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League Two round-up: Bury and Lincoln draw, Mansfield win

Bury and Lincoln play out thrilling draw as Mansfield move up to second.

Image: Bury and Lincoln played out an incredible 3-3 draw

Bury shared the spoils with League Two leaders Lincoln after they came from behind three times to secure a remarkable 3-3 draw at Gigg Lane.

Danny Rowe netted his third goal of the week to break the deadlock (9), but Jay O'Shea's piledriver from 25 yards restored parity for the third-placed Shakers (15).

A Chris Stokes own goal saw the Imps regain the lead (25) and, just before half-time, Nicky Adams tucked a cross past Grant Smith at the far post (42).

John Akinde's penalty gave Danny Cowley's men the lead once more (63) but, with four minutes remaining, Will Aimson powered home a corner to earn third-placed Bury a point; they sit third on 53 points, having played a game more than both Lincoln, who have 59 points, and second-placed Mansfield (54).

Mansfield continued their push for automatic promotion with a routine 3-0 victory over 10-man Tranmere.

Jorge Grant scored his first two goals for the club since joining on loan from Nottingham Forest and opened his account with a great free-kick after 22 minutes. Tranmere's afternoon was compounded by Ollie Banks' dismissal in the 37th minute for two bookable offences before the hosts sealed maximum points thanks to Tyler Walker's 19th goal of the season and Grant's second.

Ten-man Macclesfield saw a two-goal lead slip as fellow strugglers Cheltenham produced a terrific comeback to win 3-2 at the Jonny-Rocks Stadium.

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Morecambe extended their run without a win in to seven matches but managed to salvage a 1-1 draw at Northampton.

Forest Green consolidated their play-off ambitions with a 2-0 win at Stevenage. George Williams found space on the right wing before cutting back for Liam Shephard to slide in for his fourth goal of the season after 13 minutes before Christian Doidge made it three goals in two games to seal victory for Forest Green.

Carlisle made it successive wins for new boss Steven Pressley as Connor Simpson scored his first goal for the club in the 1-0 triumph at Port Vale. Striker Ricky Miller saw red for serious foul play after 41 minutes, but the hosts could not hold onto the draw.

Eddie Nolan scored three minutes from time to earn Crewe their fourth successive home win with a 2-1 success over Colchester.

Wes Thomas' first-half goal proved enough for Grimbsy, despite the 41st-minute dismissal of defender Harry Davis as they saw off MK Dons at Blundell Park.

Nicky Law grabbed the only goal with eight minutes remaining to help Exeter into play-off places after defeating Cambridge, while Crawley also won 1-0 at Swindon courtesy of Filipe Morais' first-half stoppage-time finish to end a three-match losing streak.

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