LEAGUE TWO
COLCHESTER 0 ACCRINGTON 1
BILLY KEE’S second-half goal gave Accrington a seventh straight win and put them on the brink of automatic promotion. But manager John Coleman warned: ‘We’ve got ourselves into a wonderful position but we have to keep ourselves focused and keep trying to grind out the other wins that we need. It was a really big shift and the boys are working ever so hard. They pinned us back and I was fearing for us but we defended magnificently.’
CAMBRIDGE 2 EXETER 3
EXETER mounted a late fightback to keep hopes of automatic promotion alive. Jabo Ibehre and George Maris scored for Cambridge, either side of Jayden Stockley’s reply, before Matt Jay and Jake Taylor pounced late on.
YEOVIL 0 LUTON 3
LUTON moved a step closer to promotion by beating nine-man Yeovil. Elliot Lee and Danny Hylton (2) got the goals, while Yeovil had Ryan Dickson and Francois Zoko sent off.
CHELTENHAM 3 MORECAMBE 0
GARY JOHNSON was delighted to see his Cheltenham side pick up their first home win in five. ‘It was pleasing because Morecambe are a difficult side to break down,’ he said. Jerell Sellars, Will Boyle and Harry Pell got the goals.
PORT VALE 1 CRAWLEY 2
CRAWLEY came from behind to record their first victory in two months. Joshua Payne’s penalty cancelled out Tom Pope’s opener before Nathan Smith’s own-goal sealed it.
BARNET 1 FOREST GREEN 0
ALEX NICHOLLS’ goal was enough to keep Barnet’s hopes of survival alive, and boss Martin Allen said: ‘The response from the players has been fantastic after the derby against Stevenage, where we didn’t play at all well.’
NEWPORT 0 STEVENAGE 1
STEVENAGE manager Dino Maamria overcame his former club, and admitted: ‘I’m sorry we had to beat them because I’m a fan of the club.’ Chris Whelpdale got the only goal.
MANSFIELD 3 CREWE 4
JAMES JONES, Jordan Bowery, Harry Pickering and Charlie Kirk got the goals for Crewe in a thriller at Mansfield. Lee Angol, Kane Hemmings and Ricky Miller were on target for the home side, but their fightback fell short.
GRIMSBY 1 CHESTERFIELD 0
MITCH ROSE kept his cool to score a decisive penalty two minutes from time to give Grimsby real hope of avoiding the drop and leaving Chesterfield rock bottom.
SWINDON 0 CARLISLE 0
CARLISLE boss Keith Curle demanded more creativity after his said were held at Swindon. He said: ‘When we enter the opposition third, we need to be more creative. We gave it away trying an intricate pass.’
NOTTS COUNTY 2 COVENTRY 1
JONATHAN FORTE’S double inched inched Notts County closer to securing a play-off place. His two goals were separated by a brilliant effort from Jordan Ponticelli.