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Rushall Olympic edge closer to safety as Kidderminster Harriers and Halesowen undone - round-up

Rushall Olympic chalked up another impressive victory under Richard Sneekes to move within a point of safety in National League North.

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All three goals in the comeback success against Leamington arrived in the first half at Dales Lane, as the hosts bounced back from early disappointment.

Dan Turner handed the Brakes the lead inside 10 minutes but Sam McLintock tapped in an equaliser after half hour and Ben Wodskou looped in what proved the winner on the stroke of half-time.

Sneekes took over in December and has overseen wins over Kidderminster, Scunthorpe and Farsley of late but his side lost 7-0 at Spennymoor the week earlier.

He said: "It was a great response to last week. I knew the resilience and bouncing back from this team was there. I thought it (7-0 defeat) was a blessing in disguise. Training was brilliant this week, they took it into the game."

The Pics are up to 22nd and have a chance to make more ground with another home clash on Tuesday, though high-flying King's Lynn Town are the visitors.

Kidderminster Harriers could only claim a point in the mightily tight raise at the top of National North after late heartbreak at Oxford City.

The visitors could not build on Ash Hemmings' 12th-minute opener as hosts Oxford bagged a stoppage time leveller from Jalen Jones.

Goalkeeper Christian Dibble had kept Oxford at bay from 12 yards 20 minutes from time via a penalty save and stunning stop from the subsequent rebound from Josh Ashby.

Harriers trail second-placed Scunthorpe by a point with leaders Chester another point better off.

Phil Brown's men face a huge clash at the side that sit directly beneath them, Brackley Town, on Tuesday night.

Elsewhere, boss Liam McDonald was delighted at Stourbridge's last-gasp Southern Premier Central win over Harborough Town and thought it was well-deserved.

It was a hard-working performance from Stourbridge who had to soak up pressure from the in-form home side at times and saw them miss a penalty before Harvey Portman's stoppage-time winner in Leicestershire.

Halesowen Town lost ground in a top-of-the-table clash away at Stratford Town, who prevailed 2-0.

The Bards struck early through Owen James and Kevin Joshua bagged the second on the hour.

Stratford leapfrog the Yeltz into second and Bedford Town have gone top by a point they claimed in drawing with Banbury.

Boss Russ Penn said: "I think we started really poorly after gifted them a goal.

"At this level you can't gift any team goals, they sit in and make it hard to create chances. We didn't test the keeper enough or play how we usually and wanted to play.

"We came off track really from what we've been doing.

"I thought we were great in the second half, did everything, game was in their half, but gave them a goal off a throw-in their only attack in our half."

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