RUSHDEN & DIAMONDS 3, SHAKERS 0: Three first-half goals condemned Shakers to defeat against relegation-threatened Rushden.
Rushden scored their trio in a 14-minute period.
On-loan Billy Sharp was on hand to knock home a loose ball following a goalmouth scramble,Rob Gier popped up at the near post to hit home from David Bell's left-wing corner and on the stroke of half-time, Bell fired in from 25 yards.
Rushden & Diamonds: Shearer, Connelly, Hawkins, Gier, Dempster, Bell, Gray (Hay 80), McCafferty, Burgess, Sharp, Broughton (Littlejohn 78). Subs Not Used: Worgan, Hunter, Dove.
Shakers: Marriott, Fitzgerald, Challinor, Cartledge, Unsworth, Kennedy, Harkins (Whaley 45), Flitcroft, Barry-Murphy, Savage, Newby. Subs Not Used: Garner, Moore, Kazim-Richards, Barrow.
Attendance: 1,803
Referee: M Warren (W Midlands).
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