LEAGUE TWO
STEVENAGE 2 CARLISLE 3
HARRY McKirdy’s double led Carlisle to a comeback win. Nathan Thomas also scored, after Kurtis Guthrie had twice put the home side in front. Stevenage caretaker Mark Sampson said: ‘Credit to everyone for remaining focused, helping the players perform.’
CRAWLEY 1 MANSFIELD 0
BEZ LUBALA made up for a firsthalf penalty miss with the winner for Crawley and head coach Gabriele Cioffi said: ‘Well done to him, but it is the mentality of the whole squad that I’m pleased about.’
WALSALL 0 BRADFORD 1
LIAM KINSELLA’S late owngoal handed Bradford victory and extended Walsall’s winless run to nine games. James Vaughan had earlier missed a penalty for Bradford.
CREWE 2 CAMBRIDGE 3
SAM SMITH netted twice as Cambridge ended a run of three consecutive defeats against 10man Crewe. Paul Lewis was also on target, while Eddie Nolan and Chuma Anene scored for Crewe, who had Paul Green sent off.
SWINDON 3 MACCLESFIELD 0
EOIN DOYLE scored twice as Swindon climbed to second in the table as they swept past Macclesfield. Keshi Anderson also scored to help stretch Swindon’s winning run to three.
EXETER 2 L ORIENT 2
NICKY LAW maintained Exeter’s unbeaten start to the league season with a stoppage-time penalty. Pierce Sweeney had put the home side ahead before Lee Angol and Louis Dennis’ 25-yard effort put Orient in front.
SCUNTHORPE 3 MORECAMBE 0
SCUNTHORPE’S wait for a first league win is over. All three goals, from Jamie Proctor, Kevin van Veen and Matthew Lund, came in a 16-minute spell in the first half.
F GREEN 1 COLCHESTER 0
FOREST Green boss Mark Cooper wants to take it easy with teenage loan striker Jack Aitchison. He said: ‘He’s a clever little player, but we have a duty of care.’ Colchester captain Luke Prosser’s own-goal was the difference.
SALFORD 0 CHELTENHAM 2
A GOAL in each half from Ryan Broom sealed a routine win for Cheltenham as Salford City never recovered from losing key midfielder Richie Towell to injury in the first half.
NORTHAMPTON 2 NEWPORT 0
NORTHAMPTON ended Newport’s unbeaten start to the season thanks to goals from Andy Williams and Sam Hoskins, and manager Keith Curle said: ‘The application and the attitude from the players has got us that result.’
PORT VALE 1 PLYMOUTH 0
PORT VALE boss John Askey was delighted his side stuck at it. He said: ‘In previous games we’ve fallen away a bit. We were always in the game.’ Nathan Smith got the only goal.
OLDHAM 2 GRIMSBY 2
GRIMSBY snatched a point with a dramatic late comeback. Christopher Missilou and Filipe Morais had Oldham 2-0 with less than 10 minutes to go, but Jordan Cook and defender Ludvig Ohman scored to grab a draw.