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League Two roundup: Gillingham move into top spot

League Two roundup: Gillingham move top
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Gillingham leapfrog Port Vale to top spot of League Two.

Gillingham leapfrogged Port Vale to move to the top of League Two this afternoon.

Deon Burton's 11th goal of the season fired the Gills into first place as they beat Dagenham & Redbridge 2-1.

The Football League's top scorers Port Vale slipped up, losing 1-0 at home to Morecambe.

Jacques Maghoma helped himself to a brace in Burton Albion's 4-0 demolition of 10-man Fleetwood and Bristol Rovers continued their revival with a 1-0 victory over Wycombe.

At the bottom of the table, veteran Gary Alexander scored an injury-time winner as struggling Wimbledon defeated Bradford 2-1. Barnet gave themselves some breathing space with a 2-1 defeat of York.

Northampton Town crept into the playoff places as former Sunderland player Roy O'Donovan netted in their 2-1 away victory, while lowly Aldershot grabbed a point at Cheltenham despite the sending off of Anthony Tonkin.

Results in full: AFC Wimbledon 2-1 Bradford, Bristol Rovers 1-0 Wycombe, Cheltenham 1-1 Aldershot, Fleetwood 0-4 Burton Albion, Gillingham 2-1 Dagenham & Redbridge, Plymouth 0-1 Oxford United, Port Vale 0-1 Morecambe, Rochdale 1-0 Torquay, Rotherham 1-0 Chesterfield, Southend 1-2 Northampton Town, York 1-2 Barnet

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1Walsall25184352232958
2Crewe AlexandraCrewe261210434221246
3Port Vale2612863227544
4AFC Wimbledon24134737191843
5Notts County25127641261543
6Doncaster RoversDoncaster2612773630643
7Salford City2512672921842
8Bradford CityBradford2511863427741
9Grimsby Town26122123741-438
10Chesterfield259883930935
11Bromley2581073531434
12MK Dons24104103835334
13Cheltenham TownCheltenham2587103438-431
14Fleetwood TownFleetwood237973028230
15Colchester UnitedColchester2561272928130
16Gillingham2493122225-330
17BarrowBarrow2577112328-528
18Swindon TownSwindon27610113341-828
19Harrogate TownHarrogate2684142337-1428
20Newport CountyNewport2475123243-1126
21Accrington StanleyAccrington2467113243-1125
22Tranmere RoversTranmere2567121839-2125
23Morecambe2555152240-1820
24Carlisle UnitedCarlisle2546151939-2018


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