Down the bottom, Wrexham are now eight games without a win and six points adrift after losing 1-0 at improving Grimsby. They have scored only four goals in the run, two of them against League of Wales side Llanelli. Mansfield won their first away game of the season to move within two points of Dagenham, who lost 1-0 to play-off contenders Morecambe.
At the top, MK Dons' lead is down to eight points after a 1-0 home defeat to Barnet - their first win on the road since October. Rotherham move second after a Derek Holmes hat-trick saw off Lincoln. All four play-off places are teams with 43 points after Darlington registered a comfortable 3-0 win over Bury (nine games without a win), Chesterfield lost 2-1 to rising Brentford, Peterboro lost at home 1-0 to ten man Macclesfield, and Wycombe lost at home to a last minute penalty to Rochdale.
In other games, Peter Thorne scored a hat-trick that saw Bradford beat Notts County 3-0. County's only win in 11 games was against Shrewsbury. Stockport beat Accrington 2-0 with ex-Bull Michael Rose scoring one.