Video: Ramsbottom 0 Halesowen Town 2
First-half goals from Luke Male and Kaiman Anderson helped Halesowen Town complete a double against rock-bottom Ramsbottom.
The 2-0 win on the road also kept the Yeltz on track to beat last season's points tally.
Male notched his first goal of the season after just 12 minutes of this Evo-Stik Northern Premier clash by converting the rebound after Kaiman Anderson's shot was saved by goalkeeper Grant Shenton.
Shenton then beat away a long-range 18th-minute lob from Tyree Clarke. Ramsbottom, already relegated, improved midway through the first-half.
Andrew Smart struck a post from the edge of the area, with goalkeeper Dan Platt left standing.
But Anderson made it 2-0 in the 43rd minute by controlling a deep cross from Aaron Griffiths and squeezing between defenders Smart and Dylan Smith before tucking the ball home from 12 yards.
Halesowen might well have had more, although Platt had to make two good saves of his own to preserve the clean sheet.