Match Report
58 points for Kidsgrove Athletic (10th), 51 for Widnes (12th): a 7-point gap. Widnes's recent output outran their position: 6th on form over five rounds, 12th in the table. Per game in the league, Kidsgrove Athletic were scoring 1.53 and conceding 1.05, Widnes 1.58 and 1.61, against a competition average of 1.61 goals per team per game.
Defeat had followed defeat for Widnes — four in succession. Over the last five, Kidsgrove Athletic had taken 9 of 15 points to Widnes's 1.
The match was played at The Seddon Stadium (capacity 2,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.