LEAGUE TWO

NEWPORT 1 EXETER 1 NEWPORT hit back to hold pacesetters Exeter to a draw. Lee Martin put the visitors ahead but Tristan Abrahams’s penalty salvaged a point.Home boss Michael Flynn said: ‘When we are clinical enough and if we are on it, we will give anyone a game.’ BRADFORD 3 CARLISLE 1 BRADFORD came from behind to win as both sides ended with 10 men. Carlisle’s Jack Bridge and Bradford defender Ben Richards-Everton saw red. Harry Pritchard, Kelvin Mellor and Zeli Ismail got the Bradford goals. WALSALL 1 SCUNTHORPE 0 JAMES CLARKE’S bicycle kick handed Walsall a first home win of the season but manager Darrell Clarke said: ‘Everybody says 1-0 is the perfect score — not for me, not for your heart.’ CAMBRIDGE 0 SWINDON 1 RICHIE WELLENS praised his Swindon side for the way they saw out their victory. Jerry Yates got the only goal, and Wellens said: ‘The quality got us in front and the fighting spirit and determination has seen us through.’ PORT VALE 2 MANSFIELD 2 NATHAN SMITH’S goal four minutes into stoppage time salvaged a point for Vale. Mark Cullen was also on target, with Kellon Gordon and Danny Rose (penalty) scoring for Mansfield. COLCHESTER 2 L ORIENT 1 COLCHESTER boss John McGreal insisted their win was fully deserved. ‘The pleasing thing is we’ve got back-to-back wins,’ he added. Kwame Poku and Ryan Jackson scored for the home side, with Conor Wilkinson replying. PLYMOUTH 0 CHELTENHAM 2 IN-FORM Cheltenham ended Plymouth’s unbeaten home start. Luke Varney put them ahead before Ryan Broom’s shot went in off Will Aimson to seal the win late on. OLDHAM 3 MORECAMBE 1 DINO MAAMRIA began his reign as Oldham’s head coach with a much-needed win. Mohammed Maouche, Desire Segbe Azankpo and Jonny Smith got their goals, with substitute Shaun Miller replying for Morecambe. NORTHAMPTON 2 CRAWLEY 2 JOE MARTIN scored an own-goal in injury time to deny Northampton. Chris Lines and Shaun McWilliams scored for the home side, Ashley Nathaniel-George replying. GRIMSBY 1 MACCLESFIELD 0 MACCLESFIELD boss Daryl McMahon reckons a lack of belief cost his side, saying: ‘Grimsby have got players with more nous than us and that have been around the block a bit more.’ Ethan Robson got the only goal. FOREST GREEN 0 STEVENAGE 0 FOREST GREEN had Kyle Taylor sent off but manager Mark Cooper felt Stevenage’s Kurtis Guthrie should also have gone. ‘It’s clear to everyone in the stadium to see,’ he said. CREWE 4 SALFORD 1 CREWE shrugged off Adam Rooney’s first-half goal for Salford to romp to an emphatic win after the break. Chris Porter, Tommy Lowery and Harry Pickering scoring in a 12-minute burst and Lowery added a fourth late on.