Monday's First Division North action review

22 Mar 2016 By David Watters

First Division North news

Second-bottom Harrogate Railway suffered a narrow defeat to Burscough for the second time this season in the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League's First Division North on Monday night as the Linnets triumphed 2-1, writes Pitchero's Steve Whitney.

Mark Beesley’s play-off chasers raced into a two-goal lead at Station View inside 16 minutes with skipper Paul Williams dispatching a free-kick after nine minutes and Will Jones finishing from close range seven minutes later.

Railway soon got into gear though, and halved the deficit through Nathan Curtis’ far post volley after 28 minutes.

The half that followed was largely one-way traffic in Railway’s favour but Burscough held firm to move back into the play-off positions at the expense of Clitheroe.

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Where next?

Monday's Premier Division action review Stourbridge lost ground in the EVO-STIK Northern Premier League's Premier Division play-off race on Monday night after promotion-rivals Ashton United triumphed 2-1 in an eventful game at the War Memorial Ground, writes Pitchero's Steve Whitney.