Ten-man Morecambe denied Swindon another victory with a late Ethan Walker goal rescuing a 2-2 draw.

The Robins looked set to maintain their excellent start to the season when they went 2-1 ahead on the hour and Morecambe saw Yann Songo’o sent off but Derek Adams’ men never gave up and claimed a well-earned point.

Swindon took the lead in the 12th minute with a well-worked goal after 12 minutes when Jake Young’s cross found the unmarked Dan Kemp, who headed home from six yards out.

The Shrimps should have levelled a minute later. Tom Bloxham’s shot was parried by Murphy Mahoney and Songo’o could only hit the rebound against the post from close range.

Swindon then missed a great chance to double their advantage on the half hour when Young had a free header in the six-yard box but could only direct his effort straight at Stuart Moore.

He was made to pay when Morecambe levelled seconds later as Tom Bloxham crossed to the far post for Jake Taylor to head past Mahoney at full stretch.

Swindon took the lead again after 57 minutes when Austin sent Moore the wrong way from the spot after Songo’o had brought down last man Kemp and saw red.

Swindon pressed for a third but it was Morecambe who hit the target 10 minutes from time when Donald Love threaded a ball through to substitute Walker who slid the ball under Mahoney.

Andy Cook scored a hat-trick as he spearheaded Bradford to a first away win of the season with a 4-1 victory at Newport.

The 32-year-old striker, whose 31 goals last season enabled the Yorkshiremen to reach the play-offs, had not scored in his previous six outings this season, but grabbed two in the first half and then bagged his hat-trick in stoppage time.

It was a win that moved Mark Hughes’ side into the top half of the table and to within three points of the play-off places after an indifferent start.

For hapless County, it was a first home defeat in the league and they were lucky they only conceded four goals. Nick Townsend was forced into a number of key saves in a first half that was totally dominated by the visitors.

As Bradford poured forward the County defence looked more like a colander than a proper defensive unit. They could simply find no answer to the raids of Rayhaan Tulloch on the right and his partner in crime, Clark Oduor, on the left.

Cook headed home a Tulloch cross to the far post to take the lead in the 14th minute and Tulloch’s simple tap-in doubled the lead after 26 minutes before Cook added a second three minutes later.

A moment of magic from Omar Bogle threw the home side a lifeline in the 35th minute when he latched on to a through ball, skipped around the goalkeeper and tapped home his third goal in four games.

County could not make the most of it though as Cook completed his hat-trick with a header in added time to round things off nicely for the visitors.

Scott Lindsey praised the character shown by his Crawley side as they hit back from 2-0 down to beat Grimsby with a last-gasp winner.

Former Mariners striker Danilo Orsi settled the scores against his former club at Blundell Park deep into added time as Crawley made it three straight victories with this 3-2 success.

A frantic 12-minute spell in the first half set the tone as goals from Gavan Holohan and Abo Eisa put Grimsby in full control, only for Liam Kelly and Ronan Darcy to hit straight back for Crawley.

Orsi swept home the winner in the sixth minute of added time, lifting Crawley to fourth in Sky Bet League Two.

Lindsey said: “It was a great three points, and we are pleased with that, but we are always looking at our performance levels.

“We prepared for a team to play against us in an aggressive manner. Grimsby did that with an aggressive press and nothing was different from us doing our preparation.

“Their first goal was offside. For the second we have to do better. We had to make better decisions [after going 2-0 down] and try (to) play through their press better, which we did.

“You can’t go two down at a place like this, but we showed some great character to get back and win the game. That was down to our group and togetherness.”

Grimsby manager Paul Hurst added: “I don’t think as though we deserved it, but we have to take it on the chin. It can be a cruel game sometimes.

“For long enough both teams were trying to win the game, then it became apparent they were slowing it down as best they could.

“I think Crawley were ready to take a point from the game. For them to get that goal at the end is hard to take, especially with us going 2-0 up.

“For us to be pegged back to 2-2 so quickly was very frustrating, but then both sides had spells and chances. I thought we had the better of it.

“We had another good chance at the end and missing that summed it up.”

Holohan grabbed the opening goal in the 23rd minute as he reacted quickest after Eisa struck the post with a misguided cross.

Eisa made it 2-0 when he cut inside from the left and finished neatly for his fifth goal this season.

However, by the 35th minute, Crawley were back on level terms after two quickfire goals from Kelly – who sent a stunner into the top corner from 25 yards – and Darcy on the angle from 12 yards.

Adam Campbell and Darcy missed chances after the restart before Orsi dramatically snatched three points for Crawley at the end.

Mansfield remain the only EFL side unbeaten in all competitions after a hard-earned 1-0 home win over Barrow.

They had to be patient until Ollie Clarke finally netted after 72 minutes and the visitors’ hopes of a fightback were rocked by a red card for Junior Tiensia 12 minutes later.

Barrow had won their last three games at Mansfield and, despite Stags controlling more of the possession, it was the Bluebirds who created the better chances in the first half.

Emile Acquah wasted the best chance of the half as Gotts pulled back a low pass only to see his team-mate blaze over from eight yards.

Rory Feely might have done better just before the hour as he sent a free header over from Dean Campbell’s corner.

Mansfield went close two minutes later as Will Swan’s powerful finish deflected just over.

But Stags were ahead with their first shot on target as Swan burst down the left and pulled back a low ball for Clarke to bury low from 20 yards inside the left post.

Barrow then lost Tiensia after he lunged in on Aaron Lewis and was shown a straight red card.

A stunning strike from Ben Close earned a 2-1 win for resurgent Doncaster over early League Two pacesetters Gillingham.

The midfielder, who had put Rovers ahead early in the game, smashed in a shot from 25 yards in the 87th minute to win a closely-contested affair.

Doncaster took the lead in the 12th minute when Zain Westbrooke touched a free-kick to Close, who lashed a low shot in at the near post.

Gillingham grew into the game and Macauley Bonne and Shaun Williams both drew good saves from Louis Jones before they equalised in first-half stoppage time when Conor Masterson raced into space to head home from a corner.

The second half was a largely sloppy affair until the later stages, when both sides had their opportunities. Bonne and Masterson went close for the Gills, while Close and Owen Bailey saw chances saved by Jake Turner.

Close put Doncaster back in front with his fine strike before goalkeeper Jones produced a pair of fine saves to make sure of a second successive win for Rovers.

Notts County boss Luke Williams branded his side’s performance “dreadful” despite edging a seven-goal thriller 4-3 against Forest Green and returning to the top of League Two.

Dan Crowley and Macaulay Langstaff had given the Magpies a 2-0 advantage at the break, only for Troy Deeney to score two quickfire goals and draw the game level midway through the second half.

However, John Bostock and David McGoldrick were on hand to restore the hosts’ two-goal advantage – despite Deeney completing his hat-trick from the penalty spot late on.

Williams said: “I didn’t enjoy it all, not one bit.

“Forest Green are very good, and when you are two goals in front midway through the game, it does not matter if they are very good for the level, you need to be able to control the game better.

“Instead, it was dreadful – I don’t feel so great about it.

“So often is the case, the players are incredible because of many different things. Today, they didn’t play football in exactly the way we would like as a group, and for a period of the game they didn’t show the characteristics that have made them a good group – but then they remembered.

“Yes, it still wasn’t pretty at any point in the second half I don’t think, but Forest Green are going to go up the table for sure because they are excellent – but at 2-0 up, you should make the game calmer.”

Forest Green manager David Horseman was delighted with Deeney after taking his tally for the season to four, insisting the veteran striker is desperate to succeed at The New Lawn.

He said: “What has been interesting as the weeks have gone in is that he has got stronger physically, a lot fitter, his pressing was good today and the quality in the box it goes with a Premier League player and the way he looks after the ball and flicks headers on.

“But he is so desperate to win and do well for the team – he’s a brilliant player for us but more importantly a brilliant person.

“I am delighted he has got his hat-trick and hopefully there will be a lot more to come from him.”

Having seen his side come from two goals down to draw level, Horseman believes that they must gain confidence from the performance to move up the table.

“I just think today could have gone one or two ways,” he added.

“We are only going to get stronger – we need to because the table does not lie, we have drawn one and won two out of nine games, it is nowhere near the level we should be at.”

Notts County boss Luke Williams branded his side’s performance “dreadful” despite edging a seven-goal thriller 4-3 against Forest Green and returning to the top of League Two.

Goals from Dan Crowley and Macaulay Langstaff had given the Magpies a two-goal advantage at the break, only for Troy Deeney to score two quickfire goals to draw the game level midway through the second half.

However, John Bostock and David McGoldrick were on hand to restore the hosts’ two-goal advantage and they held on despite Deeney completing his hat-trick from the penalty spot late on.

Williams said: “I didn’t enjoy it all, not one bit.

“Forest Green are very good, and when you are two goals in front midway through the game, it does not matter if they are very good for the level, you need to be able to control the game better.

“Instead, it was dreadful – I don’t feel so great about it.

“So often is the case, the players are incredible because of many different things. Today, they didn’t play football in exactly the way we would like as a group, and for a period of the game they didn’t show the characteristics that have made them a good group – but then they remembered.

“Yes, it still wasn’t pretty at any point in the second half I don’t think, but Forest Green are going to go up the table for sure because they are excellent – but at 2-0 up, you should make the game calmer.”

Forest Green manager David Horseman was delighted with striker Deeney after taking his tally for the season to four – insisting the veteran striker is desperate to succeed at The New Lawn.

“What has been interesting as the weeks have gone on is that he has got stronger physically, a lot fitter, his pressing was good today and the quality in the box it goes with a Premier League player and the way he looks after the ball and flicks headers on,” said Horseman.

“But he is so desperate to win and do well for the team – he’s a brilliant player for us but more importantly a brilliant person.

“I am delighted he has got his hat-trick and hopefully there will be a lot more to come from him.”

Having seen his side come from two goals down to draw level, Horseman believes that his side must gain confidence from the performance to move up the table.

“I just think today could have gone one or two ways,” he added.

“We are only going to get stronger – we need to because the table does not lie, we have drawn one and won two out of nine games, it is nowhere near the level we should be at.”

Notts County were able to overcome a Troy Deeney hat-trick to preserve their unbeaten home record after edging a seven-goal thriller 4-3 against Forest Green Rovers.

Dan Crowley and Macaulay Langstaff had given the hosts a two-goal advantage at the break, but Deeney’s five-minute brace reduced the arrears.

John Bostock and David McGoldrick were on hand to rescue the hosts with two quickfire goals despite Deeney scoring from the penalty spot late on.

County’s early dominance prevailed as Crowley was able to glance Jodi Jones’ cross in off the post, before Langstaff rounded off a fine attacking move inside the area.

The visitors pulled a goal back as Deeney was able to turn and fire beyond Aidan Stone, doubling his tally with a right-footed effort inside the area.

But two goals in three minutes restored County’s two-goal advantage, with Bostock finishing from close range before McGoldrick rounded off a brilliant counter-attack.

Deeney did complete his hat-trick, smashing the ball down the middle from the spot, and almost added a fourth for an injury-time equaliser but his header hit the crossbar.

Chris Long’s early double strike helped secure Crewe a 2-1 win over Colchester.

The Railwaymen were out of the blocks quickly at Gresty Road with Long on the mark in the third and seventh minute.

The Us hit back strongly after the break when Samson Tovide cut the arrears and Crewe were left hanging on before registering their third success in the last four games.

Colchester’s defence failed to deal with Mickey Demetriou’s long throw and Long seized on the loose ball to rifle in the opener from close range.

Then when Connor Hall and Al-Amin Kazeem bundled Shilow Tracey over in the box, Long sent Owen Goodman the wrong way from the resulting penalty.

Courtney Baker-Richardson diverted a cross over and Crewe had the upper hand in the first half, although the Us had chances to get back into contention.

Joe Taylor volleyed over at the far post and later in the half the on-loan Luton striker burst clear inside the box, only to be thwarted by Alex keeper Harvey Davies.

Noah Chilvers also thumped in a low right-footed effort from the edge of the box which beat Davies and came back off the post.

Eventually, Tovide pulled a goal back eight minutes after the restart with the frontman sliding in to finish after Taylor drove a fierce cross over the six-yard box.

Tovide was also in on goal moments later but, with the equaliser in his sights, he blazed over.

The Us kept up their assault and Davies did well to tip over Arthur Read’s drive before Chilvers smashed an effort narrowly wide.

Us substitute Jay Mingi fired inches over and Taylor’s effort was cleared off the line by Luke Offord in stoppage time.

Crawley fought back from two goals behind to beat Grimsby 3-2, with a dramatic stoppage-time winner from Danilo Orsi against his former club proving decisive.

A frantic 12-minute spell in the first half at Blundell Park set the tone as goals from Gavan Holohan and Abo Eisa put the hosts in control, only for Liam Kelly and Ronan Darcy to reply immediately for Crawley.

Orsi then settled the Sky Bet League Two contest in the sixth minute of added time, lifting Crawley to fourth in the table.

Holohan grabbed the opening goal on 23 minutes as he reacted quickest after Eisa struck the post with a misguided cross.

Eisa made it 2-0 when he cut inside from the left-hand side and finished neatly for his fifth goal in eight games this season.

However, by the 35th minute, Crawley were back on level terms after two quickfire goals from Kelly – who sent a stunner into the top corner from 25 yards – and Darcy on the angle from 12 yards.

Adam Campbell and Darcy passed up chances for Crawley in the second half, before Orsi swept into the net late on to win it for the visitors.

Sutton ended a run of seven consecutive sky Bet League Two defeats with a 1-1 draw with MK Dons.

It was a fourth game without a win for the Dons as they were forced to come from behind to earn a point at Gander Green Lane.

Omar Sowunmi saw his powerful header cancelled out by Alex Gilbey in the second half.

The visitors went closest in the first half-hour when Dean Bouzanis did well to keep out Anthony Stewart’s volley.

Matt Gray’s side opened the scoring in the 37th minute as Sowunmi got on the end of Christian N’Guessan’s corner.

The visitors almost had an instant leveller when Jack Payne’s low shot his the post. Gilbey’s 20-yard daisy-cutter beat Bouzanis to restore parity.

Craig MacGillivray produced two good saves to ensure the scores remained level as he frustrated Omari Patrick.

Mo Eisa nodded wide of the target before MacGillivray produced another fine save, this time to keep out Sutton midfielder Craig Eastmond.

Gilbey could have nicked it late on, but he missed at the far post from Eisa’s cross.

Harrogate attacker Abraham Odoh ended a 20-game goal drought to settle a 3-2 thriller against Salford in Sky Bet League Two.

Odoh netted for the first time since March to also earn Harrogate a first-ever league win over the Ammies, at the 13th attempt.

Earlier, George Thomson and Sam Folarin had given the hosts a 2-0 lead, only for Curtis Tilt and Matt Smith to level things up.

After thumping a long-range effort against an upright early on, Thomson opened the scoring from the penalty spot just past the quarter-hour mark.

Matty Daly tumbled over Ethan Ingram’s dangling leg and Thomson blasted down the middle of the goal as Salford goalkeeper Alex Cairns dived to his right.

That lead was doubled at the first half’s midway point when Daly found Folarin and the former Middlesbrough striker’s 10-yard shot trickled over the line after Cairns had got a hand on the ball.

The visitors rallied with Conor McAleny’s deflected long-range strike clipping the crossbar and reduced the deficit when centre-back Tilt found the bottom corner with an overhead kick eight yards out in the 29th minute.

Action continued to swing from end to end after the break with Smith clearing an Anthony O’Connor header off the line before prodding in a 58th-minute equaliser following McAleny’s right-wing cross.

A deflected Kayne Ramsay cross struck the outside of a post before the Harrogate right-back charged upfield and found Daly who, in turn, threaded the ball through the left channel for Odoh to confidently curl inside the far post from 12 yards.

The goal extended struggling Salford’s longest-ever run of successive defeats as an EFL outfit to a fifth contest.

Isaac Olaofe notched his first Football League hat-trick as Stockport enjoyed a thumping 5-0 victory against Wrexham.

Last season’s beaten play-off finalists condemned the Welshmen to a first away defeat of the season, and a first loss since the opening day.

Stockport scored three times in a dream 11-minute spell in the first half at a sold-out Edgeley Park.

Olaofe notched first, sliding in to convert Will Collar’s low cross in the 21st minute.

Minutes later Olaofe headed against a post before the County striker added a second on the half-hour mark.

He profited following a defensive howler by Ben Tozer as he smashed home past Mark Howard.

Aston Villa loanee Louie Barry then went on a mazy run before slotting home his sixth goal in his last six league games.

Olaofe completed his treble five minutes into the second half when he dived in to head home from Barry’s deflected cross.

Wrexham’s Elliot Lee struck the crossbar late on, before Stockport sub Paddy Madden wrapped up a memorable third straight win with a 90th-minute close-range finish.

Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Jack Currie and Ali Al-Hamadi all scored their first goals of the season as AFC Wimbledon won 3-1 at 10-man Walsall.

The visitors led inside six minutes as Stockport loanee Lemonheigh-Evans, making his first Dons start, rifled in a fierce 20-yard strike that Walsall keeper Owen Evans got a hand to but could not keep out.

Walsall almost levelled after 36 minutes but Isaac Hutchinson’s 25-yard free-kick struck the bar.

And they were a man down seconds later as Taylor Allen was sent off for catching Omar Bugiel’s leg with his studs.

Wimbledon wasted a golden chance 11 minutes after the break when Ryan Stirk handled Lemonheigh-Evans’ pull-back but home keeper Evans saved Armani Little’s tame penalty.

And the 10-man Saddlers equalised in the 58th minute as Draper smartly controlled Hutchinson’s cross before swivelling to fire into the bottom corner.

Parity lasted just three minutes before Al-Hamadi teed up Currie just inside the box to fire home via a slight deflection.

Al-Hamadi then made the points safe seven minutes from time, cutting inside to find the bottom corner from 18 yards.

Nigel Adkins got his first win in interim charge of Tranmere with a 2-0 victory against 10-men Accrington.

Josh Hawkes’s penalty gave Tranmere the advantage before Stanley’s Jay Rich-Baghuelou received a straight red card for a poor tackle on the goalscorer, whose second after half-time ensured victory.

Following early pressure, the home side won a penalty after Rosaire Longelo’s 12th-minute handball and Hawkes converted to put Tranmere ahead.

Regan Hendry’s free-kick almost crept in to double Tranmere’s lead as Baghuelou received his marching orders from referee Sam Purkiss three minutes before half-time after a poor challenge on Hawkes.

Hendry volleyed off-target for Tranmere before the break, but Hawkes doubled the advantage not long after half-time with a low shot beyond substitute goalkeeper Jack McIntyre, who replaced injured Toby Savin.

Luke McGee parried Tommy Leigh’s curling effort as Stanley sought a comeback, while McIntyre showed good reflexes to divert Hawkes’s drive over and deny him his hat-trick.

McGee stopped Stanley substitute Jack Nolan before McIntyre tipped over Tom Davies’ flick as full-time approached.