Cleadon SC passed up several good scoring opportunities and paid the penalty, conceding the last unbeaten record when they lost 3-1 at Whitehaven.

The Cumbrians went ahead on 37 minutes through Craig Robson and three minutes later a defensive lapse presented Robert Fowler with an opportunity.

Cleadon looked a different side at the start of the second period and it was no surprise as Mark Johnson reduced the deficit. They had further goal-scoring chances but when they failed to take them, their hopes evaporated ten minutes from the end when Michael Farrer struck a third decisive goal.

Teesside Athletic moved into fourth position when they clinched victory at Ryhope CW during stoppage time.

They took the lead in the first minute through Billy Millington but Mark Davison levelled with seven minutes remaining.

After scoring so early, Teesside then left it extremely late before Millington became their hero when he scored his second goal in the 92nd minute.

At the bottom, Coxhoe Athletic gained their first point of the season at the 11th attempt.They produced one of the shock results so far holding championship contenders Stokesley SC to a goal-less draw.

Following an evenly-contested first period, Coxhoe battled superbly during the second 45 minutes constantly denying Stokesley who had scored 24 goals intheir previous 11 games.

Nissan SSC improved their position near the basement with a resounding 4-0 victory over Willington.

Ryan McKenna beat goalkeeper Paul Gibson with a 26-minute penalty and worse was to follow for Mark Fanning's side as David Snow was red-carded a minute before the interval.

Four minutes later, Nissan increased their lead as Lee Bell latched onto a through ball before beating Gibson and with 11 minutes remaining, it was all over for the depleted visitors when Bell scored.

Substitute Stephen Bagley also found himself one-on-one with Gibson, hitting the fourth goal in the 87th minute.

Annfield Plain, who started the day in fourth place, went down 3-1 at home to Windscale for whom Peter O'Donnell bagged a brace and Lee Dixon also netted.

David Watson raised the hopes of the Plain when he cancelled out a first-half goal.

Boldon CA made it five wins out of eight games defeating Gateshead Low Fell with ease. David Stephenson fired into the bottom corner of the net and in the second period Mark Williams set up Darren McGinley for a second goal.

Before the end, Aidan McCaffrey picked up a partially cleared free kick to beat Gateshead goalkeeper Richard Swan.

The games at Cleator Moor Celtic, Ferryhill Athletic and Harton and Westoe were all postponed because grounds were unfit.