Halesowen Town triumph in remarkable late No.9 Derby comeback victory

Stourbridge fell to a 3-1 defeat at The Grove despite leading from minute one until the 79 before Russ Penn's hosts struck back in some style.

Yeltz top goalscorer Kieren Donnelly was the two-goal hero on his 100th appearance for the club with a dramatic double in the 85th minute and a second six minute into stoppage time to put the seal on back-to-back home wins in the derby.

Liam McDonald's Glassboys led at their bitter rivals almost from kick-off as Ethan Freemantle kept his cool to finish well. The sides shared half-chances in a competitive first period.

Dan Platt made a fine save to keep the deficit to one denying Alex Moore from a free-kick before Conor Tee fired narrowly wide from range for the Yeltz, who improved in the second period.

The hosts were made to be patient, though, and that paid off when Walsall loan substitute Charlie Wragg lashed in through a sea of bodies for his first Halesowen goal.

Tee's free-kick was nodded on by Milan Butterfield for No.9 Donnelly to head in for the lead.

The striker sealed the win with a cool finish from Wragg's through ball to spark wild scenes at The Grove.

Penn said: "The goal at the start of the game put us on the back foot, but I thought we were the dominant team throughout.

"We banged on the door and eventually our quality shone through. We have been saying all along that it is a squad game, and you are only as good as your subs, which proved pivotal today."

Stourbridge boss McDonald said: "It's hurting, the players are hurt, but I said to them there's no use being hurt now, they needed to show it in the last 15 minutes, we were winning the game.

"The lads worked extremely hard to get the lead. I thought we were the better team for 45. In the second half we defended deep, we knew there'd be an onslaught and we didn't defend it very well."

The sixth-placed Yeltz return to action with a huge clash at Kettering, who are third, on Tuesday night. Stourbridge drop to 10th.

Relegation-threatened Rushall Olympic were edged out by the odd goal in a 1-0 home defeat to mid-table Peterborough Sports in National League North.

A defeat, courtesy of Mark Jones' first-half goal seven minutes before the break, leaves Richard Sneekes' Pics eight points adrift of safety with a clash at third-placed Brackley on Tuesday.

Kidderminster Harriers dropped out of the National North play-off places with a poor 3-1 home defeat to mid-table Spennymoor Town.

Phil Brown's men were well beaten having fallen behind in just the second minute to Olly Dyson's headed opener from a free-kick.

Glen Taylor powered in a penalty five minutes after the break to double the lead. Ash Hemmings reduced the deficit 10 minutes from time but Taylor netted a second for three in the closing stages.

Brown labelled the performance unacceptable. He said: "It doesn't matter where you are in the league, it doesn't matter who you are playing against, there is a certain way of wearing the shirt and the players wore the shirt with no pride or ambition to win. They looked like they were going through the motions and that is not a representation of. I've not seen anything like that."