Cole all fired up with hot double to lift the Tykes
DEVANTE COLE scored twice as BARNSLEY resumed their lateseason League One promotion push with a dominant 5-0 home win against lowly MORECAMBE.
Dynel Simeu’s own goal, Herbie Kane’s 33rd-minute strike and
Luke Thomas also helped the
Tykes keep pace with third-placed IPSWICH, who triumphed 2-0 at DERBY thanks to goals from Conor Chaplin and George Hirst.
CHARLTON cruised their mid-table clash with 10-man SHREWSBURY 6-0 as Scott Fraser, Albie Morgan and Jesurun Raksakyi scored in the first half and Miles Leaburn rubber-stamped the victory with a brace after the hour.
Macaualey Bonne rubbed salt in the Shrews’ wounds with a sixth at the death.
Stuttering leaders SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY continue to toil in their attempts to confirm a return to the Championship as Danny Mandroiu cancelled out Tommy Smith’s opener to earn LINCOLN a 1-1 draw at Hillsborough.
Sam Smith and Lloyd Jones sealed a 2-0 success at PORT
VALE to keep 23rd-placed CAMBRIDGE afloat, while Pierce Sweeney rescued EXETER from defeat at FLEETWOOD with a last-gasp goal to make it 2-2.
Elsewhere, Owen Dale fired PORTSMOUTH to a 1-0 win over bottom side FOREST GREEN, CHELTENHAM and BURTON drew 0-0 and PETERBOROUGH against OXFORD also finished goalless, although the point was enough to take Posh into the play-off spots.
Danny Lloyd-mcgoldrick grabbed basement boys ROCHDALE a League Two survival lifeline with the only goal in a 1-0 triumph at AFC WIMBLEDON, but HARTLEPOOL’S late comeback against SWINDON means the battle is far from over.
Rushian Hepburn-murphy put the Robins in front but Connor Jennings and Oliver Finney hit back as Hartlepool won 2-1 to move to within two points of CRAWLEY and safety. The Red Devils were thumped 4-1 at MANSFIELD, with Davis Keillor-dunn scoring twice.
Leaders LEYTON ORIENT needed a Jon Mellish own goal to secure a 1-0 home win over CARLISLE.