LUCTONIANS will realisically have to beat bottom club Stockport next week if they want to stay in National League 2 North after they went down 32-6 to Broadstreet this afternoon.

The Kingsland side are five points from safety, but they do have solice in that Birmingham and Solihull, who are fourth from bottom, lost to Preston Grasshoppers.

There was joy for Hereford though after they came from Berkswell and Balsall with a 19-0 win to occupy the play-off spot in Midlands 1 West.

Elsewhere. Ledbury hammered Bedworth 47-0 in Midlands 3 West (South), Greyhound lost 19-10 to Yardley and District in Midlands 4 West (North) and Ross narrowly went down 5-0 to Spartans (Gloucester) in Gloucester 2.