Tuesday night's North and South round-up

Promotion hopefuls Fisher Athletic were edged out by Cambridge City in a five-goal thriller while Braintree cruised to a comfortable win over Weston-Super-Mare.

Blue Square North

Barrow 1-0 Boston Utd

Barrow battled their way to victory over Boston United at Holker Street on Tuesday evening after breaking the deadlock on the first period.

The Bluebirds were awarded a penalty in the 12th minute leading to Boston's Simon Rayner being show the yellow card.

Steve McNulty stepped up to take the resulting spot kick and coolly slotted it home.

Southport v Alfreton Town

Postponed - Now being played on Tuesday, March 18.

Blue Square South

Bishop's Stortford 1-2 Welling

Welling United did their chances of survival no harm on Tuesday after edging out play-off chasers Bishop's Stortford at Woodside Park.

The Wings broke the deadlock after just seven minutes thanks to Max Hustwick and the Bishops drew level when Greg Pearson found the back of the net on the half-hour mark.

The visitors left it late but finally got the breakthrough they were looking for after 78 minutes, when Sonny Cobbs netted the winning goal.

Braintree Town 4-0 Weston-S-Mare

Weston-Super-Mare slipped closer to the dreaded drop zone after suffering a heavy defeat at the hands of Braintree Town.

The home side took the lead after 16 minutes thanks to Andy Porter and Ryan Moran added their second goal with a 34th minute effort.

Richard Jolly netted their third goal just five minutes later and Lee Burns added the home side's fourth goal on the hour mark to put the game beyond the reach of the Seagulls.

Cambridge City 3-2 Fisher Athletic

Cambridge City gave themselves some breathing room in the bottom half of the Blue Square South table after coming out on top in a thrilling encounter at City Ground.

The match started slowly and finally came to life in the 37th minute when Josh Simpson netted the opener for Cambridge.

Michael Gash doubled the home side's lead in the 48th minute but Fisher's Shaun Batt pulled one back for his side just two minutes later.

However, Cambridge had an instant reply and Lee Chaffey popped up two minutes later to restore his side's two-goal advantage.

Wesley Thomas netted a 90th minute penalty for the visitors but it was too little, too late as City held on for a morale-boosting victory.

Thurrock 0-2 Havant and Waterlooville

Havant and Waterlooville maintained their push for a promotion play-off spot with an assured performance at Ship Lane on Tuesday night.

The Hawks claimed the lead just before the break through to Shaun Wilkinson and Rocky Baptiste made sure of the result with an 83rd minute goal.