Hednesford Town march on while last-gasp drama for Stafford Rangers and Chasetown - round-up

Gavin Hurren's troops are in flying form in Northern Premier West and continue to make little fuss of all before them including Stalybridge, themselves one place out of the play-offs.

A clinical display sealed the victory via goals from the Pitmen's two former Football League frontmen.

Akheem Rose struck a cool finish when played through on goal after six minutes and it took until the 76th minute for Nathan Blissett to wrap up the victory with a near-post stab from Jack Bearne's cross.

Boss Hurren said: "I'm over the moon. They came with a game plan which we're finding every week but credit to the boys, we got a goal early, tweaked the formation and the lads delivered what we worked on.

"I wasn't happy at half-time, I thought we were a bit flat at 1-0, the lads had to pick it up a bit and we did a real professional performance and played some good stuff."

The Pitmen, in third, trail second-placed Vauxhall Motors by a point and leaders Widnes by nine.

There was local interest involving both as Stafford Rangers' recovery under Neil Kitching continued with a stirring comeback at Vauxhall.

It appeared the Cheshire hosts were on their way with early goals in each half but Kaiman Anderson was the last-gasp hero for the Boro visitors.

Stafford had Jack Burgess to thank for the supply line. Burgess' delivery was flicked in by forward Anderson to halve the deficit with a little over 20 minutes to go before a grandstand finish.

The duo combined again in stoppage time as Anderson nodded in from Burgess' delivery to claim a precious point. Boro are 16th, five points clear of safety.

Kitching said: "I thought we were brilliant. In terms of getting the ball down and playing football it's probably the best we've played since we walked back through the door."

Chasetown were minutes from boosting their own play-off push at leaders Widnes but succumbed to an 89th-minute winner.

The fifth-placed Scholars twice equalised through Luke Yates in a flurry of goals shortly into the second period and the double appeared enough to bag an impressive point.

But the home leaders claimed the spoils with an 89th-minute winner from Alex Cherera to break Chasetown hearts. The Scholars still boast a five-point buffer to Stalybridge and sixth.

In Northern Midlands, Lye Town home goalless draw with mid-table Racing Club Warwick earned the lowly struggles a point to go within four of safety.

Darlaston Town missed the opportunity to climb above inactive Sporting Khalsa in sixth with a home defeat to bottom-half Boldmere St Michaels.

The visitors flew two up inside 28 minutes, the second from the penalty spot. Kieran Cook made it 2-1 a couple of minutes later but that was all Dean Gill's hosts could muster.