Shildon beat Sunderland RCA for the second time in four days to climb up to second in the table, and keep their 100 per cent away record intact.

The Railwaymen’s away form has been very impressive this season, and this was their sixth away win of the season and a good boost ahead of their FA Cup trip to Banbury next weekend.

Shildon manager Danny Moore said; “I wasn’t pleased with the performance, but pleased with the result which is what matters. RCA is a tough place to go to and I’m pleased that we’ve taken six points from them over the two games which I don’t think many clubs will do.”

They nearly took the lead in the first half when Anthony Peacock hit the crossbar, and they were facing ten men early in the second when RCA’s Adam McGuinness was sent off for his second yellow.

And Shildon gained the points when Cameron Fenton, who scored the winner against Altrincham in the Cup last week, fired the winner again with a left foot shot from the edge of the area.

In the second division, Esh Winning are now in the top half of the table thanks to a 3-0 away win at Alnwick with goals by Callum Boakes, Kieran Day and Reece Brown.

Esh Winning manager Tony Boakes said; “It was a great three points for us, because we had so many players missing.”

Brandon moved up four places after beating West Allotment 3-1 at the Welfare Ground. Vinny Gash scored twice and also missed a penalty with Jack Pounder scoring the other. Sean Reay replied late in the game for Allotment.

Darlington RA drew 1-1 with Heaton Stannington to leave them bottom of the table on goal difference. Glenn Donaldson levelled for the RA with six minutes left.