Mansfield boss Nigel Clough hailed an incredible 40-yard volley from Aaron Lewis as Mansfield maintained their unbeaten start to the League Two campaign with a 3-0 win over Accrington.

Lewis got the ball straight from goalkeeper Toby Savin’s clearance on 75 minutes and hit it first time into the far corner of the net to complete the scoring as the Stags moved up to third place in the league.

Mansfield opened the scoring after 29 minutes when James Gale’s ball into the box was chested down by Davis Keillor-Dunn and his superb overhead kick found the top of the net.

It was two on 36 minutes when Keillor-Dunn turned provider, his low cross was fired home by George Maris from eight yards.

Stanley forced a couple of saves from Christy Pym but the Stags looked more likely to add to their tally.

“It was an incredible goal,” said Clough. “We were right behind it. We had thought about giving him a rollicking for not taking a touch but it was one of them where we could see it was on target but we didn’t know whether it would go just over or dip in time.

“It was one of those where everything stopped in the stadium, everyone froze, as it seemed to take its time to hit the back of the net. It was incredible in any football match, never mind at this level.

“They were all quality goals. Aaron was the stand-out one but Davis has got a goal and an assist and it was an excellent finish for the first.

“George’s was a good finish and while the other two goals were quality, I think the build-up to the second one was the best in terms of a team goal.

“The clean sheet is also important and, while it’s a brilliant result, there were aspects of the performance we can improve on.”

Stanley boss John Coleman had no complaints about the result.

He said: “Mansfield were better than us on the day. There wasn’t much in the shots on target but once they got the first goal they upped their game and I can have no complaints.

“You can’t fault our lads for effort, they gave everything, but they were just misguided at times and we were architects of our own downfall. We have to take responsibility for our own mistakes.

“We have got to focus on where we can improve. We didn’t deal with the body blow of conceding the first goal, we were opened up too easily for the second and we gifted them the third, although it was a great finish by their lad.

“We weren’t that bad as, apart from the goals, our goalkeeper only had one other save to make and I was disappointed we did not score, we had chances.

“Sometimes teams are just better than you.”

Ben Garner felt his Colchester side produced the “complete performance” after beating Tranmere 2-0 to claim their first home win of the Sky Bet League Two season.

Joe Taylor gave Colchester an 11th-minute lead when he dinked the ball past keeper Luke McGee after Arthur Read’s superb pass had picked out the striker’s run.

Bradley Ihionvien then sealed the hosts’ win in the 87th minute when he followed up to score from close range after fellow substitute John Akinde’s effort had deflected into his path.

Colchester boss Garner said: “I’m really proud of the performance. I think from start to finish we were excellent in pretty much all departments today.

“If I’m being really critical, we should have scored a lot more goals, but other than that, it was a really complete performance and it’s one that the players and their families can be really proud of.”

On Taylor’s goal, he added: “Joe Taylor is great in those situations. It’s brilliant movement first and foremost, it’s a super pass from Arthur Read and it’s such a clever finish. He makes it look easy and it’s not.

“I thought we should have been three or four up at the break; we weren’t but we stayed calm and the players went and delivered again in the second half.

“I was pleased when the second one went in that’s for sure. I was delighted with Brad’s goal. It was a forward’s instinct and he’s a natural goalscorer.”

Colchester were well worth their win, registering 27 shots on goal, 12 of which were on target.

Rovers were indebted to their goalkeeper McGee for keeping Colchester out on a number of occasions.

Tranmere lie third from bottom with just one win to their name and manager Ian Dawes admitted their performance was “unacceptable”.

Dawes said: “It’s always going to be a question I’m going to get asked (about his future).

“Losing games of football, it doesn’t matter what level you’re at, you get asked those questions and you get a reaction from the fans at the end and they’re completely just in their views.

“They’ve got the right to vent and they’re as frustrated as I am with the results but I still think we can turn it around.

“It was a disappointing start to the game. I thought we were OK in the first few minutes but we gave away the goal and the manner in which we did made it an uphill battle.

“We never got to grips with the game at all – it was unacceptable.

“We didn’t create enough chances, we didn’t pass the ball well enough and ultimately, we lost the game and we can’t complain about the result.”

Delighted Walsall boss Mat Sadler praised a “monumental” effort from his team after they came from behind at half-time to triumph with a 2-1 League Two victory at Salford.

The Saddlers were victorious in a true game of two halves at the Peninsula Stadium.

Sadler, whose team are now unbeaten in four league matches, said: “We should have done better in that first half, there were times when I felt quite insecure.

“It was proving really tough for the two front lads, but credit to the group for the way they rallied in the second half.

“They were resilient, while also being aware that we would have been in real trouble had we conceded a second goal.

“We just ran over the opposition at times in that second half and across the field there were some monumental performances.”

In energy-sapping conditions at the Peninsula Stadium, Salford bossed the first period and led at the interval.

Matt Smith struck when he bundled home Luke Bolton’s angled cross.

The Saddlers responded superbly after the break, though, with Freddie Draper levelling with a header, before Oisin McEntee lashed in a rebound to win the game.

Sadler added: “We’re still a learning team don’t forget.

“We’ve got a really-talented squad full of young players and we can continue to make good progress this season.”

Meanwhile, Sadler went on to salute goalkeeper Owen Evans, who saved his team at least twice in the late stages.

“We know all about Owen, he just does what he does,” added Sadler.

“He showed exactly why I wanted to sign him.

“On days like this, you can see why I think he’s one of the best keepers in this division.”

The result proved to be another blow for Salford boss Neil Wood, whose team have now lost four of their last five League Two games.

Wood said: “There’s no reason to panic, we’re only seven games into the season.

“We know what it’s all about at both ends of the table and it’s a long season.

“We’ve just got to get through these moments and we will, it’ll come.

“We should have been 3-0 up by half-time, minimum.

“In the end, we’ve paid the price for some of our defending in the second half.

“Poor decisions have cost us again, we’ve conceded two more poor goals.

“We’re on a steep learning curve at the moment and one thing we need to learn is to finish teams off when we’re in front and on top.

“It’s just very frustrating. We had chances late in the game, but we should be testing their goalkeeper much more.

“It’s a big positive that we’re creating chances of course, but we have to improve defensively.”

Michael Flynn said his Swindon team showed real character to hold on to claim all three points against Sutton with a thrilling 5-3 win.

Jake Young bagged a first-half brace as the Robins stormed into an early 3-0 lead only for Sutton to come fighting back.

Swindon boss Flynn said: “I take enjoyment with the way we played, for the boys to do it in that heat, even if there was a lull after they scored.

“We allowed them to get back into the game, which I didn’t like, but at least they had the character to come back out in the second half and pick up and go again.

“At times in that second half we were blistering, if you will pardon the pun.

“I don’t play kamikaze football, I play educated football, and I wanted us to be patient and not fall into their trap.

“I was still disappointed with the goal we conceded, and we should have had two stonewall penalties.

“That was important as they went down the other end and scored, but some of the football we played was absolutely superb.”

League Two Player of the Month Young scored after five minutes when he drove into space and tucked his shot in at the near post.

Swindon had their second inside 20 minutes when Dan Kemp picked up a loose ball in the area and set up Jake Cain to curl into the corner of the net, before Young got his second capitalising on some comical defending

Sutton managed to pull one back before the break as Craig Clay dispatched from the top of the box, before Ben Goodliffe turned home a long throw.

Kemp seemed to have won it for Swindon in the second half as he scooped a shot over Jack Rose and in off the bar.

Harry Smith made it a nervy finish when he was given space at the far post and turned the ball home, but Rushian Hepburn-Murphy scored a marvellous individual goal to seal the points for Swindon.

Sutton assistant manager Jason Goodliffe said: “I am obviously really disappointed with the start, 3-0 down after 20 minutes is exactly what you don’t want away from home.

“To be fair to the lads, we showed a real good attitude and a good character to come back into the game.

“And at 3-2, I felt that we had a penalty that was not given in our favour when (Josh) Coley went through and we were still fighting throughout the second half.

“Obviously, they got the fourth goal which went against us and then even when we were still fighting we got ourselves back in it at 4-3 and it was very much end-to-end stuff. Unfortunately we’ve come out on the wrong end of the 5-3 defeat.

“But unfortunately you can’t start games like we did and be 3-0 down.”

Stockport manager Dave Challinor hopes his side’s comeback victory at AFC Wimbledon will help cure any lingering hangover from losing last season’s Sky Bet League Two play-off final.

The Hatters arrived at Plough Lane having won only one of their first six league games of the campaign and were forced to name two goalkeepers on their bench due to a long list of absentees.

Another setback looked to be on the way as they trailed at half-time to Josh Davison’s opener, but goals from Louie Barry and Will Collar in the second half gave them a much-needed boost and ended the Dons’ unbeaten start.

Challinor said: “We needed that as a group to get ourselves kickstarted.

“You keep taking shots below the belt in terms of mistakes, and things like that, and they can affect what happens, but they’ve shown an awful lot of character in the second half from what happened in the first half to go and get a massive three points.

“We have to use that as a bit of a springboard and hopefully we will do.

“You have to go to them lengths to win games of football.

“It was always going to be tough, there were always going to be frustrations and you’ve got a group there that are absolutely empty in terms going to the lengths they went to at the back end to see the game out.”

Wimbledon went ahead after 32 minutes when Davison managed to get free of his marker to turn in James Tilley’s corner.

But Stockport hit back five minutes into the second half when Isaac Olaofe drove into the Dons’ half before setting up Barry, who whipped a good finish into the bottom corner.

The comeback was complete in the 62nd minute when Barry got in behind down the left and his cut-back was thumped in first-time by Collar.

The win was almost snatched away from the Hatters in the ninth minute of stoppage time, however, when Tilley shot a big opportunity into the side netting.

Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson said: “I don’t think we were at our best today.

“My biggest frustration was that we probably weren’t brave enough with the ball today – we were too predictable, didn’t cause them enough problems.

“They’re a tough team to play against but I don’t think Stockport necessarily had to be at their best and they haven’t seen Wimbledon in the best light, so that’s the frustration.

“I thought it was good in the first half.

“They had a lot of the ball, but I don’t think they hurt us because our shape was really good and we had some really good moments where we countered, although we probably didn’t make the most of some of those.”

Shaun Williams was Gillingham’s late match-winner as his stoppage-time strike snatched a 1-0 victory over gutsy Harrogate.

Williams lashed home a rebound after Shadrach Ogie’s initial effort was blocked to send his side top of the table.

The victory was the hosts’ fifth league win of the season and helped them bounce back from two straight defeats.

The Gills went close early on when Williams fired narrowly over the top from 20 yards.

The hosts continued to press and George Lapslie rose to meet Scott Malone’s cross, only to head inches wide.

Macauley Bonne planted a header off target for Gillingham before Harrogate threatened just before half-time when Kayne Ramsey lashed an effort clear of the crossbar.

After the restart Gillingham goalkeeper Jake Turner produced a smart stop to deny George Thomson.

The hosts replied with Lapslie drilling a low effort off target.

The sweltering conditions appeared to be taking their toll on both teams in the later stages, while there was a lengthy hold-up as Town’s Sam Folarin left the field on a stretcher, but Williams’ instinctive strike won the game six minutes into added time.

Walsall came from behind to secure an impressive 2-1 League Two victory at stuttering Salford.

Mat Sadler’s improving visitors deserved their second-straight win as they extended their unbeaten league run to four matches, while the Ammies have now lost four of their last five league games.

Salford went ahead after 15 minutes when Matt Smith bundled the ball home from close range following Luke Bolton’s angled cross into the box.

The hosts came close to a second when debutant Declan John fired in a volley which was blocked by a defender.

Walsall’s first decent opportunity came after 35 minutes, but Isaac Hutchinson struck a 20-yard free-kick disappointingly over the top.

Seconds before the interval, Walsall goalkeeper Owen Evans produced a superb fingertip save to deny Stevie Mallan.

Walsall levelled just before the hour mark when Freddie Draper rose to meet Oisin McEntee’s cross before powering home an unstoppable header.

The visitors then notched a second with 15 minutes left.

Draper’s initial strike was beaten away by goalkeeper Alex Cairns, but McEntee was perfectly placed to ram home the rebound.

Evans saved superbly from substitute Marcus Dackers and Bolton late on but Walsall hung on.

Crewe made it back-to-back League Two wins with a convincing 4-1 comeback victory away to Forest Green.

Goals from Chris Long, Elliot Nevitt and an eight-minute brace from Courtney Baker-Richardson saw the Railwaymen clinch all three points in a fine second-half display.

Reece Brown opened the scoring for Forest Green but the visitors turned on the style after the break to record a comfortable win.

Reece Welch was denied at point-black range following a corner but Brown took full advantage as he slammed home the loose ball after 35 minutes.

Rovers failed to deal with a bouncing ball and Long capitalised as he drove into the area and slid under goalkeeper Luke Daniels to level matters.

Baker-Richardson then powered home a Joel Tabiner corner directed towards the near post just after the hour mark as Crewe took the lead.

Baker-Richardson added a third as he hammered home a right-footed effort from the edge of the area after Rovers failed to clear after 69 minutes.

While Long drove to the byline and delivered a low cross for substitute Nevitt to tap home a fourth for the rampant visitors.

Kyle Cameron’s excellent equaliser maintained Notts County’s unbeaten start to the season in an entertaining 1-1 draw at MK Dons.

The top two in League Two at kick-off shared the spoils at Stadium MK after Cameron cancelled out Daniel Harvie’s opener.

The opening half-hour saw few opportunities beyond a saved Jonathan Leko effort for the hosts, but more chances came as the half continued, with the closest seeing County’s Macaulay Langstaff clearing the bar from close range.

Within a minute of the restart, the Dons went in front.

Harvie picked up Ethan Robson’s pass, ran a long way down the left flank to the area and drilled a strike past Aidan Stone.

County were on level terms after 67 minutes, with Cameron powering a low effort into the corner just moments after he had seen a strike deflected wide.

Dons keeper Craig MacGillivray then made a great stop to deny Langstaff in added time before Dons substitute Ellis Harrison failed to keep his own shot down as the points were shared.

Jake Young netted a first-half brace as Swindon beat Sutton 5-3 in a thriller at the County Ground.

League Two Player of the Month Young scored after five minutes when he drove into space and tucked his shot home at the near post.

Swindon got their second 15 minutes later when Dan Kemp picked up a loose ball in the area and set up Jake Cain to curl into the corner of the net, before Young netted his second after capitalising on some comical defending.

Sutton managed to pull it back to 3-2 before the break as Craig Clay dispatched from the top of the box, before Ben Goodliffe turned home a long throw.

Kemp looked to have won it for Swindon early in the second half as he scooped a shot over Jack Rose and in off the bar.

Harry Smith made it a nervy finish when he was given space at the far post to turn the ball home, but Rushian Hepburn-Murphy scored a marvellous individual goal to seal the points three minutes from time.

Colchester claimed their first home win of the season after beating struggling Tranmere 2-0 in Sky Bet League Two.

Colchester took an 11th-minute lead through Joe Taylor, who dinked the ball past keeper Luke McGee after Arthur Read had picked out the striker’s run with a superb pass.

Tranmere almost responded immediately when Dan Pike’s effort was parried by goalkeeper Owen Goodman.

McGee then denied Noah Chilvers and Jayden Fevrier while Samson Tovide fired into the side netting for the hosts.

Tranmere were a whisker away from equalising deep into first-half stoppage time when Sam Taylor’s excellent first-time volley flew inches wide.

McGee denied both Fevrier and Tovide again, before substitute Charlie Jolley fired wastefully wide for Tranmere after being picked out by Taylor.

United sealed their win in the 87th minute through Bradley Ihionvien, who converted on the line after fellow substitute John Akinde’s deflected effort had looped into his path.

Adam Campbell scored a fine brace as Crawley eased to their first League Two win in four games with a convincing 4-1 home victory over Newport.

Omar Bogle cancelled out an early Nick Tsaroulla strike for the Exiles but the Reds took control after the break on a swelteringly hot day in West Sussex, with Ben Gladwin adding the fourth.

Crawley made the perfect start with Tsaroulla bursting through after a pass by Liam Kelly to drill the opener under goalkeeper Nick Townsend after only five minutes.

Newport hit back to equalise in impressive fashion with striker Bogle firing in a left-foot shot on the turn from the edge of the area in the 10th minute.

Crawley re-took the lead nine minutes after the break, Campbell lashing in a low shot after Danilo Orsi had a goal-bound effort blocked.

Former Gateshead striker Campbell struck again to make it 3-1, curling a beauty into the top corner after Tsaroulla’s assist on 67 minutes.

Bogle had the ball in the net again for Newport but he was clearly offside before Gladwin rifled home from 25 yards in the 79th minute to cap a comfortable win.

Will Collar struck the winner with his first goal of the season as Stockport came from behind to defeat AFC Wimbledon 2-1, ending the hosts’ unbeaten start in Sky Bet League Two.

It was only the Hatters’ second win in seven games in the campaign, as they indicated the hangover from losing last year’s play-off final may finally be wearing off.

Wimbledon broke through after 32 minutes when Josh Davison managed to escape his marker to touch in James Tilley’s corner and open his account for the season.

A superb break by Isaac Olaofe led to an equaliser for Stockport five minutes after the restart as he rolled the ball into the path of Louie Barry, who finished crisply into the bottom corner.

The Hatters then completed the turnaround in the 62nd minute when Barry got in behind down the left before his cut-back was finished into the top corner by Collar.

Tilley almost rescued a point for the Dons in the ninth minute of stoppage time but could only shoot into the side netting from Omar Bugiel’s set-up.

Wrexham made it back-to-back Sky Bet League Two wins and moved into the play-off places with a 2-1 victory over struggling Doncaster at the Racecourse.

A deflected effort from Luke Young and a late Elliot Lee strike were the difference as Phil Parkinson’s side extended their unbeaten league run to six games, while Rovers’ wait for their first win of the season continues.

After a bright start from the home side, which saw Sam Dalby’s effort saved by Ian Lawlor, the visitors could have opened the scoring themselves through Mo Faal, while Tom Anderson blazed over from just six yards.

But it was Wrexham who took the lead in the 37th minute when Young’s effort was deflected past the helpless Lawlor in the Rovers goal after Ollie Palmer and Lee had come close moments earlier.

Doncaster continued to enjoy plenty of possession after the break and their pressure was rewarded when Faal headed home from a Joe Ironside cross.

Wrexham could have retaken the lead when Will Boyle’s header flashed wide and Palmer’s effort was saved by Lawlor, but it was Lee who stole the points with a thunderous drive from the edge of the box in the 88th minute.

Aaron Lewis scored a spectacular 40-yard volley to maintain Mansfield’s unbeaten start to the League Two campaign with a 3-0 win over Accrington.

Lewis got the ball straight from a Toby Savin clearance on 75 minutes and hit it first time into the far corner of the net to complete the scoring as the Stags moved up to third place in the league.

Mansfield had two shots on target in the first half and took them both.

They opened the scoring after 29 minutes when James Gale’s ball into the box was chested down by Davis Keillor-Dunn and his superb overhead kick found the top of the net.

It was two on 36 minutes when Keillor-Dunn turned provider, his low cross being fired home by George Maris from eight yards.

Stanley’s Jack Nolan had a long-range strike saved by Christy Pym in added time in the first half while, just after the re-start, Savin denied Maris a second.

It was action-packed with Pym pushing out a fierce Josh Andrews strike and Nolan could only put the follow-up over the bar while substitute Hiram Boateng fired narrowly wide for the Stags.

Then came the Lewis wonder goal to seal three points for Mansfield.