Frickley Athletic are safe from relegation despite a 4-0 defeat in their final away game of the season in the Macron NCE Premier Division.

A familiar story of recent weeks saw the Blues unable to capitalise on the chances they created and they were punished with a 4-0 defeat at Rossington Main.

The home team were desperate for victory to keep their hopes alive of escaping the drop and were ahead from the ninth minute when a defensive slip allowed them through and Myron Gibbons kept his composure to finish past keeper William Sykes.

Frickley were unlucky not to level soon after as Harry Carmody’s curling shot beat keeper Thomas Wallace only to hit the crossbar.

Charlie Clegg went close to scoring for Frickley Athletic in their defeat at Rossington Main. Picture: Pixel Perfect Photography

placeholder image — Charlie Clegg went close to scoring for Frickley Athletic in their defeat at Rossington Main. Picture: Pixel Perfect Photography

Sam Cable saw his effort go just wide and Harry Gagen’s header from a corner was headed off the line before the ball was scrambled away.

Rossington also had a couple of chances, but the visitors could count themselves unlucky to be behind at the break after more close things with William Jenkinson sending a header inches over and Charlie Clegg going close with a volley.

The Blues again made the running initially after the interval as Clegg’s shot was saved and Cable went close again twice.

Rossington somehow survived and it was they who scored on 67 minutes when Gibbons netted his second.

Eight minutes later they had the points sewn up when Dylan Mantle’s free-kick went through the defensive wall and beat the unsighted Sykes.

And Main added a fourth before the finish with Gibbons completing his hat-trick.

It was not the way Frickley wanted to end their season on the road, but results elsewhere meant they stayed in 12th place and will likely stay there is they can win their final match of the 2025-26 campaign at home to Horbury Town this Saturday.

They are now free from any worries about relegation as they are five points above the drop zone and have so many teams between them and the bottom two.

Glasshoughton Welfare’s season cannot end soon enough after they were on the wrong end of another big score in their final home game of the campaign.

Already conirmed to be finishing bottom of the NCE Division One, they went down 5-0 to Crowle Colts with four of the goals coming in the first half and former Pontefract Collieries striker Rob Guilfoyle hitting a hat-trick.

Welfare travel to Selby Town for their penultimate game in the league on Saturday.