DARREN Dunning stretched his lead at the top of the Evening Press Player of the Year standings with a man-of-the-match display against Carisle United.

Transfer target Lee Bullock is still his nearest rival and picked up a point for his display against the Cumbrians, while goal hero Richard Cooper took the other two points.

Standings: Dunning 33, Bullock 21, Nogan 17, Ovendale 16, Hope 12, Merris 11, Ward 10, Wood 10, Edmondson 8, Brass 6, Smith 6, Parkin 5, Cooper 4, Wise 4, Brackstone 1, Fox 1, George 1, Shaw 1, Wilford 1.

Updated: 10:16 Saturday, January 17, 2004