Coventry City are fifth from bottom of League One after David McGoldrick scored in the 62nd minute to give the Sky Blues a 1-0 victory over AFC Bournemouth.
The win was City's first league win at the Ricoh Arena since March and sees the Sky Blues now fifth from bottom on ten points, some nine points off the play-offs and fourteen points off automatic promotion.
Bottom side Bury lost 1-0 at home to Swindon whom City travel to next Saturday, second from bottom Hartlepool lost 2-1 at Crewe after taking the lead, whilst third from bottom Scunthorpe United lost 1-0 at second placed Stevenage.
The defeat against the Sky Blues now leaves manager-less Bournemouth in the bottom four.
Tranmere continue to top the table after a 1-0 win at Notts County. Sheffield United are third thanks to a 1-0 win at Leyton Orient, MK Dons are fifth after coming back to snatch a 2-2 draw at home to Portsmouth with sixth placed Crawley beaten 2-1 at Brentford.
Elsewhere, Doncaster beat Shrewsbury 1-0, Oldham beat Preston 3-1, Carlisle won 2-1 at Walsall and Yeovil beat Colchester United 3-1.