Jonny Margetts admits Stamford’s switch to the Southern League was a key factor in his departure – and is now eager to fire Matlock Town to NPL Premier glory.
Scunthorpe United last played at Gateshead back in 1957 on their way to the old Third Division North title – this time they are heading for the sixth tier of English football.
Lewis Collins’ fine second-half finish kept alive Torquay United’s slim survival hopes at the expense of fellow strugglers Scunthorpe, who now seem destined to be in National League North next season.
A bumper crowd watched Notts County trounce Scunthorpe United in a dominant performance which saw the league’s top scorer Macaulay Langstaff equal the Magpies club record for goals in a season.
Scunthorpe United boosted their survival hopes with an emphatic victory over Wealdstone at Glanford Park, cutting the gap from safety to four points with eight games remaining.
A stunning second half strike by Danny Whitehall, which lit up a tight, pretty ordinary affair, earned depleted Eastleigh a tenth single-goal victory of the season and cemented their place in the National League play-off zone.
MICHAEL GASH has given the Peterborough Sports players a simple message after being named manager until the end of the season: just give me the same as you did for Jimmy Dean.
TOM McGLINCHEY’S add-ed-time finish saw ten-men Coalville comeback to win against play-off rivals Ilkeston Town, in the Robins’ first game since their owner David Hilton stepped down.