Grays stay top with a 4-1 win at Southport setting a new Conference record in the process for the longest unbeaten run at the start of a season. Their lead is extended to three points as York (4th) lost to Accrington (3rd) 2-1. Exeter moved back up to second with a 3-0 win over struggling Tamworth. Stevenage (5th) won at Gravesend with Dino Maamria getting sent off for the second time this season, while sixth placed Morecambe drew 3-3 with Canvey and seventh placed Halifax drew 2-2 with Woking.
Down the bottom Burton play today against Altrincham hoping to lift themselves off the bottom of the table after Scarboro's 2-2 draw with Aldershot, coming back from 2-0 down, took them above the Brewers. Crawley lost again 2-1 at Cambridge, and Forest Green drew 1-1 with Dagenham & Redbridge.