Barrow ended their three-game losing streak by recording a shock 2-1 victory over League Two promotion-chasers Notts County.Despite dominating possession during the early exchanges and entering the contest unbeaten in six at home, County found themselves behind in the 10th minute when Kian Spence converted Elliot Newby’s low cross from close range.Stuart Maynard’s side responded well,

Bottom side Carlisle held top team Walsall to a 1-1 draw in their Sky Bet League Two clash at Brunton Park.Taylor Allen gave Walsall the lead with their first big chance of the game but they were soon pegged back by Carlisle as Aaron Hayden scored his first goal since returning to the club in the summer, securing his side a vital point.The leaders opened the scoring in the seventh minute when Alle

Accrington boosted their survival bid with a 2-0 win over out-of-form MK Dons.MK Dons parted company with manager Scott Lindsey on Sunday after a run of eight defeats in their last 12 games and interim manager Ben Gladwin could not turn their fortunes around.There was not a lot in the game until Stanley opened the scoring on 24 minutes.Seb Quirk’s deep cross from the left was headed home by

Managerless Wigan produced some gritty defending to draw 0-0 at fellow strugglers Mansfield in League One.The Stags dominated but were unable to stop their winless run reaching 12 games in all competitions.Both sides now sit seven points clear of the relegation zone.Latics defender Jason Kerr might have done better as he shot wide from a scramble after a sixth-minute corner.But after that it was l

Port Vale’s promotion hopes suffered another blow as they were held to a goalless draw against Harrogate at Vale Park.Darren Moore’s side were left four points off the promotion pace after a second successive draw while Simon Weaver’s battlers saw their cushion over the relegation zone slashed to eight points.Swiss striker Lorent Tolaj came close for the hosts early on as his hea

Eastleigh moved to within four points of the National League play-off places with a 2-0 win over rock-bottom Ebbsfleet.The hosts went close to opening the scoring in the 12th minute, when it took an excellent save from Mark Cousins to keep out Chris Maguire’s close-range header.But the breakthrough came six minutes later when Lloyd Humphries flicked on a free-kick to leave Niall Maher with a

Joe Gelhardt and Abu Kamara scored second-half goals as Hull beat fellow Sky Bet Championship strugglers Plymouth 2-0 for their first home win of the year.Gelhardt, on loan from Leeds, broke the deadlock after a tepid first period and Kamara finished off the move of the match to seal Hull’s first win at the MKM Stadium since December.The Tigers, who had failed to win their five previous home

Shrewsbury and Bristol Rovers played out a 0-0 League One draw at the Croud Meadow in a crucial match at the foot of the table.Luca Hoole floated a cross into the middle of the danger area just past the 20-minute mark which found Funso Ojo, but his headed effort was palmed away for a corner.The resultant move saw Mal Benning have a chance at the near post, but the visitors dealt with the danger.Ro

John-Kymani Gordon netted the winner as in-form Colchester extended their unbeaten run to 10 League Two matches with a 1-0 victory over Chesterfield at the JobServe Community Stadium.Gordon scored in the 59th minute to take United six points off the play-off places, with Paddy Madden sent off late on for the visitors.Jack Payne was twice denied by Chesterfield goalkeeper Ryan Boot early on.Boot pa

Bradford recorded their 10th consecutive home league win with a 3-0 victory over Cheltenham to strengthen their grip on an automatic promotion place.George Lapslie scored twice on his first start for the club since signing from Gillingham in January and on-loan Burnley striker Michael Mellon also netted in a comfortable win.Mellon put an early header straight at Cheltenham keeper Joe Day as Bradfo