Flinders keeps mad Hatters off the top

LUTON were denied top spot after Cheltenham keeper Scott Flinders assisted a stoppage-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Whaddon Road.

Elliott Lee’s late goal looked to be sending the Hatters to the top, but Will Boyle salvaged a point for the Robins deep into added time after Flinders (below) flicked on a corner. Dan Potts opened the scoring before Jamie Grimes claimed Cheltenham’s first leveller.

Notts County stay top after Elliott Hewitt’s second-half equaliser in their

1-1 draw at Stevenage, with Dan Newton putting Boro ahead in the first half.

Jayden Stockley and Liam McAlinden goals earned second-place Exeter a

2-0 win over Grimsby, with Accrington third after their goalless draw at Cambridge.

Chesterfield were denied a rare win after conceding an injury-time equaliser in a 2-2 draw at Swindon.

Second-half goals from Kristian Dennis and Jak McCourt had turned the game in the Spireites’ favour following Timi Elsnick’s 47th-minute opener but Luke Norris’s late penalty denied them all three points.

Sammy Szmodics’ late winner for Colchester stretched Barnet’s winless run to 11 games.

Morecambe inflicted a surprise 2-1 defeat on high-flying Wycombe, going ahead through Steven Old and Adam McGurk.

Adebayo Akinfenwa halved the deficit but his side were unable to salvage a point.

Lincoln came from behind to win 4-1 at Crewe following Harry Anderson’s double and a goal at either end from Michael Raynes, who gave the hosts an early lead. After Anderson struck twice early in the second half, Raynes diverted the ball into his own goal before Elliott Whitehouse added another.

Carlisle beat 10-man Yeovil 4-0 with Hallam Hope and Shaun Miller adding to Danny Grainger’s double.

Alex MacDonald claimed a late winner as Mansfield won 1-0 at Coventry, while Thomas Verheydt cancelled out Christian Doidge’s opener to earn Crawley a 1-1 draw against Forest Green.