LEAGUE TWO

SWINDON 1 MANSFIELD 0

EOIN DOYLE’S 10th goal in seven games kept Swindon top of the table, and Richie Wellens praised his side for coming through an aerial bombardment from Mansfield. ‘They’re a big, physical team and there was a lot of long balls up to the strikers,’ the manager said.

L ORIENT 2 FOREST GREEN 4

EBOU ADAMS scored twice and further goals from Matt Stevens and Junior Mondal won it for Rovers, who also had interim boss Ross Embleton red-carded. Matt Harrold and Jordan Maguire-Drew reduced the deficit.

CARLISLE 0 CAMBRIDGE 0

CAMBRIDGE manager Colin Calderwood called his side’s goalless draw at Carlisle “an apology for a game’. The hosts’ caretaker boss Gavin Skelton added: ‘It was not free-flowing.’

SCUNTHORPE 2 PORT VALE 1

GOALS from Kevin van Veen and Kgosi Ntlhe earned the hosts their victory, after Jake Taylor had put Vale ahead. Scunthorpe manager Paul Hurst believes his side are starting to show their quality, saying: ‘We didn’t do a lot wrong.’

CHELTENHAM 1 COLCHESTER 1

JOHN McGREAL was disappointed to see Colchester side pegged back by a ‘dodgy’ penalty. Conor Thomas’ spot-kick for Cheltenham equalised Luke Norris’ opener.

PLYMOUTH 2 BRADFORD 1

RYAN LOWE’S in-form Argyle made it three wins in a row thanks to goals from Byron Moore and Joe Edwards. Lowe said: ‘We could have had more goals, four or five really.’ Niall Canavan’s own goal was Bradford’s reply.

CRAWLEY 0 EXETER 1

MANAGER Matt Taylor was delighted after skipper Dean Moxey’s late goal gave Exeter their first League win in three games. ‘The whole group were aggressive,’ he said.

NORTHAMPTON 2 GRIMSBY 0

FIRST-HALF goals from Scott Wharton and Vadaine Oliver secured the victory for Keith Curle’s Northampton over managerless Grimsby. Curle said: ‘We’ve got a committed changing room and it’s a collective force.’

CREWE 5 MORECAMBE 0

OLI FINNEY’S double and further goals from Tommy Lowery, Charlie Kirk and Ryan Wintle saw off Morecambe who had Alex Lavelle sent off for a lunge on Harry Pickering.

NEWPORT 0 OLDHAM 1

ZAK MILLS struck his first goal for Oldham as they triumphed at Rodney Parade. Dino Maamria was relieved to get their first League away win since August. ‘It was a brilliant win and we needed it,’ the manager said.

SALFORD 0 MACCLESFIELD 0

DARYL McMAHON praised his Macclesfield side after they held Salford. He said: ‘In times like these, you see people’s true characters. We’ve got some young, hungry players.’

WALSALL 0 STEVENAGE 0

STEVENAGE manager Mark Sampson said he will fight to clear his name after being charged in midweek by the FA for using racist language. ‘The allegation is false,’ said Sampson, whose side drew a blank at Walsall.