Joel Colwill double fires Cheltenham to victory

Joel Colwill scored twice as Cheltenham hit back from a goal down to defeat promotion-chasing Crewe 2-1.

Jack Lankester had given Crewe a 56th-minute lead but Colwill struck in the 70th and 83rd minutes to complete the turnaround and end Alex’s 12-match unbeaten run in League Two.

Joe Day made a superb save to stop Crewe opening the scoring after half an hour, with Shilow Tracey poised to touch in Matus Holicek’s cross before it was diverted towards goal by Robins defender Ibrahim Bakare.

Arkell Jude-Boyd headed Tom Bradbury’s cross over the bar for the hosts just before half-time, but the game came to life in the second half.

Holicek set up Lankester, who found the bottom left corner with a well-placed shot beyond Day’s reach to put Crewe in front.

Cheltenham levelled after a corner was not dealt with and after Bakare’s shot was parried by Filip Marschall, Colwill fired in from close range.

And the winner was a fine finish into the top left corner from the edge of the box by Cardiff loan midfielder Colwill, the younger brother of the Bluebirds’ Wales international Rubin, who took his tally for the season to eight and extended Cheltenham’s unbeaten run to six.