BROMSGROVE Sporting secured their league safety at Stratford Town on Saturday after a deserved 2-1 win.
Goals from recent new additions Shay Willock and Nile Timson made it three wins from the Rouslers’ last four away games.
Former Rousler Charlie Wragg netted the Stratford goal.
The result and Sporting’s Southern League Premier Central status is now confirmed for next season, prompting rapturous celebrations between both fans and players after the final whistle.
The Bards started the game brightly with Owen James also having a fifth minute strike tipped over the bar by the fingertips of Rory Brown.
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Bromsgrove’s Luke Benbow saw an audacious volley dip just over the bar three minutes later.
The opener came in the 12th minute, as Benbow found Willock, who slotted home his one-on-one effort coolly into the net.
Further chances came Sporting’s way as the Rouslers dominated the first half.
Benbow put the ball in the net in the 26th minute with the goal ruled out for a handball in the build-up.
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And Billy Shaw closely followed on his 100th appearance for the club. He took it around keeper Jake Weaver but was unable to get a shot away.
Willock had a shot saved in the 31st minute before Kyle Belmonte saw his wonderfully curled effort hit the underside of the crossbar two minutes later.
In the 39th minute, Shaw was close to entering Goal of the Season territory, as he serenely beat three defenders at will before hitting the post with his strike from inside the area.
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Sporting would only have to wait three second half minutes for their second, as a sumptuous Jack Kelly corner was knocked in by Timson amidst a melee of bodies.
Belmonte hit the woodwork once again when his 51st minute free kick evaded everybody before hitting Weaver’s far post.
The home side halved the deficit in the 72nd minute, as Wragg finished a well worked move with a well struck effort from close range.
Lewis Ison had a couple of opportunities to level proceedings towards the end of the game – one also being a free kick from close to the penalty area that Brown diverted wide nicely and the other being a shot which the Sporting stopper kept out with his right foot.
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Sporting also held on well and managed the game smartly to gain a richly deserved victory.
Jubilant scenes followed.
Sporting line-up
Rory Brown, Niall Flint, Aaron Roberts (Capt), Nile Timson, Jack Kelly, Billy Shaw (Jordan Lyden 89mins), George Wynne, Jack Newell, Kyle Belmonte (Kian Ryley 76 mins), Luke Benbow (Charlie Trustram 90+8 mins),Shay Willock (Theo Robinson 81 mins).
Substitute unused: Dale Eve.
Referee: Mr A McAnoy
Attendance: 1,368
Sporting Player of the Match: Shay Willock
