MK Dons boss Graham Alexander admitted his side did not show enough quality in the final third after they suffered their first defeat of the season at Crawley.

Mo Eisa struck his third goal of the season to cancel out Nick Tsaroulla’s 16th-minute opener for Crawley, but Danilo Orsi’s first goal for the Reds settled the issue shortly after the break.

Alexander felt his side did not do enough during the course of the game.

He explained: “There were moments in the game when we could have done better.

“But you have to be better defensively as a whole team and we turned the ball over quite cheaply for both goals. We didn’t defend the two goals well.”

Alexander is seeking a reaction for the visit to Colchester on Saturday and said: “We were not good enough in the final third and now we have to be ready for the next challenge.

“It is an ongoing project and there are going to be bumps on the way. This was a bump.

“Take nothing away from Crawley – they have started the season really well.”

Crawley climbed to third in the table after clinching their second win in three games and boss Scott Lindsey said he was “proud” of how his team performed.

He said: “I’m pleased with the result but we are not getting carried away because it’s only a start at the moment.

“We’re really pleased with the way it has gone as we’ve signed a lot of players and it is pretty much a new team in many ways.

“There are six players who finished third from bottom, one who finished bottom (Liam Kelly), three others that other clubs didn’t want and one player who has come out of non-league in the (National League) South.

“So when you think about it we’ve done that to some top teams over the last three games and we’ve been brilliant.”

Crawley are desperate to make up for last season’s worst placing since entering the league, but former Swindon boss Lindsey said it was too early to call this a statement of intent.

He added: “We were heavily backed by a lot of media to get relegated. That’s the way it is. Sometimes these people get it wrong.

“Thinking about what we have here, we have got real talent.”

Swindon manager Michael Flynn was “absolutely delighted” after his side’s dramatic 2-1 win against rivals Forest Green.

A stoppage-time strike from Frazer Blake-Tracy coupled with Dan Kemp’s tap-in saw Town get their first League Two win of the campaign.

Matty Stevens opened the scoring for Rovers but Harvey Bunker’s second-half red card changed the game.

“There’s work to do but I’m absolutely delighted with my first win as Swindon boss,” said Flynn.

“We turned it into a basketball game with the number of attacks we had. There was wave after wave, but eventually, we got our reward.

“We made hard work of it. We started slowly and fell into Forest Green’s trap. David (Horseman) has got them well organised and is going to do well here.

“If we were more clinical we would have won on Saturday comfortably and today comfortably.”

Stevens opened the scoring with a deft finish that nestled into the far corner after Town’s defence gave him half a yard of space inside the area.

George McEachran almost levelled with a fizzing strike from distance that cannoned off the crossbar.

Bunker was denied twice by Murphy Mahoney, firstly with a header from a corner before a right-footed volley that was tipped around the post.

Experienced forward Charlie Austin was denied a superb solo effort with a fine chest and volley that was diverted over the crossbar by a one-handed Luke Daniels save.

Kyle McAllister could have doubled Rovers’ lead on the brink of half-time when he cut inside and fired inches wide of the far post.

Austin’s headed effort was denied spectacularly by Daniels again but Kemp was on hand to tap home a leveller.

Bunker picked up a second yellow card following a mistimed tackle in midfield.

Defender Blake-Tracy fired home a left-footed effort from 25 yards to spark scenes of jubilation in the away end and give Swindon all three points.

Deflated Forest Green boss David Horseman said: “That’s a sickener. I thought the first half we were outstanding, the fans have clearly bought into it.

“The only disappointing thing is we don’t go two or three up, generally we looked really threatening. We probably should’ve buried the game in the first half and then seen the game out in the second.

“It was a really good game, Matty Stevens looked a handful – similar to the levels when he scored those goals.”

On the performance of referee Sunny Gill, Horseman said: “I will have a conversation with him, and I will try to report him. He was inconsistent tonight and I feel a bit let down.”

Graham Coughlan criticised referee Adam Herczeg as well as his side’s second-half showing as Newport capitulated at Crewe.

The official turned down the Welsh side’s penalty claims early in the game after Aaron Wildig appeared to be impeded in the box. Within minutes former County favourite Mickey Demetriou edged Crewe ahead and while Will Evans levelled soon after, Demetriou grabbed his second to restore the Railwaymen’s lead after the break.

“Crewe controlled the game in the second half and we couldn’t get up to speed,” admitted Coughlan, who said he would be visiting the officials’ dressing room after the Gresty Road clash to express his frustration.

“We should have had a penalty when Aaron was dragged down. We got a horrendous excuse from the referee and fourth official who said it was normal football contact. I don’t think it was a red card, but it was definitely a penalty.

“But it was very, very poor from us in the second half after we had been very good in the first half. Our defending left a lot to be desired and I’ve seen stuff like that in a park on Sunday morning.

“Even making changes we didn’t have the legs and that was disappointing after the way we’d played against Doncaster and Charlton in the cup. We can’t have that drop in the level of our performance.”

Demetriou, who left Rodney Parade to join Crewe in the summer, was on hand to finish from close range after Nic Townsend spilled Jack Powell’s free-kick in the eighth minute.

Another piece of poor goalkeeping had Newport back on terms with on-loan Liverpool youngster Harvey Davies outmuscled on his goal line by Evans, who headed into an empty net.

Davies prevented the visitors from taking control with good saves from Seb Palmer-Houlden and Harry Charsley. But Crewe were the better side after the break and Demetriou volleyed home Joel Tabiner’s free-kick before Elliott Nevitt was upended in the box by Ryan Delaney and Chris Long fired home from the spot.

The lively Nevitt sealed Crewe’s victory when he curled a low shot into the far corner for his first goal for the club, although Charsley reduced the arrears when he drove into the top corner.

Crewe boss Lee Bell said: “Our set-plays are important and our deliveries have been very good which is a credit to the work done by our coach Kenny Lunt.

“We are all pleased for Elliott to get his first goal and we hope this takes him on a run. He doesn’t have setbacks and he doesn’t let things bother him.

“We’ve had a decent start to the season, particularly if you include the performance at Sunderland in the Carabao Cup (where they won 5-3 on penalties).

“It’s a first league win and Newport are a good side, they were excellent when beating Doncaster at the weekend. We had to stick with them and match them and the boys stepped it up in the second half and deserve all the praise.”

Nigel Clough was left scratching his head as he lost four of his Mansfield players to injury during their 2-2 draw at Doncaster.

The Stags twice came from behind to maintain their unbeaten start to the League Two season, with goals from Louis Reed and George Maris cancelling out strikes from Tom Nixon and Joe Ironside.

And Clough felt his side was worthy of taking all three points, despite the injury issues on the night.

“I can’t believe we’ve lost four players to injury,” he said.

“Alfie Kilgour doesn’t look very good – we think he might have snapped his Achilles – and, then, Callum Johnson has got a hamstring strain, Aaron Lewis a calf strain and Hiram Boateng a groin strain.

“We had to move Lucas Akins to right-back from centre-forward which we didn’t want to do, but he was the only option and played more like a right winger than a right back anyway in the second half.

“We should have won with the chances we had, but we couldn’t quite finish them off apart from the two we scored that were excellent in terms of the build-up play too.

“We also got punished quite harshly, as they only really had three shots but two of them have gone in and, whilst I thought Christy (Pym) should have done better when he parried the shot for the second goal, the first was a goal-of-the-season contender.”

Doncaster boss Grant McCann was far from satisfied with the draw despite it getting them off the mark in League Two for the season.

Nixon and Ironside both netted their first goals for the club but McCann was frustrated to have not taken the win on home soil, despite a much improved performance from his side.

He said: “I want to see more fight and determination before we can see the fruits of how we want to play. The basics of football are making sure you work, you run and fight and the bits after that come.

“We’ve drilled that into the players over the last couple of days and hopefully the fans could see that. I’m not happy with a point at home, no matter what stage we’re at or what stage the opposition are.

“It’s a step in the right direction for us in what we’ve shown in the first two league games.

“We showed a lot of grit and determination, particularly reacting off what we saw on Saturday. We needed to show that and we needed a reaction on that side of things anyway because we were up against a Mansfield side that’s been together for five years or so.

“We’re a bit of a work in progress. We need to make sure we get through this walk-before-we-can-run period. I thought we showed a lot of that.”

Manager Dave Challinor had mixed feelings after Stockport claimed their first league point of the season against Bradford.

Substitute Isaac Olaofe cancelled out Alex Pattison’s third goal in as many games for Bradford to get the Hatters on the board after two opening defeats.

Ben Hinchliffe also saved a late penalty from last season’s League Two golden boot winner Andy Cook.

Challinor said: “We showed character when we did go behind. We kicked ourselves in the teeth again with the goal we conceded.

“To keep going and getting a point is good for the players and hopefully we can back that up. If we win and draw the two home games we have this week it wouldn’t be a bad return.

“A point against a good Bradford team isn’t bad. It’s probably a worse feeling that we didn’t pick anything up from the first two games.

“The performances have been good and we should have won both of them. We should have been in front tonight after the way we started.

“We’ll keep believing in what we’re doing and hope Lady Luck shines on us at some point and we can get the ball in the net. Some of the chances we’re contriving to miss are not like us.”

The visitors took the lead two minutes into the second half when Richard Smallwood played Cook wide and his low cross was fired home by Pattison.

Stockport levelled after 80 minutes when Olaofe scored from a scramble at a corner and Ibou Touray then brought down Pattison but Hinchliffe saved Cook’s spot-kick.

Bradford manager Mark Hughes said: “I thought the performance was good up to a point.

“We really looked good in the first half and they didn’t cause us any problems really after the initial period.

“We came out and got the goal and were good value for it at that point.

“We knew we would come under a bit of pressure as the away team and I felt we didn’t really deal with it as well as we could have done.

“We didn’t defend correctly and have that calmness when we do win the ball in those key areas to find that initial pass.

“But when they equalised we went again and could have won it. I think we have to be pleased with the point.

“Stockport are very well regarded at this level. They’ve got a good squad and they’ve spent a lot of money on it so their expectations are high as our ours.”

Grimsby manager Paul Hurst was over the moon with how his squad adapted to changes made during their 2-0 victory over 10-man Salford.

New signing Abo Eisa was at the double – netting in each half – as Grimsby recorded their first League Two win of the season against their previously unbeaten opponents.

Salford midfielder Ossama Ashley saw red shortly after the restart for two bookable offences and his team-mates were unable to recover.

Hurst said: “I’m happy with the result, but we played better in our last game against Notts County.

“Getting the win was the most important thing, but we started a little bit nervy.

“We made one or two changes and they seemed to work, we got to grips with them and I thought that we looked a threat against them.

“Certain players suit different ways, but a lot of teams change within games.

“During the second half we changed because they changed and that really helped us see out the game.

“I don’t think we can be proud or bullish about ourselves.

“We always have to be respectful about the opposition when we are going different ways but, the changes we make, I would prefer to be smaller ones.”

Chances were few and far between in the opening stages, but Grimsby managed to break the deadlock after 20 minutes when Eisa struck first-time and saw a 25-yarder fly past goalkeeper Alex Cairns via a deflection.

Adrian Mariappa and Curtis Tilt both took aim in reply, but a routine save from Jake Eastwood and last-ditch block from Luke Waterfall thwarted them as Conor McAleny dragged wide the best chance for a Salford equaliser.

Ashley was shown two yellow cards – one either side of the break – and his dismissal left Salford with a mountain to climb.

Grimsby pushed and probed for a second and it came with 25 minutes left to play as winger Eisa cut inside and slotted neatly into the far corner.

Salford manager Neil Wood said: “We are nowhere near the level we were at last season and that’s disappointing.

“We have come a long way away from our identity, which we have created over the last 12 months, and got drawn into playing similarly to them.

“Grimsby are effective, they have got good players that can play that way. Playing too many direct balls doesn’t suit us – that isn’t the way that we play.

“We ended up giving the ball away time after time. I’m disappointed that we’ve come away from what we are and, obviously, getting a red card doesn’t help us.

“We had to gamble a little bit and were always going to be open to the counter at some point, they’re a good team and especially on the transitions.”

An upbeat Ian Dawes could hardly contain his delight after seeing his Tranmere side finally record their first win of the season at the third time of asking with a 3-0 victory over Harrogate at Prenton Park.

Goals from Luke Norris, Sam Taylor and Kieron Morris were the difference as Rovers followed-up two disappointing defeats with a much-needed victory.

Dawes said: “The performances over the past three games have been key because if you keep performing the results will come.

“I felt for whoever we were playing tonight as I felt we were going to give someone a hiding in terms of goals.

“It’s still no excuses as you still have to get the wins on the board but we’ve always believed that if the process is right and the performances are there then the results will come.

“Today reminded me of the second half on Saturday, there was a lot more substance to what we did, we were aggressive, came out on the front foot and we deserved to be two goals up at half-time.

“We looked at Saturday’s performance and we had to go with that team again because I thought they were outstanding.

“I thought we managed the game well and we’d get them on the counter sooner or later so the performance overall was outstanding and to get a clean sheet just caps it off.”

Norris rose above a static Town defence to head home a Connor Jennings centre in the 24th minute and just 90 seconds later Tranmere doubled their lead when Taylor raced through a non-existent Harrogate defence before stabbing the ball under Mark Oxley.

The game was put beyond doubt in the 89th minute when Morris fired home to inflict a second straight defeat on Harrogate.

Town boss Simon Weaver said: “I thought we gave the game away in the first half conceding two quick goals and it made it a massive task to get back into the game.

“For large parts of the second half we were the better team to watch and we reacted well to me telling the lads at half-time that we were powder-puff.

“In the second half we played with more determination and anger but we need to do that from the start to get results.

“Of course the two goals we conceded in the first half changed the game and that came about from a lack of discipline.

“You get judged by your results and we’ve had an awful one tonight and maybe 3-0 didn’t tell the whole story of the game tonight.

“You’ve got to take your chances and we had some very good chances to score tonight which we wasted.”

Substitute Emile Acquah scored a late goal for Barrow to rescue a point in a 1-1 draw with Accrington and Bluebirds boss Pete Wild believes he has captured a gem.

The striker came from Maidenhead in the summer and has now scored two goals in two games for Barrow, who are unbeaten in League Two.

In a game of few chances, Stanley took the lead in the 36th minute. Tommy Leigh’s ball was headed down by Jay Rich-Baghuelou, it deflected off a Barrow player and Sean McConville was there to tap the ball over the line.

Barrow pressed in the second half and Wild’s substitutes paid off as Junior Tiensia fed the ball into fellow newcomer Acquah in the 87th minute and he fired the ball into the far corner of the net.

Wild said: “That was a proper League Two game, there wasn’t much between the teams and we were disappointed with the goal.

“Those crosses are usually bread and butter for us so it was frustrating to concede.

“We were on the front foot in the second half, we showed character and got the goal I felt we deserved.

“Emile came to us under the radar and we have been flicking between him and Proccy (Jamie Proctor) for who will start.

“People don’t know a lot about Emile but he created his own goal today and if he continues to do that I am sure people will start to know about him.

“Accrington is a tough place to come to, they are well-drilled, we knew it would be a scrap but I thought the lads did well.”

Stanley boss John Coleman, whose side have one win, one draw and one defeat now, said: “It was a strange game. I think Barrow surprised us a bit by letting us have the ball.

“We scored a bit of a fluke goal, Sean was in the right place at right time.

“We were 1-0 up and pretty comfortable at the start of the second half but you know a team who are getting beat 1-0 will change their shape, commit more men forward and then we have to be able to get our foot on ball and exploit them on the break.

“Their goal has come from us being one-on-one and it was their only shot on our goal which has gone in, but we didn’t have too many on theirs.

“Obviously with them scoring so late we are disappointed. The game was there for the taking and it eluded us. We were in big control for long periods without hurting them and that’s our problem at the moment.”

Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson hailed his side’s commanding performance in a 4-2 victory over Walsall.

The Hollywood-owned Dragons recorded a first win since their EFL return, banishing a shaky start to life in League Two.

Parkinson felt that his side stood up and singled out the goalscorers, saying: “I thought it was a very good performance from us.

“(I am) disappointed to concede that last-minute goal at the end because the game is never over until it’s over.

“I don’t want that to take the gloss off the performance because I thought we controlled for long periods, the passing was crisp, the movement was good and it was a night where a lot of our key players stood up to the plate.

“Tonight it was important we stood up as a team, as a group and the supporters did that as well and we got our first win of the season.”

“It was a proper man’s performance from Will Boyle and then Ollie (Palmer) an audacious finish. I’m so pleased for Jake Bickerstaff and Elliott (Lee) capped off a performance of high quality.”

Bickerstaff, an academy product, has worked hard to earn his place in the squad according to Parkinson.

“I’ve said all along we’ve got to give players an opportunity if they perform and Jake Bickerstaff performed well against Wigan and in training and deserved the opportunity tonight,” he said.

Walsall could not repeat their win over Stockport and will be disappointed to have conceded so many.

Boss Mat Sadler highlighted his frustration, saying: “I think with the first goal we usually have a shape that we’re good at keeping. We weren’t high enough in the box or tight enough.

“The second goal is one of those moments where a mistake happens, they do happen and you’re hoping to get a little bit of luck. It’s a fantastic finish and then you’re up against it.”

“I thought we showed a lot of resilience in that 40 minutes then to get ourselves back into it.

“But in the key moments, we just fell short. I think it was a foul before the third goal, but we still have an opportunity to deal with that, so it’s frustrating.

“The big thing for me is working together now, we’re back to it, back to the work. They’re a bunch that are invested in what we want to do here.

“We have to work out ways of being on the right side of results, that requires a little bit of nouse and experience so we can learn from tonight.”

Walsall’s goals came from Chris Hussey and Anthony Forde’s own goal.

Johnnie Jackson says he will remember his 41st birthday fondly after guiding his AFC Wimbledon side to a 2-0 win at his former club Colchester.

After a goalless first half, James Tilley gave the Dons the lead when he converted from close range after Josh Neufville had escaped down the left and crossed.

Tilley then sealed the Dons’ lead in the 85th minute when he finished clinically after being found by Neufville in the area.

The Dons were well worth their win and their margin of victory might well have been even greater, had Neufville’s stoppage-time effort not come off the underside of the crossbar and bounced to safety.

Dons boss Jackson said: “Forty-one is a bit of a stinker as far as birthdays go but I’ll remember my 41st now, that’s for sure.

“It was the complete away performance.

“We created numerous opportunities; I think we had 14 shots in the first half and should have been a couple up at half-time.

“You’re just hoping that you can repeat that performance and not rue those missed chances but I think we came out second half and doubled down again and scored two great goals.

“We were also really solid defensively so I think we were well worth the win.

“We had a good summer with recruitment and did the work that we wanted to do and brought in the players that we highlighted. We worked tirelessly at that and we needed to.

“We got our group together really early which was massively beneficial, so we’ve had a lot of time to work with them.”

Colchester produced a disappointing display, with John Akinde’s first-half effort saved by Alex Bass the closest they came to scoring.

Us head coach Ben Garner admits his side were well beaten.

Garner said: “There’s no sugar-coating that – it was absolutely nowhere near good enough from us.

“We didn’t work hard enough, we didn’t compete enough, we were second best and Wimbledon thoroughly deserved to win.

“I’m scratching my head a little bit as to where that’s come from and why we were that way. We got bullied to be honest.

“They out-worked us, they out-fought us; I think we have too many at the moment who think they can just turn up and play and it’s easy, and it’s not.

“It’s League Two and you’ve got to scrap, you’ve got to fight and you’ve got to work as the baseline.

“They’ve had 21 shots on our goal and that’s a million miles away from where it should be.

“Owen (Goodman) did pretty well again tonight and I thought young Jayden (Fevrier) was the only outfield player that was at the level expected and that’s not good enough.”

Morecambe boss Derek Adams praised his young side’s battling qualities as they picked up a hard-earned point in a 0-0 draw against Notts County.

Adams’ youngsters fought back strongly after a 3-0 defeat at Mansfield at the weekend with the experienced boss pleased with his team’s spirit and determination.

He said: “I thought it was a very good 0-0 game. It was a very tactical game and they had a lot of possession at the back but we were unfortunate not to pinch the ball off them a few times.

“The lads took on board the way we wanted them to play and I thought their fitness levels were outstanding.

“They worked really hard to press them and it almost paid off as we had a couple of chances ourselves and we almost snatched it at the death.”

Notts County boss Luke Williams had a number of issues following the game.

He said: “We played quite well but the concentration and focus wasn’t high enough for me. We found some good openings but we didn’t do enough to score.

“We conceded too many unnecessary fouls that allowed them to put balls in the box and although we didn’t have too many chances we weren’t clinical enough and I was just a bit disappointed with some of what we did.”

It was the Magpies who went closest to taking the three points with Jodi Jones hitting the crossbar from eight yards out on 49 minutes after getting onto the end of Aaron Nemane’s cross.

The Shrimps’ best effort came from young striker Michael Mellon who turned sharply in the box before fizzing an effort inches wide of the left-hand post with 18 minutes to go.

The first half saw the visitors go close with the experienced David McGoldrick twice failing to find the target from good openings.

Macauley Langstaff forced Shrimps’ keeper Stuart Moore into a smart save from a close-range header and Jones fired over from the edge of box after cutting in from the left-hand side.

Morecambe’s Eli King produced their best effort with a curler that was just wide of the left-hand post.

Gillingham boss Neil Harris hailed his side after they maintained their perfect start to the season with a 1-0 win at Sutton.

Harris’ table-toppers, who also dumped Championship Southampton out of the Carabao Cup, are the only League Two side to win their opening three games and they are yet to concede in the league after a third successive 1-0 victory.

Ashley Nadesan’s 10th-minute effort separated the two sides.

Harris said: “There aren’t many teams who have won their opening three games, the cup as well, but the opening three league games.

“I’m delighted for the group and for the football club.

“All I asked for was to win the game. I wanted them to stand up to the physical pressure Sutton put on you.

“I warned everybody that they are a very good side, they’re good at what they do.

“They’re a good defensive unit and I can’t express how good they are from restarts and set-plays, they will beat a hell of a lot of teams this season.

“We dug in, we stood up and I can’t remember Jake (Turner) making too many saves.

“We got the best of the key moments. Ultimately, it was about standing up to them, getting a clean sheet and getting the job done.

“That’s three clean sheets out of three so fair play to the group. You need 11 good defenders in your team, it’s a job to keep the ball out the net.

“A lot of League Two games will be like that and I think I have a group who can do both sides of the game.”

Matt Gray’s side slipped to a second successive defeat.

He said: “I had mixed emotions. I was pleased with certain things and not so much with other things.

“I have huge respect for Neil Harris and his team and I think they will be there or thereabouts so I knew what we were in for.

“I thought a set-piece or one bit of quality would decide the game and unfortunately it didn’t fall our way today.

“It was an unfortunate mistake which cost us for the goal.

“I thought we put them under a lot of pressure and had some good chances after that before half-time.

“Unfortunately, we just couldn’t take one of those half chances in the second half.

“It’s hard to take, but it’s football. I can’t fault the effort or the desire.

“There are things we need to work on, we’re four games in with a new squad and there are things we need to improve on.”

Danilo Orsi hit the winner as Crawley made it two league wins out of three to go third in the table with a 2-1 home win over previously unbeaten MK Dons.

The Reds, desperate to make up for their worst ever placing since entering the league in 2011, turned on the style as under-fire co-owner Preston Johnson looked on for the first time this season.

Midfielder Liam Kelly had a shot tipped over the bar by keeper Craig MacGillivray before the Reds opened the scoring in the 16th minute.

Nick Tsaroulla gave MacGillivray no chance with an angled shot into the far corner after an exchange of pass with Danilo Orsi.

The Dons levelled with their first meaningful attack on 27 minutes through Mo Eisa who raced through on a pass by strike partner Jonathan Leko to hit his third goal of the season.

Eisa’s shot lacked power and although Corey Addai got a hand to the ball it trickled into the net.

Tsaroulla forced keeper MacGillivray to make a scrambling save before Orsi restored Crawley’s lead with his first goal for the club on 52 minutes with a well placed shot into the corner of the net after an assist by Dom Telford.

The Dons later had a let-off when defender Jay Williams headed powerfully against the bar from a free-kick by Will Wright.

Former Grimsby striker Orsi was denied a second goal in the last minute of normal time when his goal-bound shot was saved by MacGillivray.

Mansfield twice came from behind to continue their unbeaten start to the League Two season with a 2-2 draw at Doncaster.

Nigel Clough’s side arguably had the better of the attacking play throughout but were forced to fight back in an entertaining clash of near-neighbours.

Tom Nixon and Joe Ironside struck either side of Louis Reed’s equaliser before George Maris salvaged the Stags a point late on.

Doncaster took the lead with a stunning strike from debutant Nixon. The Hull loanee chested down a half clearance and smashed home on the volley in the 20th minute.

Mansfield equalised after 42 minutes as Reed headed home a cross from Rhys Oates at the back post.

The visitors were the more threatening side in the early stages of the second half with substitute Will Swan twice going close.

But it was hosts Doncaster who took the lead when Ironside reacted quickest to Tommy Rowe’s blocked shot and fired past Christy Pym in the 76th minute.

Mansfield took just four minutes to find the equaliser as space opened up for substitute Maris to fire in low from 20 yards.

Mickey Demetriou fired in twice against his former club as Crewe secured an emphatic 4-2 win against Newport County.

The veteran defender played a key role at the other end of the pitch as the Railwaymen earned their first victory of the season.

When Keeper Nic Townsend spilled Jack Powell’s free-kick, Demetriou made the most of the chance to hook home the opener in the eighth minute.

The Welsh visitors were back on terms thanks to another goalkeeping error in the 21st minute. On-loan Liverpool youngster Harvey Davies failed to glove a high cross flung over his goalmouth and Will Evans rose above him to plant a header into the bottom corner.

Davies redeemed himself by tipping over Seb Palmer-Houlden’s far-post header and keeping out Harry Charsley’s effort with his foot.

Crewe were ahead in the 57th-minute after a trip on Shilow Tracey left the visitors defending a free-kick from the edge of the six-yard box, which Demetriou made the most of by volleying in unmarked from Joel Tabiner’s delivery.

Newport were on the backfoot again in their own box soon after as a trip on Elliott Nevitt was punished by Chris Long, who drove his 66th-minute spot kick down the middle past Townsend.

Townsend then kept out a drive from Rio Adebisi and Nevitt’s follow-up as Crewe looked to add more goals. And within minutes Nevitt did by curling a low shot into the far corner for his first goal for Crewe in the 71st minute.

Charsley reduced the deficit when he latched onto Bryn Morris’ pass and finished high into the corner (75), but there would be no comeback.