League Two: Plymouth extend lead with Morecambe win
Plymouth extended their lead at the Sky Bet League Two summit with a regulation victory over Morecambe.
The Pilgrims were 2-0 winners in front of their own fans, the goals from Graham Carey and Craig Tanner coming inside 12 minutes.
That was enough to put them five points clear after Portsmouth were beaten 2-1 at Notts County.
Sheffield Wednesday loanee Caolan Lavery puts Pompey ahead in the 19th minute but Graham Burke's classy finish levelled matters and Alan Sheehan produced the winner in the 77th minute.
Oxford replaced them in second after hammering nine-man Stevenage 5-1 at the Lamex Stadium.
Goals from Ryan Taylor and Chris Whelpdale had cancelled each other out when Jamie McCombe was sent off, Liam Sercombe scoring the resulting penalty having already missed one.
Alex MacDonald, Taylor again and Kemar Roofe all added to the score, while Michael Tonge was dismissed on his home debut.
Yeovil slipped to the bottom of the division after throwing away an early two-goal lead at Carlisle.
Ryan Bird and Harry Cornick both scored inside seven minutes but defender Michael Raynes produced two close-range finishes either side of MacAuley Gillesphey's first senior goal.
Accrington moved up to fourth place with a 1-0 win at Leyton Orient, top-scorer Josh Windass netting his eighth goal of the season.
Josh Clarke scored one and made one as Barnet stretched their unbeaten run to four with a 2-0 success over mid-table Exeter.
Troy Brown headed's Clarke's cross past his own goalkeeper in the 34th minute, before the midfielder ran half the length of the pitch to make it safe in the second period.
Newport made it three games unbeaten as they continue to edge away from the relegation zone.
They drew 2-2 with Northampton, who led through Sam Hoskins and Marc Richards only for Sam Barrow and Lenell John-Lewis to square matters before the break.
Wycombe came away from Mansfield with a 2-0 success, Luke O'Nien and substitute Aaron Amadi-Holloway on target.
York's winless streak stretched to 10 games, with caretaker boss Richard Cresswell starting his tenure with a late defeat at Crawley.
The Minstermen had a point within their grasp only for Eddie Nolan's foul to hand Simon Walton the chance to steal a 1-0 win from the penalty spot.
Hartlepool were soundly beaten 2-0 by AFC Wimbledon after Callum Kennedy and Lyle Taylor scored within 10 minutes of each other during a one-sided first half.