At the bottom Darlington surrendered a lead yet again to lose 3-1 at home to Port Vale. Macclesfield lost 1-0 at Notts County to stay a point ahead of Cheltenham, with Torquay a further point ahead after a goalless draw with Dagenham.
At the top Rochdale beat fifth placed Rotherham 4-0 to go eight points clear at the top with a game in hand on Bournemouth, while Aldershot kept in touch with the play-offs with a 1-0 win over Bradford.
In the Conference Oxford drew 1-1 at Cambridge, allowing Stevenage the chance to close the gap - a feat they managed in some fashion in smashing six past Eastbourne. Kidderminster drew 2-2 with Ebbsfleet with ex-Bulls Brian Smikle and Moses Ashikodi scoring for their respective sides.