GAINSBOROUGH TRINITY 3 BASFORD UNITED 0
By Rob Hughes

DECLAN Howe’s 10th league goal of the season helped Gainsborough Trinity extend the gap between them and the drop zone to 14 points, inflicting misery on strugglers Basford United.
First-half substitute Fraser Preston found an overlapping Lewis Butroid for the opener on 30 minutes, before a cutback into a dangerous area saw Basford midfielder Jack Lewis stick out a leg, sending it into his own net.
Basford goalkeeper Kieran Preston thwarted Butroid shortly afterwards in a one-on-one, the goal having given Trinity impetus t...