League Two round-up: Craig Tanner strike puts Plymouth top of table
Sunday 18 December 2016 00:25, UK
Craig Tanner's goal at Accrington gave Plymouth Argyle a 1-0 win and lifted them back to the top of Sky Bet League Two on Saturday.
Second-half substitute Tanner, on loan from Reading, fired Plymouth's winner in the 76th minute, after the visitors had been given a scare when Accrington midfielder Seamus Conneely's shot hit a post.
Carlisle sit second after a 2-1 home win against Yeovil extended their unbeaten league run to five matches.
Shaun Brisley's first goal of the season and Charlie Wyke's header gave Carlisle a 2-0 half-time lead before Nathan Smith's second-half header hauled Yeovil back into it.
In the lunchtime kick-off, Liam Mandeville's stunning third-minute free-kick secured Doncaster a 1-0 home win against Grimsby, which briefly saw Rovers go top.
Mandeville curled home his sixth goal in his last six league games from 30 yards as Darren Ferguson's side bounced back from last week's defeat at Plymouth. The later wins for Plymouth and Carlisle nudged Doncaster down to third.
Portsmouth stay fourth after being held to a goalless draw by Hartlepool at Fratton Park.
Luton remain fifth, level on points with Pompey, after a 2-0 win at Blackpool secured them their first league win in four.
Jack Marriott put Luton ahead before the break and Cameron McGeehan headed their second soon after the restart.
Wycombe notched their eighth successive win in all competitions thanks to Scott Kashket's 11th goal in 12 games as they beat Leyton Orient 1-0 at Adams Park.
Cambridge moved up two places into the play-off places after a 2-1 home win against Crewe. Uche Ikpeazu and Greg Taylor struck for Cambridge in the second half before James Jones pulled one back for the visitors.
Stevenage registered their fourth straight league win on the road with a 2-1 success at Barnet.
Dale Gorman gave Stevenage a half-time lead and although John Akinde's 47th-minute penalty, after he had been fouled by Fraser Franks, hauled Barnet level, Luke Wilkinson struck a 61st-minute winner.
Exeter made it back-to-back league wins for the first time this season by beating Mansfield 2-0 at home thanks to two goals from Ollie Watkins. Stags defender Malvind Benning was sent off in stoppage time for a second bookable offence.
Crawley also made it two straight league victories after a 3-1 home win against Newport.
Joss Labadie equalised for Newport after James Collins had headed Crawley into an early lead, but Josh Yorwerth and Jimmy Smith both struck for the home side within the space of four minutes early in the second period.
Newport's Josh Sheehan's stoppage-time penalty, after he had been fouled by Mark Connolly, hit the crossbar.
Colchester extended their unbeaten league run to four matches with a 2-1 home win over Notts County.
Kurtis Guthrie's header midway through the first half cancelled out Elliott Hewitt's earlier header for County, before Richard Duffy's own goal after the break sealed victory for the U's.
Cheltenham halted a four-game losing run with a 2-1 win at 10-man Morecambe.
Morecambe's Alex Kenyon was shown a straight red card shortly before half-time for his challenge on Danny Wright, after Peter Murphy had given the hosts an early lead. Cheltenham's Billy Waters and Harry Pell scored a minute apart midway through the second half to turn the match around.
