LEAGUE TWO

SCUNTHORPE 0 FOREST GREEN 2

ROB EDWARDS was delighted with his Forest Green side’s fighting spirit, as two goals in five minutes saw the leaders defeat Scunthorpe. ‘I wouldn’t say it was comfortable because they were always going to go for it,’ he said. Jamille Matt broke the deadlock from the spot with an hour gone, before Ebou Adams headed in a second shortly after.

COLCHESTER 1 HARROGATE 0

HAYDEN MULLINS praised the quality of Sylvester Jasper’s 88th-minute winner as his Colchester side saw off Harrogate. ‘It was a fantastic goal to win it,’ the manager said.

SWINDON 2 ROCHDALE 2

JONNY WILLIAMS rescued a point in stoppage time for Swindon. Ben Gladwin gave the hosts the lead before George Broadbent and Liam Kelly turned the game around. Swindon boss Ben Garner said Rochdale’s goals were ‘avoidable’.

PORT VALE 3 BARROW 1

DARRELL CLARKE hailed his Vale side’s ‘outstanding’ team spirit. Dennis Politic cancelled out Ollie Banks’ free-kick for Barrow, before a James Jones own-goal and Mal Benning’s strike.

CARLISLE 0 TRANMERE 1

MICKY MELLON was delighted as his Tranmere side ended their away hoodoo. ‘We got over the line which is the important thing at the end,’ he said. Rod McDonald turned Kieron Morris’s cross into his own net before Morris later missed a penalty.

LEYTON ORIENT 0 WALSALL 0

KENNY JACKETT admitted that he was left frustrated with his Orient team’s performance. ‘We didn’t do enough,’ he said. Walsall

head coach Matthew Taylor added: ‘We have to get better.’

EXETER 2 NEWPORT 2

MATT TAYLOR believes his Exeter side are getting close to being a very good team. ‘We are looking a threat,’ he said. Matt Jay and

Sam Nombe scored for Exeter, with Robbie Willmott and Courtney Baker-Richardson responding.

BRADFORD 2 BRISTOL ROVERS 2

BRETT PITMAN snatched a late equaliser for Rovers which boss Joey Barton called ‘hard earned’. Charles Vernam and Callum Cooke netted for Bradford, with the visitors’ Alfie Kilgour also scoring.

CRAWLEY 0 SUTTON 1

SUTTON assistant manager Jason Goodliffe confirmed that defender Coby Rose had complained about an alleged racist comment at Crawley. Crawley striker Tom Nichols had a penalty saved by Dean Bouzanis before Isaac Olaofe’s winner.

SALFORD 2 HARTLEPOOL 0

GOALS from Tom Elliott and Matty Willock moved Gary Bowyer’s Salford to within three points of the play-offs. Bowyer said: ‘We were impressive and learned from last week’s defeat.’

OLDHAM 3 STEVENAGE 0

KEITH CURLE’S Oldham eased themselves out of the relegation places, thanks to Davis KeillorDunn’s early double and a Dylan Bahamboula strike. The manager said: ‘That’s definitely been coming. That’s four clean sheets out of five.’

NORTHAMPTON 2 MANSFIELD 0

MANSFIELD boss Nigel Clough admitted he picked the wrong team. ‘It was a gamble but it didn’t work,’ he said. Aaron McGowan put Northampton into the lead, before Fraser Horsfall headed in.