LEAGUE TWO
FOREST GREEN 3 COLCHESTER 0
TWO goals from Jamille Matt and a Frank Nouble own goal eased Forest Green to victory over strugglers Colchester. Mark Cooper’s hosts secured the win with just 10 men after Ebou Adams was sent off just before half-time for his challenge on Josh Doherty.
PORT VALE 0 CAMBRIDGE 1
LIAM O’NEIL produced a stunning late strike to give Cambridge a win at Port Vale. The leaders’ head coach Mark Bonner said: ‘Liam’s hit the ball so well, he’s exhausted himself with his celebrations too.’
SCUNTHORPE 0 CHELTENHAM 2
FIRST-HALF goals from Sam Smith and Callum Wright kept Cheltenham’s promotion push firmly on track. Boss Michael Duff said: ‘It was a professional and clinical performance.’
CARLISLE 1 OLDHAM 3
MARCEL HILSSNER’S penalty and goals from Dylan Bahamboula and Carl Piergianni secured a fine comeback win for Oldham. Chris Beech’s Carlisle had taken the lead through Josh Kayode, and the boss said: ‘It’s frustrating.’
LEYTON ORIENT 1 TRANMERE 3
ROSS EMBLETON was sacked as Leyton Orient manager just moments after goals from Paul Lewis, Kaiyne Woolery and Kieron Morris had earned Tranmere victory.
MANSFIELD 1 MORECAMBE 0
A JORDAN BOWERY goal prevented in-form Morecambe closing the gap on the top three automatic promotion places. The hosts’ manager Nigel Clough said: ‘That was probably our best three points of the season.’
CRAWLEY 2 EXETER 0
CRAWLEY boss John Yems said ‘one swallow doesn’t make a summer’, after a Tom Nichols penalty and an Ashley Nadesan goal sealed the points. Exeter had Tom Parkes sent off.
BOLTON 1 BARROW 0
IAN EVATT is ‘hungry for more’, after his Bolton side moved into the play-offs for the first time this campaign. Substitute Shaun Miller scored the hosts’ winner for a second successive weekend in stoppage time.
NEWPORT 0 STEVENAGE 0
NEWPORT boss Michael Flynn is hoping they can play some of their home games away from Rodney Parade’s sand and mud heap. ‘I feel sorry for the groundstaff,’ he said.
WALSALL 1 BRADFORD 2
LEVI SUTTON’S thunderbolt and a goal from striker Andy Cook gave in-form Bradford another win. Joint boss Mark Trueman said: ‘We can start to look a bit higher up the table.’ Dan Scarr pulled one back for the hosts.
SOUTHEND 0 SALFORD 0
NILE RANGER’S return to action for Southend lasted just 11 minutes. ‘We’ve been doing a lot of work with Nile but it’s hard to recreate that match intensity,’ manager Mark Molesley said.
HARROGATE 1 GRIMSBY 0
STRIKER Mark Beck netted his first league goal since September 2019 to secure Harrogate’s fifth win in seven matches. Manager Simon Weaver said: ‘We had to graft throughout the game and found a way to win in the end.’