Sutton Coldfield Town Royals 4-1 Redditch Borough

Sutton returned to the top of the table after finally seeing off Redditch late on in a tight encounter

Redditch started brightly and had the upper-hand for the first 20 minutes, although the Sutton goalkeeper was largely untroubled

Sutton took the lead on the half-hour when Whitehouse forced the Redditch centre-half into an error and followed up by placing an unstoppable shot past the keeper

The Royals pushed on and were rewarded when a superb cross from the left created panic in the Redditch defence allowing Whitehouse to drill home from close range

Redditch came out firing for the second-half and pegged Sutton back for the first 15 minutes

They were rewarded for their pressure with a goal to make it 2-1

Sutton were forced into a rear-guard action and some last ditch defending kept them ahead

The Royals eventually found their passing rhythm and, after some neat play down the left, Williams calmly finished from close-range

The Royals completed the scoring late on when Perks ghosted into the box to finish from close-range

Player-of-the-match was Georgia Whitehouse, whose goals at key moments and tireless running made the difference

A great victory against very good opposition who pushed Sutton all the way