BISHOP Auckland manager Tony Lee admitted that his side was "poor" after they lost 3-1 at home to Runcorn Halton on Saturday.

Bishops have yet to win at home in four games this season, yet their away form has yielded them five wins.

"We deserved to get beat," said Lee. "We didn't play well at all. When we fell behind, we didn't show enough spirit to get back into the game.

"It was one of our poorest performances for a while."

Bishops even had the advantage of a 26th minute goal by Lee Ellison from a pass by David Gallagher.

"We gave a terrible goal away for their first, and the second goal even came from our corner at the other end of the field," said Lee.

Spennymoor crashed 6-2 at home to Ashton United to suffer their first defeat in the First Division at the Brewery Field this season.

Moors never recovered from a four goal blast by the visitors inside the first 35 minutes.

The first arrived in the fourth minute courtesy of a mistake by keeper Stuart Dawson.

Chris Leonard and Kieron McGinlay pulled goals back in the second half for Moors, who never looked like getting back into the game.

"We got off to bad start and never recovered," said manager Peter Quigley. "we were outplayed from start to finish."

Gateshead's unbeaten start to the season needed when they lost 3-1 at Altrincham. Paul Talbot pulled the Tynesiders level before the Cheshire club made the game safe.

Whitby Town showed that they are a better away side than they are at the Turnbull Ground with a 3-2 Premier Division win at Accrington Stanley.

They got off to a great start after just ten minutes, when new signing Richard Dunning scored from a Dave Logan pass. Ian Williams pounced on a rebound for the second shortly after, and Williams made it three just after half time following a Darren Sankey header.

Accrington launched a late fightback with two goals, but Whitby held on well.

Blyth were held to a goalless draw at Droylsden.