Spennymoor manager Peter Mulcaster was far from happy after his side went down 4-1 at Burscough on Saturday.

Moors, who gave debuts to former Darlington pair Michael Carter and David Wells, are firmly on the bottom of the table after this latest defeat, and Mulcaster is tired of defensive mistakes.

"We keep shooting ourselves in the foot," he said. "Every time we make a mistake, we are punished. We are giving too many goals away.

"We still had a chance at 2-1 until another mistake came along."

The home side took the lead after 23 minutes when Mark Wyld scored, with Ged Nolan getting the second just after the break.

Moors pulled a goal back when Ross Foreman scored after swapping passes with Andy Swalwell, but the home side scored twice in the last five minutes through John Lawless and Robbie Talbot.

Bishop Auckland beat Gainsborough 3-1 at Kingsway. They took the lead when midfielder David Bayles scored with a powerful right foot shot after 28 minutes, then Danny Mellanby scored with a volley from a Jeff Smith corner.

Early in the second half they went 3-0 up when Mellanby was brought down and Andy Shaw scored from the spot.

Bishops keeper Steve Jones then saved a penalty from Matt Clarke but Gainsborough managed to pull a goal back late in the game.

Bishops manager Tony Lee said: "I thought it was a one-sided game, and we created a lot of chances. That's two wins in a week."

Whitby Town won their hastily re-arranged game at Blyth by 2-0. They took the lead early in the second half when Lee Ludlow helped on a free kick for Danny Key to slide home, and late in the game Carl Chillingsworth crossed for former Darlington player Neil Radigan to head in.

Gateshead beat Runcorn 5-1 at the International Stadium. They never looked back after Wayne Edgcumbe put them in front after ten minutes, with Paul Dalton getting another after half an hour. Chris Lynch, Steve Bowey and Ian Milbourne got further goals in the second half.