LEAGUE TWO

MK DONS 0 LINCOLN 2

LINCOLN took another giant step towards promotion as they extended their lead to 11 points with victory at promotion rivals MK Dons. John Akinde’s 17th goal of the season, a first-half penalty, put them on their way, before Bruno Andrade rounded things off in added time.

CARLISLE 3 BURY 2

HALLAM HOPE grabbed a late winner for 10-man Carlisle to inflict a third successive defeat on his former club Bury. Jamie Devitt and Callum O’Hare were also on target, while Mike Jones saw red. Chris Stokes replied twice.

SWINDON 1 YEOVIL 1

A LAST-GASP header from Adel Gafaiti snatched a point for Yeovil, which Swindon boss Richie Wellens called ‘a massive blow’. Keshi Anderson had put his side ahead.

CHELTENHAM 1 EXETER 1

CONOR THOMAS’ second-half penalty rescued a point for Cheltenham against play-off chasing Exeter, who had led through Dean Moxey. The visitors had keeper Christy Pym sent off late on for a second yellow.

PORT VALE 1 CREWE 0

CREWE boss David Artell was frustrated with his side’s performance in the derby defeat at Port Vale, admitting: ‘The performance matched the result.’ Tom Pope got the goal.

COLCHESTER 0 OLDHAM 2

OLDHAM made it three successive wins thanks to goals from Alex Iacovitti and Callum Lang, but manager Pete Wild warned: ‘We’re not getting carried away and the play-offs are not in my mind.’

NOTTS CO 2 NORTHAMPTON 2

BATTLING 10-man Notts County remain in the relegation zone despite rescuing a point. Keeper Ryan Schofield was sent off, but Mitch Rose and Kane Hemmings got their goals.

CRAWLEY 1 FOREST GREEN 2

TOP-scorer CHRISTIAN DOIDGE SCOREd twice as Forest Green boosted their play-off bid. Crawley, who have now won only once in 11 outings, had led through Dannie Bulman but Doidge turned it around.

NEWPORT 0 TRANMERE 0

TRANMERE boss Micky Mellon believes their hard-fought point will be valuable in the run-in. He said: ‘If you had asked me before kick-off, I would have absolutely bitten your hand off.’

GRIMSBY 0 STEVENAGE 2

GRIMSBY boss Michael Jolley admits his men didn’t do enough to deserve a point, saying: ‘We came up short. I don’t think we did enough in the second half to warrant a result.’ Kurtis Guthrie got both Stevenage goals.

MANSFIELD 1 CAMBRIDGE 0

TYLER WALKER’S 24th goal of the season fired Mansfield back into the automatic promotion places, but manager David Flitcroft cautioned: ‘It’s going to be tight. It will go to the wire.’