Non-league round-up: Hednesford miss golden chance to go top following surprise stalemate
Hednesford Town missed the chance to go top of the Northern Premier League - after dropping to third following a 1-1 draw at rock bottom Stocksbridge Park Steels.
Luke Rawson fired Stocksbridge into the lead in the 27th-minute before Montel Gibson salvaged a point for the Pitmen 10 minutes into the second half.
FC United of Manchester climbed into the top spot with a 2-1 win at Warrington Rylands - while second-place Hebburn Town remain ahead of Hednesford on goal difference.
Rushall Olympic registered their fifth draw in a six-game unbeaten run against Gainsborough Trinity at Dales Lane, which leaves them still two points adrift of the bottom-three.
Fraser Preston slotted Gainsborough into the lead midway into the second half, but Walsall loanee Jenson Kilroy emerged as the hero when he denied Jonny Margetts from the spot.
The rebound was converted by Preston, but the goal was disallowed after he was adjudged to have encroached the penalty area.
Alex Moore got the Pics back on level terms with 15 minutes to go when his magnificent 25-yard strike hit the crossbar and the post before bouncing over the line.
Kidderminster Harriers' trip to Radcliffe was abandoned in the 78th-minute after a nasty collision between Christian Dibble and Joe Foulkes.
Halesowen Town made it back-to-back wins in the Southern Central Premier after convincingly beating Bury Town 3-1 at The Grove to climb into fourth.
Milan Butterfield headed Halesowen level after 25 minutes to cancel out Bury's opener scored by Jamie McGrath just 10 minutes earlier.
Jason Cowley scored a mesmerising solo goal three minutes into the second half when he sprinted half the length of the pitch to drill a low shot into the bottom corner.
The Yeltz' talisman bagged a quickfire brace two minutes later to extend his season tally to 28 goals and send his side one-point clear of the trailing pack in the play-off race.
Stourbridge are not quite out of danger yet after they were condemned to a 3-0 home defeat against Stratford Town courtesy of a brace from Dan Lafferty and a solitary strike by Lamine Sheriff.
That setback leaves the Glassboys in 15th but just six points adrift of the relegation zone.
Chasetown suffered a 2-1 home loss against Avro to sit 11 points behind the play-off places in the Northern One West.
A screamer from Jordan Evans gave Chasetown the lead after 34 minutes, before second half strikes from Ethan Kershaw and Kyle Hawley completed the turnaround for Avro.
Darlaston Town's fixture at Nantwich Town was abandoned following an alleged racist remark from a home supporter towards one of the Darlaston players.
Sporting Khalsa slumped to a third successive defeat after they were condemned to a 4-1 drubbing against Vauxhall Motors on home soil to leave them just three points clear of the drop-zone.
An identical run has seen Stafford Rangers fall to within four points of the bottom-three following a 2-0 home defeat against Trafford.
In the Northern One Midlands, Lichfield City made it three wins in a row with a 3-0 home success over Basford United thanks to Kieran Francis, Callum Griffin and Jude Taylor.
