COLWYN BAY extended their unbeaten record to eight games with a 2-0 victory over Kidsgrove Athletic on Tuesday night.
It keeps them within one point of Unibond Division One South leaders Retford United, who beat Goole 2-1, and they have still to concede a league goal at home this season.
They dominated the opening 20 minutes, playing some great football, and Anthony Murt, Martin Crowder and John Lawless all forced saves out of Kidsgrove keeper James Coates before Neil Black beat him with a superbly executed chip from 25 yards after 25 minutes.
Black was inches wide with another effort and Robbie Williams hit the cross bar from 25 yards before half-time.
Kidsgrove's main tactic was to play long balls up to their big target man Matt Rhead, but Colwyn Bay handled him for well for the most part with Kyle Armstrong getting the man of the match award for his display at the back. Rhead's frustration finally got him sent off with a second yellow card on 65 minutes.
Three minutes later the Seagulls killed the game off when Martin Crowder fired a ball across goal from a corner for John Boardman to stab home his first goal since last December.
Earlier Coates had made a tremendous diving save to keep out a Neil Black header and the Bay missed three good openings to increase their lead in the closing minutes as they finished the game in a canter.
Anthony Murt came off with a sore hip, but manager Gary Finley expects everybody to be fit for Saturday's FA Cup tie against Yorkshire side Parkgate.

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