Southend nudged Crawley back into second after they beat Crewe 3-1, while Steve Evans' team sneaked past Northampton 1-0.
Shrimpers stay on top in what is a tight League Two
Southend nudged Crawley back into second after they beat Crewe 3-1, while Steve Evans' team sneaked past Northampton 1-0.
AFC Wimbledon continued their fine start to life in the Football League with a 2-1 win at Morcambe, while Plymouth and Barnet stayed in the danger zone after failing to win.
Swindon and Hereford were involved in the division's highest-scoring game of the day as they played out a thrilling 3-3 draw.
Matt Tubbs scored the only goal of the game after 23 minutes for
Crawley at Sixfields to edge them past
Northampton. Tubbs' sixth of the campaign saw Evans' team go to the top of the table following their earlier kick-off.
Southend momentarily dropped into second place after Crawley's win but returned to the summit with a 3-1 win over
Crewe. A late brace from Bilel Mohsni edged them to victory.
AFC Wimbledon continued their fine start to life in League Two as they came from a goal down to beat
Morecambe. Goals from Jack Midson and Christian Jolley kept them in third.
Struggling
Struggling
Barnet's woes showed no signs of abating as they were beaten 3-2 by high-flying
Shrewsbury. Lionel Ainsworth grabbed a last-minute winner.
Oxford's bold attacking approach was rightly rewarded as they claimed a 3-0 win over
Bristol Rovers. James Constable snared a brace to put them on their way to victory.
Macclesfield produced only their fifth win of the season as they came from behind to beat
Aldershot. Ross Draper hit the headlines as he got the winner 17 minutes from time.
Craig Fagan's goal inspired 10-man
Bradford City to a win over
Torquay United. Andrew Davies was dismissed after 34 minutes but two minutes later the former Hull City striker was grabbing the defining strike of the game.
Three goals in nine minutes decided this contest as
Cheltenham nudged past
Dagenham & Redbridge 2-1. James Spencer scored the deciding goal four minutes after the restart to give Cheltenham the win.
Play-off
Veteran striker Marc Richards tried to help
Port Vale strengthen their claims on a play-off place with his fourth of the season in the first half against
Gillingham. But Danny Kedwell's penalty after 63 minutes ensured they shared the spoils.
Plymouth were denied a morale-boosting win as 10-man
Accrington Stanley snatched a point from them. After the break Kevin Long and Padraig Amond got on the scoresheet to snare a share of the spoils.
Burton Albion stayed on the coattails of the play-off teams with an early goal from Justin Richards that
Rotherham were unable to find an answer too.
Swindon and
Hereford played out a pulsating 3-3 draw. Substitute Harry Pell was the hero for Hereford as they snatched an injury-time equaliser to grab a point for his team.
