Clitheroe 3-1 Hednesford Town - Report
For the penultimate game of the season the Pitmen made the longest journey of the season to face tenth placed Clitheroe knowing that nothing less than a win would be good enough in their battle against relegation.
Clitheroe began the game on the attack and forced Ryan Brown into a good tip over the bar, before the visiting keeper gathered in the following corner. Jake Jervis shot wide during the opening exchanges, before Jack Kelly was robbed of the ball on the edge of the area with an attempted lob going wide of the goal. A foul on James McQuilkin led to a freekick for the Pitmen, which was played quickly to Jake Jervis, who was able to find a finish past Hakan Burton to give Hednesford a 14th minute lead. The lead lasted for 11 minutes before Danny Wilkins cut in from the left and produced a fine finish for the equaliser in the 25th minute. Clitheroe's Domaine Rouse was shown a yellow card for persistent fouling as the game progressed, before Ross Dent fired well over the bar. In the 34th minute Dent played an intelligent pass into the area finding Jack Massey who placed the ball into the net to give Clitheroe the lead. Just before the halftime break,a Pitmen freekick taken by Jervis on the edge of the box, deflected off the wall and straight into the arms of Burton.