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FLEETWOOD 0 LINCOLN 1
TOM SHAW secured his first win in interim charge of Lincoln, thanks to Alex Mitchell’s early goal. Shaw said: ‘It was not far off a perfect away performance in my opinion. There was bravery, confidence.’ Toto
Nsiala was sent off for Fleetwood.
BURTON 4 BRISTOL ROVERS 1
BEZ LUBALA (two), Joe Powell and Kwadwo Baah scored the goals in Albion’s fourth straight League One win, after Antony Evans had put Rovers in front. The visitors had Ryan Woods sent off.
BOLTON 2 NORTHAMPTON 1
BOLTON boss Ian Evatt said ‘the first half was as good as we have played this season’. Dion Charles and Randell Williams’ fired the hosts into a 2-0 lead, while Sam Hoskins’ sixth goal of the campaign gave Northampton an unlikely sniff.
CHARLTON 4 READING 0
MICHAEL APPLETON was delighted with his Charlton side’s ‘killer instinct’ in their demolition of Reading. Chuks Aneke, Tyreece Campbell, Alfie May and Miles Leaburn scored the goals.
CHELTENHAM 1 CAMBRIDGE 0
LIAM SERCOMBE’S early goal was to enough to earn Cheltenham their first win of the season. Manager Darrell Clarke said: ‘You can see the lads get a standing ovation because the fans know the players have left everything out there.’
EXETER 0 WIGAN 2
WIGAN boss Shaun Maloney praised his youngsters and said ‘the senior players got them over the line’. Martial Godo’s strike and Jordan Jones shot, deflected off Will Aimson, sealed the points.
SALFORD 2 SWINDON 2
MICHAEL FLYNN said he was ‘angry and frustrated’ with his Swindon players. Ethan Ingram and Liam Humbles scored for Salford, who had Curtis Tilt sent off, while Remeao Hutton and Charlie Austin (penalty) netted for Swindon.
BARROW 0 AFC WIMBLEDON 0
PETE WILD claimed two good sides cancelled each other out as his Barrow side were held by Wimbledon. ‘We’ve limited them to not a lot of chances,’ he said. ‘They made it very tough for us.’
SUTTON 2 MORECAMBE 3
JOEL SENIOR hit a stoppage-time winner for Morecambe, whose boss Derek Adams said: ‘The support was magnificent.’ Michael Mellon and Adam Mayor had put the visitors two up, before Sutton replied through Harry Smith and Ben Goodliffe.
COLCHESTER 1 HAROGATE 2
COLCHESTER boss Ben Garner was fired after his side fell to a fourth straight loss. Chay Cooper fired Colchester in front but sub Sam Folarin made one for Matt Daly and then grabbed a winner.
CRAWLEY 2 CREWE 4
LEE BELL said his Crewe players ‘aren’t getting carried away’. Shilow Tracey, Dion Conroy (og), Courtney Baker-Richardson and Elliot Nevitt scored for the visitors, after Klaidi Lolos and Ronan Darcy had put Crawley in control.
ACCRINGTON 1 MK DONS 0
MIKE WILLIAMSON lost his first match as MK Dons head coach, but saw plenty of positives. ‘I saw a lot of character and a lot of strengths,’ he said. Shaun Whalley scored Stanley’s goal.