Wimbledon 2 Doncaster 0

GRANT MCCANN hit out at Doncaster’s lack of fight.

Ali Al Hamadi scored a brace, before Hus Biler and Omar Bugiel were both sent off for AFC Wimbledon.

He said: “When you’re losing away from home, you need a wee bit of knowhow about you – you need people to stand up and grab one or two.”

Dons manager Johnnie Jackson said: “We just need to keep trying to put in performances and stay in and around it.”

Colchester 1 Sutton 1

MATT GRAY saluted Sutton’s ‘character, hunger and togetherness’.

Omar Sowunmi equalised in the fifth minute of time added on after Arthur Read had put Colchester ahead.

Gray said: “They’ve shown great character, togetherness and a good performance again on the road. It’s our first point on the road and there’s been many games where we’ve deserved something.”

Crewe 1 Notts County 0

LEE BELL praised Crewe’s players for shrugging off an injury crisis.

Courtney Bakerrichardson settled a tight affair from the penalty spot.

Bell said: “I am so proud of the players, as while we are struggling for numbers with eight or nine out we have put in a good display.”

County manager Luke Williams said: “I felt we dominated the second half and threw everything at the game, but ultimately we didn’t do enough to win.”

Newport 0 Milton Keynes 0

GRAHAM COUGHLAN praised his injury-hit Newport for digging deep to claim a point.

Coughlan, who could only name five substitutes of which three were teenagers, said: “Given our current predicament, I’ve got to be satisfied with the performance and opportunities we created.”

MK Dons head coach Mike Williamson added: “We just didn’t get the finishing touch today.”

Swindon 2 Stockport 4

MICHAEL FLYNN tore into his Swindon players after they twice threw away the lead before losing.

Town went ahead through Dan Kemp and Jake Young but Will Collar – with a penalty – and Kyle Wootton levelled before Odin Bailey and Callum Camps won it for Stockport. Flynn said: “It was too easy for them to score.”

Stockport are five points clear but manager Dave Challinor warned: “We are not going to take anything for granted.”

Walsall 0 Harrogate 1

SIMON WEAVER wants Harrogate to transfer their away form to their own backyard after George Thomson’s winner.

He said: “We’ve been here before and we haven’t taken that momentum into the next home game – hopefully that’s the first step towards that today.”

Walsall head coach Mat Sadler admitted: “I thought we were on top for large spells.”

Bradford 1 Barrow 2

PETE WILD hailed Barrow’s ‘never-say-die attitude’ after their win.

George Ray sealed a hard-earned victory, which spoiled Graham Alexander’s first game in charge of the Bantams after Tyler Smith had cancelled out Dom Telford’s early opener.

Head coach Wild said: “This club as a whole is at one. We’re definitely all pulling in the right direction at the minute.”

Crawley 3 Accrington 1

SCOTT LINDSEY confessed he didn’t enjoy Crawley’s win.

Jack Nolan gave Accrington an early lead, before Danilo Orsi equalised. Will Wright put Crawley ahead and Orsi extended the lead from the spot after Brad Hills was dismissed.

Lindsey said: ”I didn’t like the first half at all. But we played better in the second and although we didn’t pass it so much it was needed.”

Accrington manager John Coleman said: “We have no one to blame but ourselves.”

Grimsby 3 Morecambe 2

BEN DAVIES was blown away by the character of managerless Grimsby.

Morecambe struck first and last through Adam Mayor and JJ Mckiernan, but Grimsby took the points thanks to goals from Danny Rose, Kieran Green and Rekeil Pyke.

Joint-caretaker manager Davies said: “They showed unbelievable character throughout the game and deserved to get the win.”

Salford 1 Mansfield 2

NIGEL CLOUGH expressed his pride as Mansfield bounced back from three successive cup defeats.

Jordan Bowery and Davis Keillor-dunn goals either side of Matt Smith’s equaliser lifted the Stags up to third and maintained their unbeaten league record.

Clough said: “We’re very proud to be 16 unbeaten. I’m very pleased and it’s brilliant to send fans home happy.”

Salford boss Neil Wood said: “We can be pleased with the team performance.”

Tranmere 3 Forest Green 0

NIGEL ADKINS welcomed “three very important points” as Tranmere moved out of the relegation places.

Tyrese Omotoye’s own goal put Rovers ahead, before Kristian Dennis and Rob Apter added further goals either side of Dom Bernard’s red.

Adkins said: “It was a disciplined performance.”

Forest Green boss David Horseman admitted: “It’s a massive learning curve.”

Wrexham 2 Gillingham 0

PHIL PARKINSON praised Wrexham for quickly silencing the Gillingham fans.

Ollie Palmer opened the scoring inside the first minute before Ben Tozer wrapped up the points.

Parkinson said: “You can’t ask for a better start It was a great ball for Ollie and I’m pleased for him.”

Gills boss Stephen Clemence said: “They’re 11 unbeaten, so they’re a very good team. Phil’s put a very good team together, they’re difficult to play against.”