A SOFT goal conceded less than two minutes from time was enough to plunge Chorley further into trouble at the bottom of the UniBond First Division, and the alarm bells are ringing at Victory Park after another unconvincing display.
The Magpies' inability to stretch the Stocksbridge goalkeeper left them vulnerable to a late strike, and so it proved in the 89th minute.
Substitute defender Cliff Power completely miskicked in attempting to clear a low cross, leaving Steels' substitute Andy Ring the simplest of finishes from three yards.
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