Studley 2

Cradley Town 0

STUDLEY have just five games left to make sure they avoid Midland Alliance relegation.

Goals either side of the break courtesy of Adam Blake and Anthony Savery on Saturday have given the Bees a one point cushion and a game in hand over the bottom three clubs of Causeway, Biddulph and Bridgnorth.

Studley boss Kevin Rowlands believes his team can still stay up even if they don't win their remaining five games.

He said: "I don't think that if we don't win every single game we've got until the end of the season that we'll go down.

"The clubs below us are all running out of games as well so I wouldn't be surprised if four wins would do us."

The Studley manager singled out his defence as the key to victory on Saturday in Brett Fleetwood, Andy Dodds and Jason Dyer.

"I think Cradley had one shot on target all game and that tells you how well we defended. Kenny Fergie also came in for Mark Neath and gave us 90 minutes and he's done a tremendous job."

"But it's only one game, now it's down to how we react to it and what happens in the next game."

Studley striker Andy Johnson could be out for the remaining few games with ligament trouble so Rowlands has enrolled Aaron Williams as cover.

Alvechurch were dragged back into the relegation mire after a 2-0 defeat at home to Stourbridge.

Andy Wright opened the scoring for the Glassboys on 28 minutes and former Redditch United striker Lee Booth settled the encounter with his effort four minutes later.