League Two roundup: Port Vale beat Gillingham to take top spot

League Two roundup: Port Vale beat Gillingham to take top spot

Lee Hughes scored on his debut to send Port Vale to the summit of League Two after they defeated previous leaders Gillingham 2-1.

Exeter ran out convincing winners 3-0 winners over Southend thanks to two John 0'Flynn goals and Chesterfield achieved the same score against Northampton, with Marc Richards also scoring a brace against his former club.

Perhaps the result of the day came at the Highbury Stadium as bottom side Bristol Rovers thumped Fleetwood 3-0.

Plymouth moved out of the relegation zone with a 2-1 victory after sacking Carl Fletcher, while Barnet earned a fine 2-0 win at Rotherham.

Results in full: AFC Wimbledon 2-2 Wycombe, Aldershot 2-0 Accrington Stanley, Bradford 1-2 Oxford United, Burton Albion 2-1 Torquay, Cheltenham 1-1 York, Chesterfield 3-0 Northampton, Dagenham & Redbridge 2-1 Rochdale, Exeter 3-0 Southend, Fleetwood 0-3 Bristol Rovers, Gillingham 1-2 Port Vale, Plymouth 2-1 Morecambe, Rotherham 0-2 Barnet

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