Shirebrook Town win relegation six-pointer
Shirebrook Town beat Howell Sports 2-1 away to pick up three vital points in their relegation fight.
And as the game got underway it was the home side who made the brighter start with Keng Ukatu going close for the home side to opening the scoring.
However Shirebrook would soon start to get on top with Kieran Grant causing all sorts of problems down the left for Holwell as his cross found Joe Godfrey who dragged his shot just wide and second time round Grant decided to try his luck from the edge of the box but saw Alex Nika in the Holwell goal keep his effort out.
In the 28th minute the deadlock was broken when Trent Jules played a ball over the top for Farbod Yousefi to run onto the Shirebrook number 11 managed to beat the offside trap and found himself 1 on 1 with Alex Nika who came rushing out of his box allowing Yousefi to lob the ball over him and it would roll into the empty net to give Shirebrook the lead.
However Holwell responded well to going behind with Luke Fuller and Haleem Bailo both going close to pulling a goal back for the home side but it was Shirebrook who went into the break with the lead.
As the second half got underway Holwell started the half the better of the sides with Adnone Kiliani and Kang Ukatu going close for the home side but in the 63rd minute Holwell did level the score through Solomon Agyeman.
Both sides were now going all out to try and get that next goal with Joe Godfrey and Kian Tansley going close for Shirebrook but Shirebrook would retake the lead in the 74th minute when Josh Tate picked up a loose ball 30 yards from goal and unleashed a shot that flew straight into the top corner leaving the Holwell keeper no chance of stopping it.
Shirebrook would go close to extending there lead in the 80th minute when Kian Tansley chased down a long ball and raced into the box and from a tight angle he fired a shot towards goal that smacked the inside of the post with the loose ball falling to Leo Riley who got the ball away to safety.
As the game went into the final five minutes Holwell were throwing everything at Shirebrook and Holwell had a flurry of corners in injury-time that Shirebrook managed to deal with and Shirebrook would see out the final few minutes of injury time to claim all 3 points.