Swindon Town 0 Oldham Athletic 1

Jonathan Grounds grabbed the winner bring Swindon's ten man play-off hopefuls down to earth.

Defender Grounds drilled in only his second goal of the season to give Oldham their first away win in the league since late November and ease any relegation concerns.

In the 73rd minute impressive winger Gary Harkins cut the ball back from the left flank and Grounds raced into the box to fire in a low shot after substitute Jon Stead's effort had been half cleared.

Swindon then had Troy Archibald-Henville sent off in the 91st minute to complete a miserable day after he picked up two second half bookings for reckless challenges.

Latics boss Lee Johnson was delighted with the win and said:

"We played the conditions better than they did. It was a boggy pitch and played in howling winds and while I'm an advocate of Barcelona football, at times you just can't do that. We were superb though. I thought we were excellent."

"They've shown great spirit this year. We've been unlucky because we've dropped seven points that the refs have admitted we should've had. That's cost us.

"We just chucked that back four together. We've done two days of work on it, which isn't enough work for any back four, but sometimes when you do that it ends up working well."

Swindon keeper Wes Foderingham had kept his team in the game with two great saves in the space of four minutes.

In the 66th minute Foderingham got down to turn a fifteen yard shot from striker Danny Philliskirk past his post.

He then did brilliantly to tip a looping header from Stead over the bar at full stretch.

Oldham dominated a poor first half, but Swindon midfielder Ryan Harley had the only shot on target.

In the 14th minute Harley was fed a short free-kick 30 yards out and keeper Mark Oxley did well to block the low drive.

Swindon manager Mark Cooper was seething and fumed:

"We needed to compete and we didn't. It's taught me that one or two players have been able to talk a good game, but not take it onto the pitch."

And Cooper strangely pointed to central defender Archibald-Henville, 25, as the plus point from the game - after the half time sub was sent off for picking up two clumsy yellow cards.

Archibald-Henville was making his first Swindon appearance since suffering knee cartilage damage in November 2012. Cooper claimed:

"He was outstanding when he came on. It's not a red card. The referee was poor again, but we're not looking for that as an excuse."

Nathan Thompson's big day was ruined by the Latics.

Right back Thompson, 22, came through the club's youth set up and was given the captain's armband after skipper Darren Ward was subbed at the break. Thompson said:

"It was an extremely proud moment for me to captain the team I've grown up with. It's a small consolation as I would've preferred the three points, but it's still a highlight.

"There aren't too many positives we can take from that performance. We only applied any pressure when they scored. It's something we need to assess and address."