Matlock’s third consecutive 0-0 was of more use to them in the race for a play-off spot than for seventh-placed opponents Morpeth, who surprisingly seemed to settle for the solitary point towards the end.
MATLOCK Town opened up a six-point lead at the top of the NPL Premier table after edging out title rival Bamber Bridge in their eagerly-awaited first-versus-second clash.
EVEN before full-time, the humiliation was complete. In the space of 80 minutes, Matlock Town scored nine goals to inflict upon Witton Albion their heaviest defeat in the past half-century.