Garry Monk registered his first win in charge of Cambridge as they gave their League One survival hopes a massive boost by beating promotion-chasing Barnsley 2-0 at Oakwell.Barnsley should have gone ahead inside 11 minutes when Nicky Cadden fired wide from six yards after a low cross was cleared into his path.Cambridge then took the lead in the 13th minute from an own goal. Mael de Gevigney tried

Bradford ended a four-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over Tranmere at Valley Parade.A small group of Bradford fans had protested outside the ground before kick-off against club owner Stefan Rupp, who had written an open letter on Friday apologising for the club’s poor season.But Graham Alexander’s side returned to winning ways thanks to second-half goals from Calum Kavanagh and

Port Vale boosted their survival hopes, with a 2-0 victory at home to Bristol Rovers securing back-to-back wins for the first time since September.A 10-minute burst either side of half-time saw Ben Garrity and Baylee Dipepa do the damage for Darren Moore’s men in the Sky Bet League One contest at Vale Park.Buoyed by a first victory of the year against Burton last time out, the hosts flew out

Goals from Hakeeb Aselakun and Max Biamou gave 10-man Doncaster their fourth successive victory with a 2-0 win at the Broadfield Stadium as Crawley slipped out of the play-off places.Rovers battled for the last 24 minutes with 10 players after defender Tom Anderson picked up a straight red card.Crawley went into the game with assistant boss Jamie Day in charge in the technical area, supported by f

Bolton lost more ground in League One’s automatic promotion battle as they were held to a 0-0 draw at slumping Stevenage.Will Forrester came the closest to scoring a winner for the visitors when he clattered the crossbar.Wanderers have won just two of their last eight matches and have slipped six points off second-placed Derby, albeit with a game in hand.As for Stevenage they are now winless

Aaron Drinan scored his third goal in four games as two pieces of comedic defending helped Swindon break a four-match winless streak by beating Notts County 2-1.Swindon had the lead after 19 minutes in calamitous circumstances as Scott Robertson tried to play the ball back to his goalkeeper but it hit the post and rebounded for Drinan to net.Sean McGurk then drifted out to the right and picked out

Dajaune Brown’s first-half strike sealed Gateshead a 1-0 home win against Rochdale and kept his side in the promotion hunt.On-loan Derby forward Brown produced a classy finish for his ninth goal since arriving from Derby in January as Gateshead made it three straight wins.Kain Adom’s volley for Gateshead was cleared off the goal-line before Brown put them in front in the 27th minute, c

MK Dons thumped Walsall 5-0 to keep the pressure on in the race for automatic promotion from League Two.Emre Tezgel put the hosts ahead, before Max Dean’s brace and further goals from Alex Gilbey and Joe Tomlinson gave them an emphatic victory.The result keeps the Dons three points off the top three, while Walsall are now without a win in four.Walsall earlier missed two good chances when Mo

Ronan Curtis scored and was sent off as AFC Wimbledon had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Harrogate at Plough Lane.The result did little to help either team’s Sky Bet League Two play-off charge.Matty Daly’s cool opener was cancelled out by Curtis, who was sent off for a reckless challenge only three minutes later.The Dons lie one point outside the play-offs, while their visitors are l

York gave their Vanarama National League survival hopes a major boost with a third successive victory after beating champions Chesterfield 2-1 at LNER Community Stadium.Dipo Akinyemi had a goal ruled out for offside before Chesterfield, who beat Boreham Wood last week to wrap up the title, took a seventh-minute lead through Joe Quigley on his 100th appearance for the Spireites.The Minstermen were