Northern League Division Two
Washington manager Jason Jones wants his side to add consistency to their game after they took all three points from their home game against Ryton & Crawcrook Albion.
A Nick Allen goal on 14 minutes opened the scoring and a second-half strike from Peter Henderson secured the points for the Mechanics.
Jones is hopeful that his side can put together a run of positive results, in the hope that they can secure a topten place in the Northern League’s second-tier.
“We have to keep our standards high and that is what we told them at halftime,” explained Jones.
“We started well and should have been two up, but then we slacked off.
“We didn’t grill them at half-time, but we told them that they had to improve.
“We have moved up the league table and it’s so tight around us.
“If results go our way, and we get a win at Brandon United next weekend, we move into the top-ten of the table.
“We must look to go on a run now, but we need to find more consistency.”
Billingham Town continue to top the table after their 1-1 home draw with Heaton Stannington.
A second-half equaliser from Town striker Craig Hutchinson cancelled out Connor Campbell’s early opener for the visitors at Bedford Terrace.
Chester-le-Street Town were left frustrated as they threw away a two-goal lead in their home draw with Willington.
A goal either side of halftime from Cameron Nichol and Scott Robson seemed to have set the Cestrians on their way to three points, but they were pegged back by two goals in the last 20 minutes.
Scott Oldfield halved the deficit and a late Dean Thexton penalty ensured that Willington took an unlikely point.
A goal from captain Jordan Mellish was all that was needed for fourth-placed Jarrow FC to claim all three points at Bedlington Terriers.
Easington Colliery put conceding an early goal behind them as they won at West Allotment Celtic.
Michael Baxter put West ahead inside the opening 60 seconds, but it was the Colliers that took the points at Druid Park thanks to goals from Connor Short and Jack Pounder.
Goals from Nick Marley, Max Stokes, Sam Steele and Dan Kent helped Esh Winning to their best result of the season with a 4-0 win at Birtley Town.
Billingham Synthonia were winners by the same score-line against Brandon United thanks to a Kallum Hannah hat-trick and a goal from Louis Johnson.
Redcar Athletic and Northallerton Town shared the points after a 2-2 draw at Green Lane.
An equaliser from Nicky Martin sent the two sides into half-time on level-terms after Gary Wood had put Redcar ahead on 16 minutes.
Northallerton went ahead for the first time in the game six minutes into the second-half thanks to a goal from Kerry Hedley.
But Redcar secured a point as Adam Preston levelled up the scores on 72 minutes.