Imps jump back to top while Sol breaks duck

DANNY Cowley’s Lincoln jumped back to the top of League Two with a comfortable 3-1 win over Morecambe at Sincil Bank.

The Red Imps took advantage of the late postponement of MK Dons’ game at Newport to move a point clear of Paul Tisdale’s side.

Harry Anderson swept the hosts into a seventh-minute lead and a John Akinde penalty followed by Jason Shackell’s free-kick effectively ended the contest before half-time.

The struggling visitors rallied in the second half and grabbed a consolation 10 minutes from time through Kevin Ellison.

Chris O’grady fired a hattrick as Oldham served up Bury’s first league defeat in six games with a 4-2 win at Boundary Park.

Sol Campbell marked his first home game in charge of Macclesfield by inspiring the bottom club to a 2-0 win over Crawley.

Campbell, who made his league bow in last week’s defeat at Colchester, watched as a 31st-minute Elliott Durrell strike and a late Harry Smith header earned the Silkmen three precious points.

But Campbell’s men remain rooted to the bottom of the table after a Jon Stead double spurred Notts County to a 3-2 win over Tranmere.

Fellow strugglers Cheltenham were denied victory in a dramatic finish to their 2-2 draw at Port Vale.

Nigel Atangana’s 89th-minute effort looked to have stolen the points after Sam Jones’ 28th-minute strike had cancelled out Cristian Montano’s early opener for Vale.

But there was still time for the hosts to push forward and grab a leveller when Antony Kay headed home from a Tom Conlon corner.

Only one point now separates Cambridge from the drop zone after they were held to a goalless draw at home to fellow strugglers Yeovil.

Lee Martin’s long-range effort gave Exeter their first win in nine league games at home to Crewe, while Ben Kennedy salvaged a 1-1 draw for Stevenage at Northampton, who had gone ahead through Dean Bowditch just before half-time.

A double from Wes Thomas gave Grimsby a 2-1 win over Swindon, who had briefly drawn level through Matthew Taylor, while Forest Green’s game against Mansfield was abandoned at half-time with the score goalless due to a waterlogged pitch.