Tranmere Rovers maintained their lead at the top of League One with a 1-0 victory at Notts County this afternoon.

Behind them, Stevenage stayed in the automatic promotion places as a single Greg Tansey goal, 15 minutes from the end, saw them beat Scunthorpe United 1-0.

There were also 1-0 wins for Sheffield United and Swindon Town, who beat Leyton Orient and Bury respectively to climb above Crawley Town.

Crawley were beaten 2-1 at Griffin Park by two Clayton Donaldson goals for Brentford.

MK Dons also remain above Crawley after fighting back from two down at home to Portsmouth. An Adam Webster own-goal and a strike from Darren Potter earned them a point.

Oldham Athletic pulled away from the relegation zone with a comfortable 3-1 victory over Preston North End. Elsewhere, there were also wins for Coventry City and Crewe Alexander.

A David McGoldrick goal was enough for Coventry to beat Bournemouth, while Crewe fought back from a goal down to beat Hartlepool United 2-1.

Walsall lost 2-1 for the third time in a row at home to Carlisle United as a 90th-minute Liam Noble goal gave the away side all three points.

Yeovil Town tore up the form book to beat Colchester United 3-1 at home, thanks in part to a Paddy Madden double before half time.

Elsewhere, an early Billy Paynter penalty was enough for Doncaster Rovers to beat Shrewsbury Town.