Ian Holloway said goal hero Dan Butterworth was being teased as “the Swindon Messi” after his moment of magic secured a point for Swindon in a 2-2 draw at Accrington.The Robins took the lead after 10 minutes when a long ball forward by Joel McGregor found Harry Smith and he headed home his sixth goal of the season.Stanley equalised in the 16th minute when Ben Woods’ corner was fl

Finley Barbrook’s first-half strike gave Sutton a 1-0 win over Maidenhead in their National League match at the VBS Community Stadium.Sutton had gone close during the early exchanges, with Will Davies stabbing wide, before taking the lead on the half-hour.Davies took a pass from Jeremy Sivi in the Maidenhead penalty area and laid it off for Barbrook, who drilled a low shot in the bottom corn

Dan Adu-Adjei’s stoppage-time equaliser earned Carlisle a 1-1 draw against Bromley at Hayes Lane.The 19-year-old, on loan from Bournemouth, cancelled out Michael Cheek’s opener for the home side, who also had Lewis Leigh sent off.A competitive first half took a long time to produce serious goalmouth action but the best of them saw Carlisle goalkeeper Gabe Breeze tip Omar Sowunmi’

Matt Ward’s goal gave Woking a 1-0 win over Boston in the Vanarama National League.Ward’s emphatic 38th-minute finish set up the Surrey side for their first league victory since September 10, lifting them clear of the struggling teams.Among them are Boston, who have now picked up just four points from a possible 33 since winning at Sutton on September 7.Boston goalkeeper Aidan Stone de

Jack Barham fired Aldershot’s second-half equaliser as they held promotion-chasers Gateshead to a 2-2 draw at the International Stadium.Gateshead defender Robbie Tinkler rattled the crossbar with a 35-yard effort before Aldershot took an 11th-minute lead through Josh Barrett, who converted Barham’s cross.The home side hit back eight minutes later when Owen Oseni headed an equaliser at

Altrincham returned to winning ways with a 2-0 victory over Southend in the National League.They went in front just eight minutes into the game when Alex Newby squared a pass into Joe Nuttall, who fired home from close-range.Matty Kosylo had a shot blocked before Nuttall had a brilliant opportunity, but Zach Jeacock made a solid save and the goalkeeper made another good stop to deny Regan Linney.A

Jamie McDonnell scored a dramatic stoppage-time equaliser to rescue Colchester a point in a 1-1 draw at home to Bradford.McDonnell headed in Arthur Read’s corner at the far post in the ninth minute of time added on to cancel out Andy Cook’s first-half opener.Colchester went close early on when winger Harry Anderson unleashed a low cross-shot which flashed just past the far post while R

Hartlepool secured a hard-fought point after the early dismissal of defender Daniel Dodds in a goalless home draw against Eastleigh.Pools full-back Dodds was shown a straight red card in the 15th minute for his reckless sliding challenge on Eastleigh defender Jake Vokins.Home goalkeeper Brad Young pulled off a superb save to keep out Vokins’ far-post header before half-time and in the second

Conor Wilkinson fired a second-half hat-trick as Solihull maintained their play-off push with a 6-0 win at bottom club Ebbsfleet.Moors defender Jack Clarke was shown a straight red card in the sixth minute for a high boot, while Ebbsfleet were also reduced to 10 men before half-time after Jez Davies saw red for his challenge on Solihull’s Jamey Osborne.Solihull came under pressure in the fir

Newport and Grimsby shared the spoils in an entertaining 0-0 draw at Rodney Parade.Visiting goalkeeper Jordan Wright denied County’s Kyle Hudlin a second-half winner from the penalty spot in the game’s best chance.The hosts thought they should have had a penalty in the fifth minute when Kieran Evans appeared to be chopped down in the box, but referee James Oldham waved away the appeals