League Two - Round-up: Cherries on top, Daggers chase

Eurosport - Sat, 19 Sep 19:51:00 2009

Bournemouth stayed top of the League Two table but Dagenham remain hot on their heels after both recorded victories on Saturday.

Stuart Thurgood and Paul Benson, Burton v Dagenham, FOOTBALL - 0

Bournemouth's best start to a season for 39 years continued at rock-bottom Darlington as Brett Pitman's double earned a 2-0 win.

Pitman converted Lee Bradbury's cross early on before slamming home his fourth goal in three games from the spot after Tony Kane handled the ball in the area.

Dagenham are still only two points behind thanks to a 1-0 win at Burton, courtesy of an eighth goal of the season by Paul Benson (pictured).

Sol Campbell had a debut to forget as high-flying Notts County were humbled by Morecambe's first win of the season, losing 2-1.

The former England man looked on as Jim Bentley and Paul Mullin set the Shrimps on their way with Ben Davies' long-range strike not enough to rescue the Magpies.

Rotherham are now four points off the pace after they were held to a 1-1 draw at Cheltenham.

Veteran campaigner Julian Alsop headed home a late equaliser to deny managerless Rotherham the win.

Adam Le Fondre's fifth goal in six games had set the Millers on their way, only for Alsop to get on the end of Theo Lewis' cross five minutes from time.

Barnet and Bradford had to settle for a point after a 2-2 draw that was kicked off by James Hanson's early effort for City.

John O'Flynn got Barnet level only for Zesh Rehman to cancel his strike out, before Mark Hughes' late header earned Barnet a point nine minutes from the end.

Kirk Hudson's goal capped a fine turnaround for Aldershot to move them into fifth, with a 2-1 win at Crewe.

Shaun Miller rifled Crewe ahead early in the first half, before Scott Donnelly's fifth goal of the season pulled the visitors level.

Ian Sampson's chances of taking over as Northampton's next permanent manager suffered another blow as Will Buckley's goal earned Rochdale the points in a 2-1 success.

Chris O'Grady slotted Dale ahead early on and Ryan Gilligan equalised after the break.

Shrewsbury are level on points with Aldershot and Rochdale following a 2-0 victory at managerless Lincoln.

Jake Robinson got the Shrews on their way from close range before the in-form striker Dave Hibbert settled matters with a penalty.

Elsewhere, a four-goal blitz before half-time helped Chesterfield easily see off Macclesfield 4-1.

Wade Small got them going early on before Jack Lester, Jamie Lowry and Donal McDermott all chimed in with further goals.

Torquay are level on points with Macclesfield as their slump continued at home to Grimsby where they fell to a fifth successive defeat, losing 2-0.

Kevin Nicholson's 18-yard own goal which came as he went in for a tackle gave the hosts a fortuitous lead before Peter Sweeney made sure of the points with a delightful 25-yard free-kick.

Hereford earned a 2-0 victory over Accrington Stanley as on-loan Leicester man Craig King volleyed the hosts ahead early on, and Marc Pugh had a penalty saved by Ian Dunbavin before Ryan Valentine's second-half header settled any nerves.

Bury triumphed 1-0 at Port Vale thanks to Ryan Lowe's eighth-minute strike.

PA Sport

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  1. Keep up the good work LADS!!! CHERRIES for the title!!!

    From Can-U-Shut-up-please!, on Sun 20 Sep 9:44PM
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