LEAGUE TWO
CRAWLEY 1 NEWPORT 1
JOHN YEMS’ 10-man Crawley produced a backs-to-the wall display against Newport. Ryan Haines’ goal for County was cancelled out by Mickey Demetriou’s own goal before Tarryn Allarakhia’s red card. Yems’ assistant Lee Bradbury said: ‘We could have won.’
EXETER 1 FOREST GREEN 1
MATT TAYLOR felt his Exeter side were unlucky not to win. ‘The ball didn’t quite fall for us,’ the manager said. Aaron Collins sidefooted in for Rovers before Archie Collins levelled for City with a brilliant first-time shot.
CARLISLE 3 BOLTON 3
GOALS from Carlisle’s Aaron Hayden, Lewis Alessandra and Omari Patrick were cancelled out by George Thomason, Nathan Delfouneso and Peter Kioso, who was also sent off.
CHELTENHAM 1 STEVENAGE 1
STEVENAGE boss Alex Revell praised forward Jack Aitchison after he scored to earn his side a draw. ‘Jack showed what a top talent he is,’ Revell said. Liam Sercombe netted a first-half screamer for Cheltenham.
MORECAMBE 3 GRIMSBY 1
A BRACE from Carlos MendesGomes and an Adam Phillips strike gave Morecambe the points a game of two halves. Matty Pollock put managerless Grimsby in front in the first half.
CAMBRIDGE 2 LEYTON ORIENT 1
ASSISTANT head coach Danny Senda said that Orient suffered from ‘naivety’ at Cambridge. Danny Johnson put the visitors ahead, but the hosts turned the game around thanks to goals from Wes Hoolahan and Paul Mullin.
SALFORD 2 WALSALL 0
BOSS Richie Wellens believes ‘something is building’ at Salford. James Wilson’s seventh goal of the season and sub Luke Burgess’s wonderful solo goal sealed the points.
SOUTHEND 2 COLCHESTER 0
SOUTHEND boss Mark Molesley dedicated their Essex derby victory to the club’s fans at home. ‘We showed we were willing to die out there,’ he said. First-half goals from Simeon Akinola and Timothee Dieng sealed the points.
TRANMERE 0 BRADFORD 1
BRADFORD won for the third time in a row under caretaker manager Mark Trueman thanks to a goal from Lee Novak. Trueman said: ‘The board are happy with what we’re doing.’
OLDHAM 1 HARROGATE 2
MIDFIELDER George Thomson notched a goal in each half for Harrogate as they won at 10-man Oldham. Conor McAleny scored a penalty for the hosts, who saw striker Bobby Grant shown a red card following an aerial clash.
PORT VALE 0 BARROW 2
ROB KELLY said he was happy to hand over the Barrow reins to Michael Jolley after their win. ‘The players have worked hard,’ he said. Scott Quigley and Patrick Brough scored the goals.
SCUNTHORPE 2 MANSFIELD 3
A GEORGE LAPSLIE strike, an Emmanuel Onariase own goal, and Jordan Bowery’s winner ended Mansfield’s run of four games without a victory. Farrend Rawson’s own goal and John McAtee scored for Scunthorpe.