IN a game of missed chances by both sides, a solitary goal from Neil Black gave Colwyn Bay the points in a 1-0 home win over Leicestershire side Quorn on Saturday.
That puts them to within five points of top five play-off places with games in hand over six of the seven clubs battling for third, fourth and fifth places - and were helped by defeats for botb Grantham and Gresley Rovers.
Black should have had at least a hat-trick from the chances he had, but the only goal came 73 seconds into the second half when he broke with the ball from a scramble in the centre circle and outpaced the chasing defenders to fire low past keeper Sean Bowles.
Black hit the bar with a header in the first half and then shot wide of gaping goal after the keeper had beaten out his first shot, and in the second half he turned the ball past the keeoer again only for the ball to roll the wrong side of a post.
Bowles kept his side in the game with fine one-on-one saves from Black (twice), Joe Fowler and Anthony Wright, and Quorn might have snatched something at the end but for three bad misses by Justin Jenkins and two fine diving saves by Jamie Speare.
That's 10 points out of 12 from the last four games for Colwyn Bay, although they face a tough test away to Sheffield FC on Tuesday.
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