion place, and only two points off of second placed Cambridge United.
The top five teams now seem to be the ones vying for the three automatic promotion spots, with Bromley comfortable at the top on 69 points. Cambridge are on 64, Milton Keynes Dons and Swindon are on 62, and Notts County are on 61 points.
This is because Chesterfield and Crewe Alexandra are next with 56 points, meaning there's a five-point gap between the top five teams and them.
Although for Swindon fans, it is worth noting that Cambridge, MK Dons and Notts County have games in hand, so the first two could create some daylight between them and Swindon, and the latter could leapfrog them.
These results have been indicative of a vastly unpredictable League Two promotion race, which has seen all of the current top eight teams failing to put together a convincing run of wins in their last six games.
But for fans who have been desperate to see Swindon leave League Two behind, there will be some reassurance that everyone else around them is missing opportunities too.
With eleven games left and everything still to play for, Swindon head into the weekend knowing a good result against struggling Crawley Town will be incredibly beneficial to them, especially if their rivals once again drop points.
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