National North Round Up 29/01/2019

By Simon Hahn

National North Round Up 29/01/2019

The latest from our division

We picked up a 1-1 draw away to Curzon Ashton on Saturday thanks to a second half Tom Elliott goal. The draw saw us drop one place to 16th in the table.

Chorley kept their four point lead at the top of the table after a convincing 4-1 win at York City.  Scott Leather and Courtney Meppen-Walter put Chorley in control, but Jordan Burrow pulled one back for the hosts before the break. However, further goals in the final 15 minutes from Josh Wilson and Alex Newby sealed the win for Chorley. York are now only one place outside the relegation spots.

Stockport County kept touch with Chorley after a late winner at FC United of Manchester. Kurt Willoughby gave FC United a shock lead, before Euan Mulhern levelled on the stroke of half time for County. The game appeared to be heading for a draw until Jamie Stott gave Stockport a 2-1 win, two minutes from time.

Bradford Park Avenue’s recent struggles continued as they fell to a 3-0 defeat at Brackley Town and dropped to fourth in the table in the process. Carl Baker scored twice with Lee Ndlovu also on the scoresheet for Brackley.

Spennymoor went ahead of Bradford into third place after a 2-0 win over Chester. Ryan Hall opened the scoring on the half hour mark with Glen Taylor sealing the victory with ten minute to go.

Telford are fifth after an impressive 4-0 win at in-form Southport. Jonathan Royle and Marcus Dinanga both scored for Telford before the break to make it 2-0. Dominic Udoh and Ellis Deeney then added further goals in the second period.

Altrincham remain in the final playoff spots despite a 3-0 defeat at Leamington. Junior English and two goals from Colby Bishop all in the first half gave the Brakes the points.

Kidderminster could have moved into the playoffs, but lost 1-0 at home to Alfreton. Our former striker Reece Styche scored the only goal for Alfreton in the first half.

Ashton United picked up a huge win in the relegation battle at bottom of the table Nuneaton. Craig Hobson secured a 1-0 win for Ashton to move them ahead of FC United, they are now four points off safety.

Hereford also eased their relegation worries with a 3-2 win at Blyth Spartans. Thomas Owen-Evans and James Oates put Hereford in control. Kieran Green pulled one back for Blyth, before George Lloyd made sure of the Bulls victory with six minutes to go. Bradley Fewster did pull another back in stoppage time for Spartans, but it was not enough.

The final game of the week saw Guiseley and Boston United play out a nine goal thriller! There were five goals in 13 minutes as Gavin Allot and two from Jay Rollins put Boston 3-2 in front, with Olukayode Odejayi and Rowan Liburd had at one stage given Guiseley a 2-1 lead. Liburd got his second two minutes after the break to level for the hosts. With twenty minutes to go Boston went ahead for the third time through Bradley Abbott, with Lewis Gibbens then putting them two clear. Odejayi netted again in stoppage time for Guiseley, but Boston held on for a 5-4 win.  The result leaves the Pilgrims four points off the playoffs, while Guiseley are only four ahead of the bottom three.