A scintillating performance from Rocky Baptiste saw Margate to a comfortable 3-1 win over Accrington Stanley.
After a turgid opening 32 minutes Margate took the lead through their favourite tactic of a long pass to their pacey frontmen.
Jay Saunders' ball fell to Baptiste in the Accrington penalty area and with the Stanley defence at sixes and sevens, he calmly rolled it into the net with Accrington keeper Jon Kennedy stranded.
Margate nearly doubled their lead after 38 minutes when Saunders' looping header hit the far post.
Stanley's best effort of the half fell to substitute Rory Prendergast, but his initial shot was brilliantly saved by Margate keeper Phil Smith.
And when the rebound fell to Prendergast his second effort was deflected off the line for a corner.
Margate took their narrow lead into the interval.
Gate strengthened their grip on the game within two minutes of the restart with another well-taken goal from the on-fire Baptiste.
It was a carbon copy of the first as Baptiste latched on to Saunders' throughball beat the last defender, rounded Kennedy and buried the chance with consumate ease.
Accrington gamely tried to battle back and their hopes rose when Margate midfielder Jake Leberl was dismissed for a second yellow card on 73 minutes.
They soon profited from this disruption when Smith could only parry Paul Cook's powerful header and Darren Kempson turned in the rebound from close range to make it 2-1.
Accrington continued to pound the Margate goal with Paul Mullin and Prendergast both seeing efforts fail inches wide.
But Margate, by now content to sit back and contain, clinched their points on a rare foray forward.
Baptise, a constant handful for the Accrington defence, broke down the right and Jean Michel Sigere bundled home his low cross from six yards.
There was no way back for Accrington after this and Margate ran down the clock to claim the points and continue their good run.