Mullin and Ironside take full advantage

CAMBRIDGE moved three points clear at the top of League Two with a

2-0 win at Barrow.

With Forest Green Rovers versus

Mansfield among four fixtures to fall foul of the weather, Cambridge took full advantage with goals from Paul Mullin and Joe Ironside.

Tranmere took their chance to move up into the automatic promotion places as a James Vaughan brace helped them to a 3-1 win over

Port Vale.

Newport are just one point further back in fourth place after a 1-0 win over Grimsby which came courtesy of debutant Nicky Maynard’s strike. But County made hard work of it, reduced to 10 men for the fourth time in their last five games when Scot Bennett saw red.

Morecambe missed out on fourth place as Luke Norris’ late header earned Stevenage a

2-2 draw.

The lunchtime kick-off saw Exeter twice come from behind to beat

Bradford 3-2 to stay in the play-off places.

Charles Vernam put Bradford but Pierce Sweeney headed Exeter level. The Bantams nevertheless led at the break as Vernam’s fellow debutant Olly Crankshaw capitalised on a mix-up to roll the ball into an empty net.

Ryan Bowman pulled Exeter level on the hour mark with a close-range header before Matt Jay scored the winner from the penalty spot after Bowman was fouled by Bradford goalkeeper Sam Hornby.

Crawley saw their poor home form continued as 10-man

Harrogate came away with a 3-1 win.

Leyton Orient and Colchester fought out a 0-0 draw at Brisbane Road in a game short on quality.

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