Jordan Bowery put us in front in the first minute, anticipating a back pass and scoring from an acute angle.
Tendayi Darikwa scored with a volley after a corner was not cleared on eight minutes. Clare then gave a free kick away and York City scored from the resulting kick on 27 minutes. Holmes then headed home from a free kick by Smith to put us 3 - 1 at half - time.
In the second half defending against a strong wind we got off to a bad start conceding another goal from a corner on 52 minutes. Holmes then scored after beating the off - side trap on 64 minutes to make the score 4 - 2.
After playing seven games we have now won five, drawn one and lost one putting us to the top of the table but having played two games more than the teams around us.
Team: Malak, Tingay, Burns, Holmes, Clare, Smith, Clay, Adcock, Winfield, Darikwa, Bowery.
Subs: Davies for Winfield, Miller for Smith, Granger for Tingay. Not Used: Burrow, Turner.
North East Conference Pld W D L For Agt GD Pts
1 Chesterfield 7 5 1 1 14 1 0 +4 16
2 Darlington 5 5 0 0 17 3 +14 15
3 Hull City 5 4 0 1 13 5 +8 12
4 Grimsby Town 5 4 0 1 11 5 +6 12
5 Lincoln City 7 3 2 2 16 12 +4 11
6 Scunthorpe United 5 2 3 0 8 4 +4 9
7 York City 5 3 0 2 9 9 0 9
8 Mansfield Town 5 2 0 3 7 13 -6 6
9 Hartlepool 5 1 2 2 10 8 +2 5
10 Bradford City 6 1 0 5 5 11 -6 3
11 Rotherham United 5 0 2 3 5 11 -6 2
12 Doncaster Rovers 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 2
13 Boston United 6 0 0 6 5 21 -16 0
