Pierre punishes red for Anderson’s Imps

LEADERS Lincoln had a man sent off as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Northampton.

Bruno Andrade put the Imps ahead but the hosts were down to 10 men when Harry Anderson was shown a red for a late challenge.

Aaron Pierre then hauled the Cobblers level.

Mansfield failed to make up ground as they lost 1-0 at Newport, who followed up their FA Cup heroics.

Robbie Willmott was on target to knock out Middlesbrough in midweek and grabbed another crucial strike.

Thirdplaced Bury kept up the heat with a 3-2 win at Morecambe. Jay O’Shea (above) struck a double and Danny Mayor also scored.

Goals from Kane Vincent-Young, Frank Nouble and Abobaker Eisa gave Colchester a 3-0 win over Cheltenham.

Bottom club Notts County beat Forest Green 2-1, Enzio Boldewijn grabbing the winner, while Carlisle drew 1-1 at home against top-seven rivals Exeter.

Nicky Law gave the visitors a first-half lead which was cancelled out by Jamie Devitt’s free-kick.

Michael Doughty scored twice as Swindon won

3-1 at MK Dons. At the other end of the table Macclesfield fought out a 3-3 draw at home to Crewe – with both teams scoring in stoppage time.

George Ray looked to have won it for the visitors but Reece Cole secured a dramatic equaliser for Sol Campbell’s side to spark disturbing scenes at the end of the game between the rival sets of fans. Goals from Johan Branger, Zachary Dearnley and Gevaro Nepomuceno secured Oldham a

3-0 win at Crawley.

David Amoo gave Cambridge a

1-0 home win over Port Vale and Tranmere beat Stevenage 2-0, the visitors finishing with nine men. Ben Nugent was sent off for a second caution and Elijah Adebayo was shown a straight red in stoppage time.

Managerless Yeovil were beaten 3-1 at home by Grimsby and finished with 10 men.

Wes Thomas put the Mariners ahead before an own goal from Adel Gafaiti made it 2-0.

Craig Alcock was sent off for a second caution before Kristian Dennis scored Grimsby’s third.