Altrincham wasted three early chances before they lost Shaun Densmore injured after just 14 minutes. His replacement, Danny Hall himself had to be substituted in the second half. In a gusty wind on a bobbly surface, Alty lost their way after their early chances and Coburn was surprisingly beaten by a skidding shot from the edge of the box after 32 mins
After this came the miss of the season by Damien Reeves, who sold the keeper a dummy and then shot well over the bar. The next half hour or so saw some of the drabbest football seen this season but after Brooke had been withdrawn and Watmore and Clee had come on, the final 20 minutes was one-way traffic for Alty as BPA struggled against the wind. The game threatened to boil over, especially when a BPA substitute held both his hands round Doughty's neck but, amazingly, he was not even booked by the referee who was not a popular figure throughout this game. With 5 minutes left, Rogers advanced up the middle and drove the ball past Britton to level the scores. Then, deep in added time, Lawrie fed Watmore, who hit his shot home from about 12 yards to give Alty a win that had seemed unlikely just 10 minutes earlier.
2-1 Alty