NICK Dodd grabbed the winner to fire Sutton Coldfield Town back into the Evo-Stik Division One South play-off zone with a 2-1 victory against Stamford.

The Royals had to hit back from falling behind on 16 minutes after Danny Cotton’s free-kick from 50 yards flew into the net.

Stuart McNaught equalised just before half-time after Ed Booth headed Brendan Kelly’s free-kick into his path and Dodd smashed home the decider from Matt Jackson’s 67th-minute corner.

Sutton move into fifth, ahead of Brigg on goal difference.

However, Brigg make the visit to Sheffield FC tomorrow for their game in hand.

Fourth-placed Rushall Olympic tightened their grip on a play-off berth after a battling goalless draw at fellow contenders Carlton Town.

Both sides had late penalty appeals waved away, with Pics striker Ahmed Obeng appearing to be fouled and then Carlton’s Jermain Hollis seemed to hauled down.

Romulus fell to a 2-0 defeat at Lincoln United after conceding two goals in a three-minute spell.

Roms striker Dean Baker had an effort cleared off the line early on but Ryan Porter and Jack McGovern netted on 20 and 23 minutes to seal the points.

The Roms ended with ten men when Stuart Reddington was sent off late on.

■ Chasetown treated their biggest ever league crowd with a 2-0 home victory over high-flying FC United of Manchester to boost their Evo-Stik Premier play-off hopes.

The scoreline lifted the Scholars into seventh place in the table, five points behind the top five with three games to play.

In front of a crowd of 1,089, Richard Davies opened the scoring just before half-time after being released one on one with United keeper Sam Ashton.

Mark Branch added the second in the 90th minute with a free-kick which eluded everyone and found the back of the net.