Seven players got on the score-sheet in the first league meeting between the sides. It was effectively all over by the interval and, with Bury Town losing their 100 per cent record at home to Sutton Coldfield, Brakes are clear at the top.

Ryan Parisi returned from suspension, replacing Martin Hier, but otherwise the line-up was the same as for the previous week's FA Cup win over Staveley. The first of six first-half goals came after ten minutes.

James Husband threw in to Jai Stanley and Mark Bellingham strode through to collect his pass only for the ball to be rushed out for a corner. Jamie Towers floated the ball high into the six yard area where it fell to the feet of captain Guy Sanders, whose fierce shot gave visiting keeper Kieron Drake no chance.

Seven minutes later the score was doubled. Adam Cooper bore down on the ball near the half-way line, releasing Luke Corbett who smashed it into the net much to his obvious delight.

Brakes went three up on 19 minutes with another tremendous goal, this time from Jamie Towers. Stanley fed Husband out wide left and his first time cross was inch-perfect for the onrushing Towers, whose bullet header beat Drake.

Marcus Jackson was fouled by Marlow defender Sam Arhin, which earned him the game's only yellow card, and Towers extracted the maximum punishment from the free kick hitting the ball onto the head of Cooper, who had an empty goal to aim at and duly made it 4-0.

On 29 minutes, Marlow got onto the score sheet with Simon Lane sending a header beyond the outstretched reach of Richard Morris from Jon Case's cross.

That proved to be only a temporary respite, as Brakes struck again six minutes later.

Stanley found Corbett, whose first time flick took out defenders left and right for Mark Bellingham, in acres of space, to pick his spot, turning away arm raised well before the ball crossed the line.

The sixth came on 40 minutes when Stanley was again the provider with a great defence splitting pass that Husband controlled at speed before unleashing a thunderbolt that hit the underside of the bar and nearly took the net off.

Marlow replaced Sam Arhin with Johnny Isaac and a minute later pulled a goal back following a cross from the right which Jermaine Roche controlled bringing the ball to his foot and casually flicking it into the far corner of the net with Morris helpless.

The visitors never stopped trying. Neither did Brakes, but to match their opening 45 minutes was almost an impossibility.

A Stanley free-kick was well held by Drake, before Jackson sent a free to Bellingham only for a defender to concede a corner in desperation as the striker shaped to shoot. Bellingham headed the cross onto the top of the bar.

Midfielder Liam Reynolds, who had been in everything, was substituted by Stuart Herlihy, who got a great ovation as he returned from injury. Marlow were denied another goal by some desperate defending by the home team, but Leamington were soon back in their visitors half with Jackson winning another corner.

The last word went to Brakes as, on 89 minutes, Towers steamed down the right, tormented Pierce and near the byline looked up to see Josh Blake making a diagonal run to the angle of the six-yard box.

Brakes' all-time leading scorer added another to his total, sliding home the wing-back's cross past his marker into the far corner.

Brakes: Richard Morris, Jamie Towers, Ryan Parisi, Adam Cooper, Guy Sanders (capt], Liam Reynolds (Stuart Herlihy 58), Marcus Jackson, Jai Stanley, Mark Bellingham (Shay Morgan 64), Luke Corbett (Josh Blake 60), James Husband. Subs not used: Neil Stacey, Richard Anstiss. Att 602.