Best Of Saturday's National League Action Reviewed

By Sam Elliott

On the day two big unbeaten runs were finally ended, the temperature in the promotion race in all three divisions was cranked up a notch.

Bromley, without a defeat all season and the only side not yet to lose, finally came unstuck.

You can’t talk about incredible runs without mentioning Yeovil Town - it was they who came up with the answers to finally unlock Neil Smith’s side. The excellent 3-1 win at Huish Park means the Glovers have now won seven on the spin.

Charlie Lee made the game safe as they came from being to move into second.

They sat there for only a few hours - FC Halifax leapfrogging them as Cameron King’s double, including a late wonder goal, earned them a 2-0 win in front of the cameras at Dover.

Woking failed to keep up with them. Yet again Boreham Wood hitman Kabongo Tshimanga was just too good as he scored twice to seal a come-from-behind win for Luke Garrard.

Paul Rutherford got a crucial winner for Wrexham in their first game since Bryan Hughes’ departure as the Dragons beat Ebbsfleet 1-0.

Like Yeovil, Barrow are in a great place - they won a fifth game in a row, 2-0 over Maidenhead, and John Sheridan watched Chesterfield clinched a much-needed 2-1 win over Aldershot.

Over 9,000 watched Notts County beat AFC Fylde 2-0. Daniel McCrory made the game safe ten minutes from time after Wes Thomas put the hosts - who offered tickets for £3 - ahead in the first half.

Jamie Reid was at the double fox Torquay in a first half super show at Stockport County. The Gulls won 4-0 with all the goals coming before the break.

Jack Muldoon clinched a 2-0 win for Harrogate over Sutton, while Eastleigh and Hartlepool ended 1-1.

Barnet and Solihull drew 0-0, and it was the same scoreline as Dagenham and Chorley drew a blank.

It wasn’t just Bromley‘s giant unbeaten run. In the National League South Wealdstone haven’t dropped points since early August but Havant weren’t having it.

Paul Doswell’s Hawks won 4-1 at Grosvenor Vale - and the Stones’ lead is down to five point.

Hemel Hempstead are breathing down their neck after a 2-1 win over Bath City, while Chelmsford City got back on track in style - winning 4-0 at Eastbourne.

Maidstone won by the same scoreline over St Albans as surprise packages Braintree Town and Weymouth also won again.

In the National League North, there was the small matter of the biggest game of the season so far.

York City stamped some authority on the division as they beat third place King’s Lynn 3-0.

It was a “clinical, professional performance” said manager Steve Watson. David Ferguson, Andy Bond and Joe Tait got the goals.

Chester had to show some steel to come from behind against Leamington and grab a 3-3 draw.

Whatever Manchester City can do, Brackley can as well. They hit Bradford (Park Avenue) for eight to move into fifth.

It was a big day for Blyth Spartans - Lee Clark got his first win on the board and in convincing style as they beat AFC Telford 3-1.

Elsewhere there were wins for Farsley Celtic - now fourth - over Curzon Ashton, for Hereford over Kettering and for Spennymoor, who impressively dispatched of Kidderminster Harriers 2-1.

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