LEAGUE TWO

FOREST GREEN 0 CHELTENHAM 0

EBOU ADAMS saw red for Forest Green as the Gloucestershire derby finished scoreless. Adams, who had already been booked, was given his marching orders in the 69th minute following a comingtogether with Charlie Raglan. Cheltenham boss Michael Duff said: ‘When you are already on a yellow card you are foolish to make that type of tackle.’

CAMBRIDGE 3 CRAWLEY 1

MARK BONNER described his Cambridge side’s victory over Crawley as ‘a massive three points’. Joe Ironside, Kyle Knoyle and Wes Hoolahan were all on the scoresheet for Cambridge. Jake Hessenthaler replied for John Yems’ visitors. The boss said: ‘We got beaten by the better side, a little bit bashed up.’

MORECAMBE 0 TRANMERE 1

KAYNE WOOLERY scored the only goal against a Morecambe side who were reduced to 10 men after Yann Songo’o was sent off for foul and abusive language. The hosts’ manager Derek Adams, said: ‘The sending off was key. Before then, we were in command.’

HARROGATE 2 NEWPORT 1

AARON MARTIN’S first goal in 14 games ended Simon Weaver’s Harrogate’s long wait for a home victory. Josh March had earlier cancelled out Jake Grimshaw’s opener for the visitors, who played the last 20 minutes with 10 men following Liam Shepherd’s lunging tackle on Simon Power.

CARLISLE 1 EXETER 0

CHRIS BEECH’S Carlisle returned from an enforced 28day layoff, due to a Covid-19 outbreak, to keep their promotion push on track. ‘We were rusty, but the desire compensated for that,’ the boss said. Lewis Alessandra’s volley sealed the points.

OLDHAM 2 SALFORD 1

SUB David Keillor-Dunn notched a stoppage-time winner as Oldham came from behind to triumph. Winning manager Harry Kewell said: ‘Clearly it was a game of two halves.’ Ian Henderson’s opener for Salford had been cancelled out by Dylan Bahamboula.

BOLTON 2 LEYTON ORIENT 0

JAMES BROPHY’S own goal and Eoin Doyle’s 10th of the season sealed the points for Ian Evatt’s Bolton. The manager said: ‘For the first time in a while we got what we deserved. We needed to break the cycle and get that win on the board.’

BRADFORD 2 BARROW 1

BRADFORD extended their unbeaten run to eight matches under interim managers Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars. Danny Rowe’s opener for the hosts was levelled by Scott Quigley’s penalty. Callum Cooke hit the winner in the 49th minute.

PORT VALE 5 SOUTHEND 1

DEVANTE Rodney’s brace, an own goal from Tyler Cordner, and strikes from Nathan Smithand sealed the points for Vale. Manny Oyeleke Nathan Ferguson scored for Southend.

GRIMSBY 1 STEVENAGE 2

STEVENAGE boss Alex Revell said his side showed ‘resilience’ after Matty Stevens’ late goal secured the win. Grimsby looked to have rescued a point in stoppage time when Stefan Payne levelled Elliott List’s opener.