LEAGUE TWO
L ORIENT 1 WIMBLEDON 1 TEN-MAN Orient may have squandered two points after losing a 10th-minute Jay Simpson lead, but Ian Hendon was full of praise for his side. John Marquis was sent off after 58 minutes, with Ade Akinfenwa levelling for Wimbledon, but Hendon said: ‘My players have given everything out there.’
YORK 1 ACCRINGTON 5 BILLY KEE scored twice, with Matty Pearson, Josh Windass (penalty) and Shay McCartan also on target as Accrington inflicted a record eighth straight loss on York, who replied via Bradley Fewster. Home boss Jackie McNamara said: ‘I expected a lot better than that.’
BARNET 1 MANSFIELD 3 ADAM MURRAY was happy after seeing Mansfield win at Barnet thanks to Reggie Lambe and Matt Green, plus a Michael Nelson own goal. Chris Clements also saw red. He said: ‘We were superb.’ John Akinde (penalty) scored for the hosts who had Josh Clarke sent off.
WYCOMBE 2 PORTSMOUTH 2 SECOND-HALF strikes from Caolan Lavery and Adam Webster saw Portsmouth hit back and bag a point, to satisfy boss Paul Cook. He said: ‘I’d have bitten your hand off at half time for a point.’ Michael Harriman and Garry Thompson had put Wycombe in the driving seat.
CAMBRIDGE 3 NOTTS CO 1 SHAUN DERRY hailed a terrific second-half comeback as goals from Barry Corr (penalty), Ben Williamson and Luke Berry helped the Cambridge boss earn a win over his former club, for whom Adam Campbell scored. Derry said: ‘We thoroughly deserved it.’
STEVENAGE 4 MORECAMBE 3 HAT-TRICK hero Chris Whelpdale took the plaudits as Stevenage edged out Morecambe. ‘Whelps was fantastic,’ said manager Teddy Sheringham. Dean Wells also scored and Ben Kennedy missed a penalty, as Kevin Ellison (two) and Paul Mullin hit back for the visitors.
CARLISLE 3 CRAWLEY 1 CARLISLE manager Keith Curle is targeting a top-three spot after Charlie Wyke’s (right) brace and Jabo Ibehre’s strike saw off Crawley, who netted through Rhys Murphy. Curle said: ‘I’m striving for promotion.’
NORTHAMPTON 2 YEOVIL 0 LAWSON D’ATH and Marc Richards sealed the points for Northampton to round off a whirlwind few days for the club following their takeover. Manager Chris Wilder admitted: ‘It wasn’t one of our best performances, but they’ve managed to get a fantastic result.’
DAG & RED 1 PLYMOUTH 1 WAYNE BURNETT hailed his Dagenham players as ‘magnificent’ despite watching them let in an injury-time equaliser as Ryan Brunt matched Joss Labadie’s 59thminute opener. Boss Burnett said: ‘We outworked, and outfought them. We should have won.’
NEWPORT 3 LUTON 0 OLIVER McBURNIE hogged the headlines with a stunning debut hat-trick as Newport buried Luton in style. Manager John Sheridan said: ‘I am pleased because it’s a great start for the kid. Oliver will get the plaudits, but I thought the team played very well.’
EXETER 1 BRISTOL R 1 JAMIE REID scored an equaliser in added time to thrill Exeter boss Paul Tisdale, but leave Rovers chief Darrell Clarke despondent. ‘I was jumping up and down, I was so pleased for him,’ said Tisdale, while Clarke added: ‘I am angry.’ Stuart Sinclair had fired Rovers ahead.
HARTLEPOOL 0 OXFORD 1 DANNY HYLTON’S 71st-minute strike sent Oxford top as they sunk Hartlepool, with manager Michael Appleton admitting a half-time rant did the trick. He said: ‘We had words and I felt second-half we were much better and could have put the game to bed before we did.’