LEAGUE TWO

LUTON 1 PLYMOUTH 1 PLYMOUTH held out for a gritty point thanks to Craig Tanner cancelling out Danny Hylton’s opener. Frustrated Luton boss Nathan Jones said: ‘I thought we were the better side.’ WYCOMBE 1 CRAWLEY 2 JOSH PAYNE’S free-kick won it for Crawley after Joe McNerney’s goal cancelled out Adebayo Akinfenwa’s opener. Boss Dermot Drummy said: ‘On Josh’s goal, I called Dean Cox to take it!’ BARNET 0 CAMBRIDGE 1 NEW Barnet manager Kevin Nugent called on his players to show a cutting edge after losing out to Luke Berry’s volley. ‘We need to be more ruthless and clinical in the box,’ said Nugent. NOTTS CO 0 YEOVIL 0 KEVIN NOLAN refused to be critical of his Notts County side after being forced to settle for a point against Yeovil. He said: ‘It felt like one of those days when the ball would not drop for us.’ CARLISLE 0 PORTSMOUTH 3 PORTSMOUTH closed in on top-three Carlisle after goals by Gary Roberts, Amine Linganzi and Jack Whatmough. Boss Paul Cook said: ‘We were strong and the goals were terrific.’ MORECAMBE 1 GRIMSBY 0 AN early goal from Lee Molyneux gave Morecambe a narrow victory. Manager Jim Bentley said: ‘It was always going to be tough, but we got the perfect start and built on it.’ Grimsby boss Marcus Bignot called the goal a ‘horror show’. COLCHESTER 2 HARTLEPOOL 1 KURTIS GUTHRIE and Chris Porter’s penalty consolidated Colchester’s play-off spot. ‘We will keep plugging away,’ said boss John McGreal. Nathan Thomas struck for Hartlepool. MANSFIELD 2 NEWPORT 1 NEWPORT’S afternoon turned sour after Ryan Bird gave them the lead. Jaanai Gordon’s red card was sandwiched between Krystian Pearce’s equaliser and Shaquile Coulthirst’s penalty. CREWE 1 STEVENAGE 2 JAMIE JONES and Chris Dagnall were sent off for either side after a first-half tussle. Stevenage went 2-0 up via Matt Godden and Fraser Franks, and held on despite James Jones’ penalty. L ORIENT 0 CHELTENHAM 1 GARY JOHNSON hailed Scott Brown after he kept out Callum Kennedy’s penalty for Orient. Carl Winchester scored Cheltenham’s winner, and boss Johnson said: ‘He earned his wages, no doubt.’ DONCASTER 2 ACCRINGTON 2 SHAY McCARTAN and Jonathan Edwards scored either side of Tommy Rowe and John Marquis goals to earn Accrington a draw. ‘It was two points dropped,’ said Rovers boss Darren Ferguson. EXETER 2 BLACKPOOL 2 PAUL TISDALE praised an Exeter performance ‘full of determination and effort’. Subs Ollie Watkins and Reuben Reid snatched a point after Colin Daniel and Brad Potts goals put Blackpool in control.