The Bulls increase their safety gap to five points after today's games. Northampton are bottom of the table (21pts) after again squandering a lead in their 2-1 home loss to Barnet (29). Dagenham are also in the bottom two (21) after losing 4-1 at Crewe, with Plymouth (22) getting out of the drop zone with a late draw, 1-1, with Crawley. Bradford (27) conceded a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Burton, while Aldershot (28) had a goalless draw with Accrington. Bristol Rovers (30) won 2-0 at Cheltenham.
At the top Southend lead on only goal difference from Crawley and Cheltenham despite losing 2-1 at Shrewsbury, who had Marvin Morgan sent off. Swindon close their gap to the automatic spots to three points after beating Macclesfield 1-0. Torquay are up to sixth with their 2-1 win at Morecambe.
In the Conference, 5,638 watched Darlington lose 1-0 at home to Fleetwood in a game delayed by 15 minutes due to the size of the crowd. Wrexham lead the pile after beating sorry Kettering 4-1 to maintain their two point lead. Grimsby thumped Bath 2-0, while Kidderminster beat Alfreton 1-0, and Forest Green drew 0-0 at Newport.