New Crawley boss Rob Elliot had no doubt Josh Flint’s 56th-minute sending-off had a huge bearing on his side’s 5-3 home defeat by Shrewsbury.The central defender picked up his second booking for holding back George Lloyd, but the Red Devils went 2-1 ahead six minutes later when Armando Quitirna scored his fourth league goal of the season.Crawley had fought back well after John Marquis&

Manager Mark Kennedy hailed Swindon’s resilience after they withstood a late onslaught to win 3-2 at Cheltenham.The visitors were two up at the break after goals from George Cox and Will Wright.Joel McGregor added a third just after half-time, piling the misery on ex-Swindon boss Michael Flynn, before goals from George Miller and Ethon Archer set up a tense finish.Kennedy said: “I was

Fuming Gillingham boss Mark Bonner labelled Accrington’s winner a “disgrace” after his side’s stoppage-time 2-1 defeat.The Gills, who were top earlier this month, suffered their third straight defeat at Priestfield.Armani Little broke the deadlock for the hosts before Ben Woods levelled on the hour.Gillingham looked the most likely to win it before Burnley loanee Dara Coste

Johnnie Jackson believes AFC Wimbledon used their return to the Cherry Red Records Stadium as motivation in Saturday’s emphatic 4-0 win over Carlisle.The Dons were forced to postpone home games against Newcastle, Accrington and Crewe after flooding backed up the ground’s drainage system, resulting in part of the pitch collapsing.Jackson’s side were 3-0 up at half-time in their fi

Doncaster manager Grant McCann praised his ‘full throttle’ side for the manner in which they fought back to draw 1-1 at home to Crewe.Max Conway’s fine individual effort had Crewe ahead early in the second half but Doncaster fought back, with McCann changing his system to ensure they were on the front foot.Kyle Hurst drew Rovers level after finishing off a rapid counter-attack an

Harrogate boss Simon Weaver expressed his delight at the manner his team have recovered from a 5-1 mauling against MK Dons with back-to-back clean sheets in League Two.Right-back Toby Sims’ first-half header secured a 1-0 home triumph over Newport, building on last weekend’s 0-0 draw at Swindon.And Weaver was particularly pleased with how his centre-halves Anthony O’Connor and Ja

Rotherham boss Steve Evans believes his side should have received a game-defining penalty during their entertaining 3-3 League One draw at Peterborough.James Dornelly opened the scoring for Posh, but the visitors were 3-1 up at half-time thanks to goals from Sam Nombe, Mallik Wilks and Jonson Clarke-Harris.Joe Rafferty’s own goal and Emmanuel Fernandez’s header earned Darren Ferguson&r

Barrow boss Stephen Clemence shouldered some of the responsibility for his side’s derby defeat as Ben Tollitt’s late goal earned Morecambe a first league win of the season.Tollitt netted his fifth goal of the campaign after 82 minutes, converting a superb left-wing centre from Adam Lewis to help the Shrimps climb off the foot of League Two.Substitute Andy Dallas hit the post late on fo

Salford boss Karl Robinson declared himself “absolutely fuming” at the performance of the officials in his side’s 2-1 home defeat to Grimsby.Luca Barrington scored twice for the visitors, opening the scoring inside a minute and striking again just before the break after Cole Stockton had levelled in the 15th minute.Salford twice struck a post in the second half through Ossama Ash

Bradford boss Graham Alexander praised the professionalism of his players after they moved into the League Two play-off places with a 2-0 victory over Tranmere at Prenton Park.Goals either side of half-time from former Rovers striker Andy Cook sealed maximum points as City recorded consecutive wins for the first time this season.Cook opened the scoring in the 23rd minute, slotting the ball into th