RELEGATION befell Acomb Hockey Club men’s first XI who suffered a double whammy.
A 2-2 draw at home to Kingston-upon-Hull meant Acomb had to win their last two games to hold on to their Yorkshire League division three status.
But 24 hours after the Hull share-all, it was all over as Acomb perished 3-1 at Airedale.
Against Hull, the Tangerines started brightly, and a pin-point pass from Matt Dickenson fed Pete Hilton who rounded the ’keeper to break the deadlock.
The lead was short-lived as Acomb were caught off guard to let in a leveller and soon into the second-half they went in front.
Acomb battled back to equalise through Matt Dickenson. Man of the match, goalkeeper Craig Brown, pictured, kept the home side in the game but the draw meant it was victory or bust at Airedale.
A blank first half was followed by a fluent Acomb move leading to Dave Richardson scoring. But despite more exertions from Brown, Airedale countered with three unanswered goals to send Acomb down.
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