Yate Town beaten by relegation rivals North Leigh

The visitors arrived to the South West Interiors Stadium bottom of the table but two goals inside five first-half minutes put them in a rare winning position. 

Jordan Thomas and Craig Hewitt put North Leigh in a strong position heading into half-time and then with 68 minutes on the clock, Michael Hopkins sealed the win. 

There was a consolation for Yate from Zachary Drew with five minutes to play but it was nothing more than that as Yate saw their losing run stretch to eight games. They are now second-bottom in the table and are three points from safety having played two games more than Hendon. 

Following the result, supporters took to social media to share their disappointment.

A hard watch today @YateTownFC confidence is low, and levels are nowhere near good enough. There’s no hiding it! But we must stay together. As long as there’s a chance, we keep going. Support as been excellent, and we’re going to need it more than ever. #StayPositive #bluebells

— Gary Webb (@Garwebb22) March 11, 2023

Another weekend ruined and figuring out what the hell has happened today. Simply not good enough and have to keep believing we can get out of this. The support was class and seeing new faces in around the ground @YateTownFC just gutted on the result onto next week #wegoagain

— Kyle tooze (@kyle_tooze) March 11, 2023

The Bluebells have seven games left in the 2022/23 season to save themselves from the drop but face two of the play-off hopefuls in the next three games and only have one game against sides in the bottom half in their remaining fixtures.