League Two round-up: Lincoln win to stay top
Saturday 6 October 2018 18:26, UK
Lincoln substitute Tom Pett's solitary goal secured a 1-0 home win against Crewe and kept his side top of Sky Bet League Two.
Pett stepped off the bench in the 57th minute and struck the winner from inside the penalty area 60 seconds later.
Exeter stay second after extending their unbeaten league run to six matches, but they had to settle for a 2-2 draw at south-west rivals Yeovil.
Forest Green extended their unbeaten start to 12 league matches after a 1-1 home draw against high-flying Newport. Padraig Amond equalised for the Welsh side before the break after Scott Bennett's own goal had given Forest Green the lead.
Colchester slumped to their first league defeat on the road this season as they lost 3-1 at Stevenage. MK Dons moved up two places to fourth after a 3-0 home win against Cheltenham.
Carlisle bounced back from successive defeats to notch their fourth league win on the road this season with a 3-1 victory at Oldham. Nicky Maynard fired a stoppage-time equaliser to clinch Bury a 2-2 home draw against Mansfield.
Harvey Gilmour's double helped Tranmere edge a seven-goal thriller at Morecambe. Jon Stead's late penalty, following Kieran O'Hara's foul on Enzio Boldewijn, was enough to clinch Notts County their first away win of the season, 1-0 at Macclesfield.
Grimsby notched their first home league win of the season thanks to goals from Wes Thomas and JJ Hooper in a 2-0 success over Port Vale.
Matthew Taylor's free-kick earned Swindon a 1-1 home draw against Northampton, who had taken the lead through John-Joe O'Toole, and second-half goals from Luke Gambin and Ollie Palmer secured Crawley a 2-0 victory over Cambridge.