Alnwick Town fell to defeat at home to Chester-le-Street Town, leaving themselves with too much to do having gone down to 10 men in the later stages of the 1st half.
The bottom 2 sides of the Northern League went head to head on Wednesday night, and it was the home side Darlington Railway Athletic that kept the 3 points in County Durham with a 2-1 win to open up a 5 point gap between the 2 teams.