Goalkeeper Jack Steggles scored as Carlton Town beat Gresley 2-0 at the Moat to all but secure their First Division South survival.
With a strong wind at his back, Steggles’s 87th minute clearance travelled the whole length of the pitch, bounced 35 yards from goal and sailed over the top of Robert Peet in the Gresley goal and into the net.
The goalkeeper’s strike confirmed Carlton’s fourth successive away win after Antonio Wedderburn’s first half penalty and was no more than Wayne Scott’s side deserved after playing the best of the football in difficult conditions.
Steggles also kept his fourth clean sheet in five games, with only a penalty given away by Steggles himself having entered the Carlton Town net in those fixtures.
Both sides today finished the game with 10 men. Gresley had Chris Richards sent off on 84 minutes for a bad challenge on Anthony Howell, and Howell himself was sent off in added time for an equally poor challenge on Martin Smyth.
Carlton remain 17th but are now 11 points clear of the relegation positions after Loughborough, Goole, Daventry and Sheffield all lost today.
The Millers are back in action on Monday at home to play-off chasing Basford Utd.
