LEAGUE TWO
MANSFIELD 0 CAMBRIDGE 3
A BRACE from top scorer Paul Mullin helped Cambridge stay top of the table. Manager Mark Bonner has told his side to enjoy the ride. ‘The shackles are off — attack it and have a go — why not?’ he said. Harvey Knibb hit the third goal for the visitors, who are four points clear of the field. Mansfield manager Nigel Clough said: ‘I don’t think the scoreline reflected the game.’
CHELTENHAM 0 BRADFORD 2
ANDY COOK netted a brace to make it seven wins in 11 for interim Bradford bosses Mark Trueman and Conor Sellars. Trueman said: ‘Our remit is to keep this club in this league and who knows where we’ll be if we keep on putting in performances.’ Cheltenham boss Michael Duff said he was ‘frustrated’.
SALFORD 1 CARLISLE 1
CARLISLE boss Chris Beech believes Salford have players who are too good for League Two. ‘They have some excellent football players, Championship-standard players,’ he said. Substitute James Wilson rescued Salford after George Tanner had fired Carlisle ahead.
TRANMERE 2 OLDHAM 2
DYLAN BAHAMBOULA struck late on to earn a point for Oldham. Davis Keillor-Dunn’s early goal for the hosts was cancelled out by Calum McDonald. Oldham’s Sido Jombati received a second yellow card, before Kaiyne Woolery put Tranmere 2-1 ahead.
SOUTHEND 0 BOLTON 1
SOUTHEND manager Mark Molesley was left ruing a ‘freak moment’ in his side’s defeat. A goal from Shaun Miller secured a third straight win for Bolton. ‘It’s held up in the wind and hit the crossbar before spinning back round,’ said Molesley.
CRAWLEY 1 COLCHESTER 0
JOHN YEMS hailed a ‘muchimproved performance’, after a stoppage-time strike from James Tilley gave his Crawley side their first home league win in nine weeks. Colchester head coach Steve Ball felt they lost to a ‘sucker-punch goal’.
BARROW 1 MORECAMBE 2
AARON WILDIG and Kevin Mellor fired Derek Adams’s Morecambe to a within a point of the automatic promotion places. Adams said: ‘It’s a fabulous win and a very good performance.’ Scott Quigley had levelled for Barrow.
LEYTON ORIENT 1 PORT VALE 1
DARRELL CLARKE expressed his satisfaction after his first match in charge of Port Vale ended in a draw. ‘I was impressed by the effort,’ Clarke said. ‘We won a lot of tackles.’ David Worrall put Vale in front before Dan Kemp recorded his first goal for Orient.
SCUNTHORPE 3 HARROGATE 1
SCUNTHORPE boss Neil Cox said their win was ‘one of our best results of the season so far’. Devarn Green, Ryan Loft and Lewis Spence won it for the hosts, with Josh March netting a penalty for Harrogate.
STEVENAGE 1 WALSALL 1
ALEX REVELL insists Stevenage played like the best team in League Two but ‘gave an awful goal away’. Caolan Lavery put Walsall ahead inside a minute, before they had Liam Kinsella sent off. Elliot List powered home an equaliser for the hosts.