Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Spalding United 2nd with 85 points, Redditch United 7th with 70, 15 apart. Redditch United had been under-performing their position — 16th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Spalding United were scoring 2.45 and conceding 1.29, Redditch United 1.6 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.49 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with Spalding United, winners of their last three, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Momentum sat with Redditch United, winners of their last four.
Sir Halley Stewart Field staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. On the scoreboard, Spalding United led 3-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 3-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Spalding United: Bartosz Cybulski (9'), Tom Pugh (2'), Alex Roberts (34')