LEAGUE TWO
BURY 3 LINCOLN 3
WILL AIMSON’S late equaliser earned a point for Bury in a thriller between the form pair. Jay O’Shea and Joe Adams also scored, while Lincoln’s goals came from Danny Rowe, a Chris Stokes own-goal and John Akinde’s penalty.
GRIMSBY 1 MK DONS 0
WES THOMAS’ first-half goal was enough to give 10-man Grimsby their first win of 2019. Harry Davis saw red in the first half as he pulled Kieran Agard down on the edge of the area.
SWINDON 0 CRAWLEY 1
KESHI ANDERSON’S 90th-minute penalty miss cost Swindon a point as Filipe Morais’ first-half effort earned Crawley victory. Anderson’s spot-kick was well saved by Glenn Morris just as injury-time began.
CHELTENHAM 3 MACCLESFLD 2
GOALS from Luke Varney, Jacob Maddox and Charlie Raglan saw Cheltenham come from 2-0 down. Macclesfield had led despite Nathan Cameron’s fist-half red card.
STEVENAGE 0 FOREST GREEN 2
FOREST GREEN tightened their grip on a play-off place thanks to goals from Liam Shephard and Christian Doidge, and manager Mark Cooper said: ‘No-one expects us to be be where we are. We’ve just got to keep going.’
CREWE 2 COLCHESTER 1
EDDIE NOLAN headed a late winner as Crewe claimed a third consecutive win. Charlie Kirk equalised after Sammie Szmodics’ opener for Colchester.
PORT VALE 0 CARLISLE 1
UNDER-PRESSURE Port Vale boss Neil Aspin admitted: ‘You have a better chance of keeping your job if you’re winning games.’ Connor Simpson scored the only goal for Carlisle after Vale had Ricky Miller sent off.
EXETER 1 CAMBRIDGE 0
EXETER boss Matt Taylor could not hide his delight as his side got back to winning ways, saying: ‘We are hurting opposition teams.’ Nicky Law’s deflected goal won it.
NORTHMPTN 1 MORECAMBE 1
MORECAMBE boss Jim Bentley praised his side’s determination. Richie Bennett earned them a point after Timi Elsnik had put Northampton in front, and Bentley said: ‘We showed character to come back.’
MANSFIELD 3 TRANMERE 0
IN-FORM Mansfield held on to their top three spot with victory over 10-men Tranmere. Jorge Grant scored twice and Tyler Walker got the other, while Tranmere had Ollie Banks sent off for a second yellow card.