Steels 0-2 Carlton Town

Stocksbridge Park Steels fell to their first loss in eight games as Carlton Town left Bracken Moor with the three points.

Unlike in previous weeks where Stocksbridge have got out to fast starts, they started off this one slowly and Carlton were able to have the better of the play. They would then take advantage of it. After getting a second corner, no Steels defender was defending the near post and Khyle Sargent was there to nod it home.

While the Steels couldn’t say they didn’t have much of the ball as they certainly did, they weren’t able to create many chances. There was the odd shot that went over or wide, with James Morris trying his best on the wing to summon some magic with his long-range efforts, but they never looked like cracking the Carlton defence. The closest was a second half effort from Oliwier Grzelak that was palmed away by Felix Annan at his near post.

As Stocksbridge pushed for an equaliser, they were caught out and the match would be finished off. A ball was quickly played to Oliver Clark who had all of the space to run into before finishing powerfully to make sure the three points would be heading to Nottinghamshire.