Cook serves up brace for soaring Bradford

BRADFORD made it four wins from five as Mark Hughes’s side beat STEVENAGE 3-0. Andy Cook scored twice to make it 11 for the season and pass a half-century of EFL goals before Tyreik Wright, the winger on loan from Aston Villa, rounded things off. LEYTON ORIENT are four points clear at the top after a 1-0 win over WALSALL made it eight wins from their last nine games. Defender Omar Beckles struck to continue the irresistible form of Richie Wellens’ team. BARROW manager Pete Wild marked the signing of a new ‘multi-year’ contract last week with a 2-0 win at

NEWPORT to continue his side’s great start. Josh Gordon was at the double to make it seven wins from nine and leave the Bluebirds second.

‘It’s been a great week! If Carlsberg did weeks, this would be it,’ Wild said. ‘On the bus down, you’d have thought we were going on a stag do because of the camaraderie in the group.’ NORTHAMPTON piled more misery on winless ROCHDALE with a 3-0 success that lifted them into the top three. Sam Hoskins reached double figures for the season with two second-half strikes after Jon Guthrie had put the Cobblers ahead with a stunning goal. ‘A dipping volley from my centre half — I can’t believe I’m saying it!’ said manager Jon Brady. TRANMERE gave SALFORD a reality check as Ryan Hawkes earned a 1-0 win.

It was only a second defeat of the season for the Ammies. COLCHESTER have sacked Wayne Brown following Saturday’s 1-0 home loss to GRIMSBY — and HARTLEPOOL dismissed their boss Paul

Hartley after losing 2-0 at