Hastings Town stretched their unbeaten run to four matches with a comfortable 2-0 win at Stamford in the eastern division.

The home side were never in the hunt and did well to keep the score down with some resolute defending. Town could have had points sewn up before half time but they went in with the scoresheet still blank.

Paul Jones had the best chance in the first half on 16 minutes but fired straight at home goalkeeper Steve Corry and his second effort from the rebound was cleared off the goalline by Nick Ashby.

Corry also did well to push the ball over the bar for a corner to deny Duncan McArthur scoring from a free-kick.

Hastings took the lead nine minutes into the second half when McArthur's free-kick bounced in front of the diving Corry and flew inside the near post.

Stamford came more into the picture, but failed to seriously test Tony Kessell in the Hastings goal.

The points were made safe three minutes from time when Jones laid the ball back for David James to score his first goal since joining Town a month ago.

Two goals in the opening 20 minutes put St Leonards on the way to their first ever win over Erith & Belvedere at The Firs.

Des Boateng opened the scoring with a 14th-minute penalty after goalkeeper Dean Lee brought down Simon Fox.

Four minutes later the home side were firmly in the driving seat thanks to Adam Flanagan, who hooked home a Ross Venables free-kick despite lying on the ground.

If the penalty decision looked a bit harsh on Erith goalkeeper there was no doubt Saints were the better side in the first half. Richard Piper had a glorious chance to make it 3-0 from a Danny Fletcher cross but poked the ball wide of an empty net.

The miss looked like being costly when Saints began the second half too casually.

Only a couple of last-ditch tackles from Danny Moody preserved their two-goal cushion before that was halved when Kevin Spriggs rose unchallenged to head home a 75th-minute free-kick. Dominic Barclay settled any nerves with his fourth goal of the week to make it 3-1.