Bishop Auckland's injury crisis continued in Wednesday night's 2-1 win over Hyde United.

Bishops lost defender Mark Salmon and Andy Shaw during the game, and they are big doubts for tomorrow's home game with second placed Stalybridge. Bishops took the lead after ten minutes when Salmon headed into the top corner from ten yards, and they went further ahead after 54 minutes when David Gallagher beat three men and fired home.

Hyde pulled a goal back, but Bishops made sure in the last minute when Danny Brunskill cleverly set up Stephen Bell to score.

Spennymoor manager Peter Mulcaster had to put himself on the subs bench for his side's trip to Barrow last Saturday.

Mulcaster could only muster 11 players, including his son Martin, for the trip to Cumbria, and so was forced to name himself as one of the subs.

Fortunately, he wasn't called into action, although he admitted: "There were one or two close things."

Blyth midfielder Justin Keegan will miss the Presidents Cup final next week against Stalybridge because of suspension.

The game itself will be played to a finish, with extra time and penalties if necessary, as is the case with Bishops' league cup final at Lancaster on May 1.

P W D L F A Pts

Emley 40 29 7 4 79 36 94

Stalybridge 40 28 9 3 90 28 93

Bishop Auckland 40 25 6 9 85 47 81

Lancaster 39 24 7 8 83 56 79

Worksop 38 19 11 8 97 52 68

Barrow 39 19 9 11 75 53 66

Altrincham 42 18 10 14 75 57 64

Gainsborough 41 17 12 12 55 51 63

Hucknall 40 15 11 13 51 57 58

Bamber Bridge 39 15 7 17 55 60 52

Accrington 39 14 9 16 59 63 51

Runcorn 38 14 9 15 51 60 51

Whitby 41 13 10 18 57 71 49

Hyde 38 13 9 16 69 68 48

Gateshead 38 12 11 15 60 58 47

Blyth 39 13 6 20 52 59 45

Droylsden 39 13 5 21 45 66 44

Marine 39 11 10 18 54 69 43

Burscough 37 11 9 17 51 61 42

Leek Town 39 11 7 21 40 60 40

Frickley 41 8 14 19 48 77 38

Colwyn Bay 39 8 9 22 57 98 33

*Spennymoor 39 2 3 34 26 105 8

*Denotes one point deducted