Carlisle maintained their position at the top of League Two with a late rally against Boston. Chris Lumsdon and Karl Hawley put the 6/10 Cumbrians 2-0 ahead inside 20 minutes but a Chris Billy own goal on 63 put Boston back in the game. Simon Hackney restored the two goal advantage on 75 but Simon Rusk set up a tense finish with six minutes left on the clock. Hackney netted his second in injury time to secure a 4-2 victory for Paul Simpson's side.

Grimsby remain in the automatic promotion places despite a humiliating 5-0 thrashing at play-off hopefuls Lincoln. The 6/4 were the safest bet of the day as Luke Foster, Jamie Forrester, Paul Mayo and Marvin Robinson gave them a 4-0 lead at the break and Lee Beevers added a fifth seven minutes from time.

Northampton put their promotion push back on track with a 2-0 victory over Notts County. The 15/20 Cobblers broke the deadlock through Jason Lee six minutes before the break and Josh Low scored a second deep into stoppage time.

Leyton Orient moved above fellow promotion-chasers Wycombe Wanderers with a 1-0 victory at Brisbane Road. Paul Connor's goal after six minutes was enough to seal victory at odds of 5/4.

Cheltenham Town strengthened their case for a play-off berth but added to Rushden & Diamonds' relegation woes with a 3-1 win at Whaddon Road. John Melligan, Brian Wilson and John Finnigan wrapped up a 4/6 win 33 minutes into the match.

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th got off to a winning start as manager of Oxford United and dented Peterborough's hopes of a play-off place. On loan Tcham N'Toya scored on his debut after 67 minutes to secure a 6/4 win at the Kassam Stadium.

Bristol Rovers scored two quick-fire goals against Mansfield Town to set up a 5/4 win at the Memorial Stadium. Sammy Igoe on 14 and Richard Walker three minutes later ended the Stags eight-match unbeaten run.

Tresor Kandol scored the only goal of the game to give relegation-threatened Barnet a boost against Darlington. Kandol had a goal ruled out for offside in the first half but made no mistake 10 minutes from time to set up a 13/10 victory.

Macclesfield took a huge step towards retaining their League Two status with a comfortable win over mid-table Shrewsbury. Matt McNeil netted for the 5/4 Silkmen after 33 minutes and Martin Bullock made sure of victory on 61.

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