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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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TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Port Vale1810532618835
2Walsall17104333191434
3MK Dons1793530191130
4Crewe AlexandraCrewe178632115630
5Doncaster RoversDoncaster178542218429
6Notts County187742518728
7Grimsby Town189182428-428
8AFC Wimbledon1783627161127
9Chesterfield186753023725
10Bradford CityBradford176652218424
11Salford City176651718-124
12Gillingham167271714323
13BarrowBarrow186571817123
14Fleetwood TownFleetwood155732015522
15Cheltenham TownCheltenham186482326-322
16Newport CountyNewport186482128-722
17Colchester UnitedColchester184952322121
18Harrogate TownHarrogate186391625-921
19Accrington StanleyAccrington174672431-718
20Tranmere RoversTranmere174671222-1018
21Bromley163851921-217
22Morecambe1835101931-1214
23Carlisle UnitedCarlisle1835101530-1514
24Swindon TownSwindon182792032-1213


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