LEAGUE TWO

SUTTON 0 NORTHAMPTON 0

MATT GRAY hailed his Sutton players after holding on for a gutsy draw with promotion rivals Northampton. The 10-man hosts extended their unbeaten run, despite Craig Eastmond’s sending off. ‘We’re pleased with a point,’ said boss Gray, whose side have lost just three times at home all season. ‘It’s a positive result for us.’

SWINDON 1 BRISTOL ROVERS 1

SAM FINLEY scored a fortuitous equaliser for Rovers, cancelling out Tyreece Simpson’s opener. Rovers manager Joey Barton said: ‘We dominated and were more likely to score.’

ROCHDALE 0 BRADFORD 0

ROBBIE STOCKDALE admitted to feeling frustrated after his Rochdale side were held to a goalless draw. ‘Hand on heart, I feel it’s two points dropped,’ said Stockdale. The visitors’ boss Derek Adams said: ‘I thought we

did really well.’

FOREST GREEN 3 CARLISLE 0

MATTY STEVENS marked signing a new Forest Green deal with a goal in another win for the runaway leaders. A Morgan Feeney own-goal and a Jamille Matt goal completed the scoring for Rob Edwards’ side.

CRAWLEY 0 TRANMERE 1

BOSS Micky Mellon hailed a ‘very good performance and a massive result’, after a second-half goal from Jay Spearing gave promotion-chasing Tranmere their eighth win in 10. Crawley head coach John Yems said: ‘We weren’t at our best.’

BARROW 1 MANSFIELD 3

MANSFIELD shrugged off the dismissal of Farrend Rawson to beat Barrow, thanks to goals from Rhys Oates, Stephen McLaughlin and Jordan Bowery. Jamie Jones had earlier levelled for the hosts.

WALSALL 0 EXETER 2

EXETER boss Matt Taylor said there were ‘different ways to skin a cat’, as his side saw off 10-man Walsall. Headers from Tim Dieng and youngster Cheick Diabate earned the victory, while centre half Rollin Menayese saw red for the hosts.

SCUNTHORPE 0 NEWPORT 1

NEWPORT boss James Rowberry believes his side are silencing their critics. Courtney BakerRichardson’s goal secured the points, and Rowberry said:

‘We showed great character.’

LEYTON ORIENT 0 PORT VALE 0

ORIENT manager Kenny Jackett was critical of his side after their draw with Port Vale. ‘As the home side we didn’t show enough initiative,’ he said.

Port Vale head coach Darrell Clarke was satisfied. ‘We are depleted in numbers at the moment,’ he said.

HARTLEPOOL 1 STEVENAGE 1

GRAEME LEE wants his Hartlepool side to turn up the heat on opponents. ‘We lacked that final pass,’ he said. Nicky Featherstone hit Hartlepool’s equaliser after Luke Norris had

put Boro ahead from the spot.

HARROGATE 3 OLDHAM 0

JACK MULDOON hit a hat-trick as Harrogate ended a run of four straight league defeats. And Oldham interim boss Selim Benachour has said he will step aside if the club’s owners want John Sheridan to return as manager. ‘I will never hide,’ he said.

SALFORD 0 COLCHESTER 3

INTERIM boss Wayne Brown praised Colchester’s belief. ‘I wanted us to take the game to Salford,’ he said. Luke Chambers opened the scoring, with Myles Kenlock and Corie Andrews clinching the victory.