Monday night Conference North roundup

Droylsden disappointed the chasing pack with a narrow 2-1 home victory over strugglers Redditch Utd to move up to 4th spot in the table and consequently strengthened their grip on one of the four available play-off berths in front of a watching crowd of just 279.

A Terry Fearns penalty after 15 minutes gave the home side the lead but the visitors hit-back to equalise on 55 minutes through Simon Hollis. Just eleven minutes later and the Bloods were back in front courtesy of a Robert Talbot strike and this time holding their narrow lead until the final whistle.

In the battle of the bottom two clubs at Keys Park, Hednesford Town went down 3-1 at home to Leigh RMI and remain favourites to be relegated at the end of the season.

Despite taking a 10 minute lead through Steven Anthrobus, the Pitmen were pegged back on 31 minutes by Scott Willis and found themselves behind seven minutes later when Neil Smith made it 2-1 to the Railwaymen.

Ten minutes from the end, the visitors wrapped up the points when Andy Roscoe made it 3-1 to Leigh RMI in front of a watching crowd of 492.