Wealdstone moved within four points of second-placed visitors Braintree Town with a 3-1 win at Grosvenor Vale, although they remain 11th in the National League South table for now.

Taofiq Olomowewe, Dan Fitchett and Danny Green put Wealdstone into a comfortable lead before Joe Ellul's second-half strike restored an air of competition to the encounter.

The Stones were ahead inside eight minutes through Olomowewe's opener, and after Fitchett added a second it appeared Green had wrapped up victory 36 seconds following the restart.

Jonathan North was in fine form to keep the visitors at bay but with 25 minutes to go was finally beaten from a corner.

Three changes, all enforced, were made to the side which won at Chelmsford last week, with Luke Williams, Glenn Wilson and Fitchett all starting.

The opener came in calamitous fashion, with a Wealdstone corner cleared to Ryan Sellers and his shot cannoning off Olomowewe to wrongfoot Nathan McDonald.

Braintree could have levelled but North pulled off a superb save from point-blank range to divert Karl Oliyide's header over the bar in response.

That save proved a defining moment in the game as Wealdstone doubled their advantage within a minute.

A long ball caught out the visiting defence and Fitchett snuck in to stroke the ball past McDonald for two.

Fitchett had another sight of goal before the break but once his shot was saved, Sellers somehow turned the rebound wide with the goal gaping and a chance to seal the win so presentable.

The dangerous two-goal cushion remained at the break, with a third goal crucial for either side in determining the momentum after half-time.

And within seconds of the restart, Wealdstone had it. Green fired in the rebound from Sellers' cross with a composed finish, and that seemed that.

North made another excellent save to preserve the three-goal lead from Ricky Gabriel, who poked goalwards when a long free-kick landed at his feet, only for the former Wales Under-21 stopper to make another excellent save from close-range.

He was finally beaten after the hour mark, when Ellul rose highest from a corner, but it would prove the final chance of the game as Wealdstone shut out their visitors with ease.

Wealdstone: North, Olomowewe, Brown, Wilson, Day, Williams (Wellard 88), Sellers (Hippolyte-Patrick 80), Okimo, Fitchett (Goodger 80), Green, Eisa.

Not used: Benyon, Whichelow.