Eastleigh manager Kelvin Davis remained modest after his side’s 2-1 win over Solihull Moors, their third consecutive win that places them two points clear at the summit of the National League.
The Spitfires raced into a 2-0 lead within 10 minutes as Jake Taylor and Paul McCallum, who later hobbled off with a hamstring injury, both took advantage of poor defending from Solihull.
Davis said: “I think we could have had more of (discipline) at times but the word I used at half-time was ‘control’. Let’s control the game, let’s control the ball a bit more.
“But on the whole, although we didn’t have a lot of the ball in the second half, I still felt like we had reasonable control of the game.”
Harvey Greenslade grabbed a late winning goal for Yeovil Town at home as they claimed all three points in the most thrilling game of the night with a 3-2 success over Ebbsfleet United.
The Glovers had initially squandered a two-goal lead but Greenslade’s intervention moves them in the top half of the table, leaving ‘fleet still searching for their first point of the season.
Halifax Town held Gateshead, who were second, to a draw after both sides scored within two minutes of each other early in the second half. Similarly, Oldham Athletic also lost out on maintaining a 100% record by failing to beat Fylde as Manny Monthe equalised on the hour mark to seal a 1-1 draw at home.
Sutton United continued their fine form by seeing off Wealdstone through an audacious half-volley after 10 minutes from Charlie Waller to win 1-0. “Obviously we started the game okay, didn’t enjoy any of the second half,” said Sutton Head coach Steve Morison. “We take the three points but we didn’t like it, it (wasn’t) good enough, it wasn’t us.”
York City rose to fifth as they remain unbeaten after securing a 1-0 home win over Rochdale. The only goal of the game arrived in the fourth minute through Ricky Aguiar.
Woking and Braintree Town both secured their first wins of the season. Charley Kendall netted for the Cards while a brace from Kyrell Lisbie turned it around for Town, who had trailed against Aldershot. This was Braintree’s first win in the National League in five years, three games into promotion back to that level from National League South.
Barnet managed to grab the latest winner of the night with a stoppage time strike from Zak Brunt to break Forest Green Rovers’ resilient effort to shutout the Bees. Barnet manager Dean Brennan was pleased for his player and said: “The goal was a fantastic goal, I’m delighted for (Brunt).
“He has worked really hard on his game and my aim for him this year is to make sure he gets 15 goals.”
Altrincham bounced back from their 5-0 crushing at Sutton on Saturday to win 1-0 at the home of Maidenhead United, who are joint bottom with three other sides.
Tamworth lost 1-0 at home to Hartlepool, leaving them still searching for their first win.
Southend United picked up their first three points of the season, beating Boston United 2-0 and condemning the away side to the bottom of the table. The National League North play-off winners are the only side yet to score in Step 1.
