LEAGUE TWO
FOREST GREEN 1 CARLISLE 0
JAMILLE MATT’S ninth goal of the season saw Forest Green move up to second in the table. Boss Mark Cooper: said: ‘We have done nothing yet.’
BARROW 3 CHELTENHAM 0
BARROW caretaker boss Rob Kelly said his side were being ‘progressive’. Scott Quigley’s penalty, Luke James’s chip and Harrison Biggins’s effort did the damage against
BRADFORD 1 CAMBRIDGE 0
HARRY PRITCHARD scored the decisive goal as Bradford secured their first win in eight. Caretaker boss Mark Trueman called the strike ‘fantastic’.
LEYTON ORIENT 1 CRAWLEY 2
AN OWN goal by Josh Coulson and a Max Watters strike gave Crawley the points. Tom Dallison-Lisbon had also put through his own net to level matters.
NEWPORT 2 OLDHAM 4
HARRY KEWELL said his Oldham side showed a ‘never-say-die attitude that comes from Australia’ as they secured a stunning comeback win. Oldham pair Davis Keillor-Dunn and Conor McAleny cancelled out Newport efforts from Scott Twine and Scot Bennett. Kewell’s subs Alfie McCalmont and Zachary Dearnley then both grabbed late goals.
HARROGATE 0 SALFORD 1
RICHIE WELLENS wants his Salford team to be more ruthless. ‘We were pretty wasteful,’ he said. Former Manchester United striker James Wilson’s first-half goal proved the difference.
MANSFIELD 1 SOUTHEND 1
NIGEL CLOUGH called his Mansfield side’s display ‘unacceptable’. Jordan Bowery levelled after James Olayinka gave Southend a first-half lead.
COLCHESTER 1 MORECAMBE 2
JOHN O’SULLIVAN’S volley and Yann Songo’o’s header sealed the points for Morecambe. The hosts equalised through Cole Stockton’s own goal.
WALSALL 4 PORT VALE 3
DOUBLES from Jake Scrimshaw and Dan Scarr capped a terrific turnaround from Walsall. John Askey’s Port Vale had led through Tom Pope, Tom Conlon and Devante Rodney.
BOLTON 0 TRANMERE 3
KEITH HILL played down his Tranmere side’s win at his former club. ‘I don’t get emotionally involved,’ he said. Peter Clarke, Kieron Morris and James Vaughan netted the goals.
GRIMSBY 1 SCUNTHORPE 0
IAN HOLLOWAY hopes Grimsby’s derby victory can lift the gloom at Blundell Park amid a ‘desperate’ time for the club. Mattie Pollock scored to settle it.