Grant boobs as Iron get the tennis elbow

PROMOTION-CHASING

Mansfield won 4-0 to push Scunthorpe a step closer to relegation.

An own goal from Iron Anthony Grant (below) set the Stags on their way with Stephen McLaughlin and Ryan Stirk making it 3-0 by the break.

Stephen Quinn added a fourth after the restart and play was briefly stopped with 15 minutes left when protesting Iron fans threw tennis balls on the pitch.

Forest Green saw their lead cut to five points after being held 1-1 by

Hartlepool.

Regan Hendry fired Rovers ahead but Omar Bogle equalised.

Exeter left it late to take advantage as Padraig Amond headed in an 89th-minute goal to secure a 1-0 win at

Carlisle.

Port Vale kept up the chase after beating

Oldham 3-2. Jamie Proctor gave Vale an early le ad and netted another in the 34th minute after Christopher Missilou had levelled.

Davis Keillor-Dunn equalised again in first-half stoppage time but Brad Walker won it in the 54th minute.

Northampton were held 0-0 at home by

Bradford while Tranmere and Bristol Rovers drew 1-1. Kane Hemmings had the home side in front but Elliot Anderson soon levelled.

Newport won 1-0 at

Swindon through a last-minute own goal by Dion Conroy.

Matt Smith struck twice in the final 20 minutes as

Salford won 2-0 away at

Harrogate. Stevenage beat Colchester 2-0 but finished with 10 men.

Jamie Reid put them in front and Luke Norris nodded in a second.

Striker Norris was then sent off for a second caution after 83 minutes.

Barrow lost 1-0 at

Crawley with Kwesi Appiah scoring just before the hour mark.

Rochdale beat Walsall 1-0 with a 55th-minute Conor Grant goal while Joe Kizzi’s first-half header gave Sutton win over Leyton Orient.