United returned to winning ways, after the unlucky defeat at Bromley the previous week. United's pressing and tactical know-how proved all too much for a City side that had started the day in fourth place.
A dull first period, in which United enjoyed the majority of the possession without an end product, looked to be drawing to a goalless conclusion, when Roni Joe picked the ball up on the United right in the 42nd minute. Joe took on his marker and twisted and turned before his pace took him clear. Joe then set up the unmarked Steve Callinan who stroked home from 12 yards, past Alan Foster, the winner of the Division One Umbro Safe Hands Award for September.
The only other goal mouth action of the first half came from the Honeyball brothers, Scott putting over from a half chance and Danny firing narrowly over from long range.
City could have equalised straight from the restart, when Danny Wise released Dwaine Strong who was foiled by the increasingly confident James Courtnage.
The travelling support had to wait until the 70th minute before the points were secured, when Joe once more created havoc down the City left, before another quality cross was turned into his own net by the home skipper Andy Smith, under pressure from the in-form Callinan.
A happy afternoon for United was completed by the return of Kieran Gallagher, who entered the fray towards the end of the match, after an injury lay off of some ten months.
