Curzon Ashton 0 King's Lynn Town 1

King’s Lynn Town produced arguably the best result of their season when they took all three points at their fellow promotion hopefuls.

It was Adam Lakeland’s first win over Curzon, at the fourth attempt, since leaving them for Lynn back in September 2023.

Tommy Hughes was the man who secured the points early in the second half, scoring his sixth goal in all competitions this season – and every one of them has ended in a Lynn victory.

It was a win which brought to an end a three-match winless run, after defeat at Peterborough Sports was followed by draws at Rushall and at home to Radcliffe.

It lifted Lynn back up to fourth in the National League North, five points behind leaders Chester.

“Great away performance by us and I felt we deserved it," Lakeland told official club channels. "I felt we were the better team in the first half.

"We got a little bit fortunate on one occasion in the first half where we turn the ball over and it hit both posts, but I felt we deserved that little bit of luck today because the second half, they had more possession, but I felt we looked comfortable. I felt we controlled a lot of the game, when we had possession, and then second-half when we had less possession.

"I'm just really made up for the players. When you go away from home against the better teams in the league, you've got to be really organised and disciplined and know that you're probably going to have periods in the game where you're not going to have possession. It's about being composed out of possession and being organised and then trying to use the ball well when you're going the other way.

"I felt we were close to getting the second with Fin Barnes, but a good clean sheet and an important three points for us."

Curzon Ashton: Jones, Sobowale, Poscha, Griffiths (Lacey 60), Buckley-Ricketts, Sinclair, Spencer, Mols (Curran 60), Hayhurst, Richards, Barton. Subs not used: Darby, Afuye, Mahon.

King’s Lynn Town: Crowe, McFadden, Wilson, Armstrong (Ronan 46), Johnson, Taylor, Hughes (Forde-Brown 87), Hmami (Crane 81), Barnes (Coulson 90), Margetts (McCammon 78). Goal: Hughes 52.