WHITBY TOWN 4 MATLOCK TOWN 1By Andrew Snaith

WHITBY TOWN are into the league’s top ten for the first time this term, after earning a stunning heavy home win over promotion-chasing Matlock. The Gladiators are now six points off the play-off spots, having started slowly in cold conditions. Whitby’s ex-Preston striker Connor Simpson tested goalkeeper Saul Deeney, but the hosts broke the deadlock on 27 minutes. Simpson fed Joe Wheatley and the on-loan Spennymoor Town midfielder smashed high past Deeney from 16 yards. Matlock nearly levelled through Ethan Cartwright, but...