Football League: Bradford's Charlie Wyke grabs hat-trick while Mansfield get lucky

League One

• After Bradford lost to Blackburn two weeks ago – their first league defeat at Valley Parade for 32 games – the manager Stuart McCall bemoaned the recent absence of the injured Charlie Wyke; in the day’s early kick-off Wyke showed exactly what they’d been missing. The striker scored a hat-trick to see off Bristol Rovers with two goals from corners and a brave back-post header to wrap up the feat, before a late Billy Bodin consolation made it 3-1. City threw away a three-goal lead at Walsall last weekend but a repeat never looked likely, as Wyke’s first goals of the season restored some of that home aura which carried them close to promotion last year.

• Oldham and Charlton played out a match full of incident at Boundary Park. Ricky Holmes blasted Charlton in front from long range and Tarique Fosu made it 2-0 a couple of minutes later. Oldham quickly responded via a Craig Davies penalty and when Eoin Doyle grabbed an equaliser the home fans sensed the comeback victory was on, but all that momentum was halted when Ousmane Fané was shown a debatable second yellow card just before the hour. Billy Clarke and Joe Dodoo struck to put Charlton 4-2 up, yet Jack Byrne drilled home to set up a nervy finish. Charlton clung on nonetheless to win a breathless game and move third.

• Peterborough’s 100% record finally came to an end in a goalless draw with Doncaster, but manager Grant McCann saw the positives. “Coming away from home and getting a result against a good team like Doncaster has to go down as a good point. We’re still unbeaten after five games and we showed a different quality today. The defensive side was tremendous.” Peterborough are joined at the top of the table on 13 points by the league’s surprise package, Shrewsbury, who continued their stunning early season form thanks to two goals in seven minutes from Carlton Morris and Alex Rodman in a 2-1 victory at Gillingham, who remain winless.

• Bury and Scunthorpe seemed to be meandering towards a nil-nil draw at Gigg Lane when Josh Morris stepped up to do what he does best and curl home an exquisite free-kick. Graham Alexander’s Scunthorpe side are going well with 11 points from their opening five games.

Results Bradford 3-1 Bristol Rovers, Blackpool 1-0 Wimbledon, Bury 0-1 Scunthorpe, Doncaster 0-0 Peterborough, Gillingham 1-2 Shrewsbury, MK Dons 1-1 Oxford, Oldham 3-4 Charlton, Southend 0-0 Rochdale, Walsall 2-1 Plymouth.

The full League One table.

League Two

• As the new kids on the block, Forest Green probably didn’t need any reminders of how tough a task they face in their debut season in the Football League but Wycombe dished one out all the same. Well-taken early strikes by Paris Cowan-Hall and Anthony Stewart put Wanderers in control and Luke O’Nien tapped in a third before half-time, celebrated by Adebayo Akinfenwa by bench-pressing the goalscorer. Wycombe won 3-1 to climb to fourth as the league’s joint-top scorers with 13 goals in their opening five matches.

• Lee Angol may have been a little fortunate at Carlisle. The Mansfield striker reacted to a Mark Ellis foul by kicking out at the defender before team-mates separated the pair. The referee Darren Handley either didn’t see it or was feeling particularly generous and showed only a yellow card. Mansfield, trailing 1-0, initially failed to take advantage of the let-off when Kane Hemmings saw his penalty well saved by Jack Bonham, but a few minutes later Calum Butcher struck with clever debut goal, lobbing Bonham from 25 yards, and the game finished one apiece.

• Swindon had a terrible day at home to Barnet which started with a sloppily conceded goal and ended with their fans graciously applauding a fine Shaq Coulthirst hat-trick. Barnet eventually ran out 4-1 winners after Swindon’s Donal McDermott saw red for a reckless challenge early in the second half. The only blot on the young manager Rossi Eames’s memorable away day was an injury to Ricardo Santos, who was carried off on a stretcher in the final minutes.

• Exeter are top of the table after they edged out Mike Flynn’s high-flying Newport County 1-0 at St James Park. Stevenage recorded the same score at Cheltenham to go second thanks to Joe Martin’s brilliant 82nd-minute free-kick, while Accrington moved up to third after beating local rivals Morecambe 2-1, who played most of the second half with 10 men following Vadaine Oliver’s straight red card for a late tackle on Billy Kee.

Results Cambridge 1-0 Colchester, Carlisle 1-1 Mansfield, Cheltenham 0-1 Stevenage, Chesterfield 0-0 Coventry, Crawley 2-0 Yeovil, Exeter 1-0 Newport, Grimsby 1-0 Crewe, Lincoln 0-0 Luton, Morecambe 1-2 Accrington, Port Vale 0-1 Notts County, Swindon 1-4 Barnet, Wycombe 3-1 Forest Green.

The full League Two table.