PAUL Mullin has urged Accrington Stanley not to rest on their laurels.

The Reds go into Monday's crunch match at Exeter with an eight-point gap on their closest rivals.

But the striker says he and his team-mates cannot afford to rest easy on their cushion.

"We've got to keep picking up points and make that gap as big as possible," Mullin said.

"There will be a blip somewhere along the line, but it's important that, if you do slip up, you've got a nice buffer to keep you on top."

But the Reds' leading scorer is confident they have enough bright sparks in their squad to survive a slip-up.

"I think the difference between this season and last season is we've got a good amount of goals," he said.

"Gary Roberts has weighed in with a good number of goals, as has Ian Craney and David Brown.

"We've got goals on the bench as well with the likes of Andy Mangan, who is lively when he comes on.

"If you look at the top scorers, there are three or four who are all bunched together, which is unusal for one side."

Mullin himself was a late runner into Stanley's list of hotshots, but after totting up five goals in four games this month, he put himself on course for reaching his target of at least 20 goals for the season.

"They've been like buses really," smiled Mullin, who is in his sixth season with Stanley since signing from Radcliffe Borough in 2000.

He admitted he has been impressed by the club's transformation in that time and is proud to be on the verge of making history with the popular club.

"It's special," he said.

"When I joined we'd just got into the UniBond Premier Division so it shows how far we've come.

"Coming here every morning is brilliant compared to training on a Thursday night at a school in Accrington.

"We've taken it on to another level."