MILTON Keynes Dons climbed top of the Sky Bet League Two table with a 2-0 home win against bottom club Macclesfield Town.

Striker Chuks Aneke's 10th goal of the season broke the deadlock early in the second half and Kieran Agard doubled the Dons' lead with 25 minutes remaining.

Paul Tisdale's side extended their unbeaten league run to 10 matches and sit one point clear at the top above Lincoln City, whose game at Yeovil Town was postponed as they had three players on international duty.

Newport County registered their first league win in five games and moved into the automatic promotion places with a 2-0 home victory against high-flying Colchester United.

Second-half goals from Jamille Matt and Cameron Pring saw Newport leapfrog Colchester into third place.

Exeter City were denied a top three spot as Andy Williams' last-minute equaliser snatched Northampton Town a 2-2 draw at St James Park.

Jayden Stockley headed Exeter into a half-time lead after Northampton's Billy Waters had cancelled out Jake Taylor's opener, but Williams' late header extended the Grecians' winless league run to five matches.

Mansfield Town stretched their unbeaten league run to 11 games as CJ Hamilton's solitary strike just before the break sealed a 1-0 home win against Port Vale.

The Stags moved up to fifth, while Port Vale midfielder Manny Oyeleke was sent off with 26 minutes left for his second yellow card.

Tranmere Rovers slipped to seventh after going down 3-2 at Crewe Alexandra, who halted a run of four straight defeats in all competitions.

Callum Ainley gave Crewe a first half lead and notched his second after James Norwood had equalised for Tranmere before half-time.

Charlie Kirk added a third for Crewe, who held on after Ollie Banks reduced the arrears with seven minutes left.

Bury notched their fourth straight win in all competitions with a convincing 4-0 home win against 10-man Stevenage.

The Shakers scored all four in the second half after Stevenage striker Kurtis Guthrie had been shown a straight red card for his challenge on Adam Thompson.

Jay O'Shea struck twice, either side of Danny Mayor's effort, and Eoghan O'Connell completed the scoring in the 83rd minute.

Forest Green Rovers slipped to back-to-back league defeats as Aaron Wildig's late goal sealed Morecambe a 1-0 win at the New Lawn.

Ahkeem Rose's late effort clinched Grimsby Town a 1-0 home win against Crawley Town and Oldham Athletic hit back from behind to register their first league win in four with a 3-1 victory against Cambridge United.

George Maris gave Cambridge an early lead, but Sam Edmundson headed a second half equaliser before Jordan Lyden and Callum Lang added further goals to lift the Latics into the top half of the table.

Notts County's winless league run was extended to six matches as they lost 3-0 at home to relegation rivals Cheltenham Town.

Luke Varney headed Cheltenham in front and added his second after the interval before Tyrone Barnett sealed another miserable afternoon for the Magpies.