For the second time in four games Stourbridge were left to rue the lack of a cutting edge in front of goal in the absence of Luke Benbow. The Glassboys forced the pace for long periods at Lye Meadow, particularly down the slope in the second-half, but were guilty of not working home custodian Paul Evans enough throughout the course of the contest with any number of efforts flying wide or over the bar.

Darryl Westlake came into the side at right-back with Aaron Hayden moving to play in the centre alongside Paul McCone with Stuart Pierpoint ruled out. Leon Broadhurst was selected ahead of Robert Thompson-Brown with the latter named amongst the subs.

The game took a while to settle down. Alvechurch threatened when a teasing low cross from Taylor Morrison evaded ex-Glassboy Aaron Lloyd in the centre, while at the other end Jordaan Brown fed the ball into Callum Powell who cut in from the left flank before seeing his low shot run wide.

With 20 minutes played the visitors had a decent opportunity following a good advantage played by the referee which allowed Leon Broadhurst to drive into the right-hand side of the box only to fire his angled shot past the far post.

Stourbridge continued to make more of the running and on 32 minutes Powell slipped a tidy pass into the run of Brad Birch, however Jamie Willets covered well to intervene at the expense of a corner. Soon afterwards Chekaine Steele went close with a 25-yard drive that curled beyond the far top corner.

Stourbridge soon pinned the home side back after the re-start. In the 47th minute Darryl Westlake fed Steele and his low cross from the right found Broadhurst, but his shot was well blocked by a defender. Four minutes later Powell struck a 20-yard free-kick off-target before the Glassboys made their first change of the evening after 53 minutes with Robert Thompson-Brown replacing Birch.

In the 59th minute Thompson-Brown fed Powell who delivered in an inviting ball in from the left that flew across the face of the goal with nobody getting a touch. Three minutes later the visitors had one of the clearer chances of the match. Having recycled the ball Thompson-Brown whipped a fine cross into the near post area where Kaiman Anderson pushed his close range effort the wrong side of the upright.

Alvechurch had an opportunity of their own in the 64th minute when Lloyd charged down a clearance from Hayden, however he decided to take aim early rather than to try and drive closer to the Stourbridge box and his effort was comfortably gathered by Wren.

Stourbridge were quickly back on the attack with Brown producing a strong run down the left before laying a pass off into the path of Powell and his inswinging cross just evaded the stretching Broadhurst in the middle inside the six-yard box.

Greg Mills had recovered sufficiently from injury to enter the fray in place of Steele with 66 minutes gone which allowed Powell to switch over to the right flank.

A free-kick from 20 yards by Thompson-Brown cleared the cross bar on 73 minutes and then in the 81st minute Thompson-Brown took a quick free-kick to Mills and his centre was headed over by Hayden. Two minutes later the visitors were denied by the ‘woodwork’ as another ball in from Mills saw Evans come off his line but get no distance on his attempted punch to clear and Hayden looped a header against the crossbar.

In stoppage time a shot from Broadhurst drew a save from Evans low down to his right before home sub Kieran Cook shot wide for the visitors at the other end just before the final whistle.

With Banbury winning 3 - 1 at Bedworth, the Glassboys drop a place to 5th in the table.

Team – Wren, Hayden, Brown, McCone, Westlake, Forde, Anderson, Broadhurst, Powell, Birch, Steele

Subs: Thompson-Brown (for Birch 53 mins), Mills (for Steele 66 mins), Christophorou, Hall, Maher (not used)

Att – 347