But Louth boss Colin Trestrail said the result would have been more convincing had the home side taken their chances.


"We had at least four one-on-ones with their keeper, which came to nothing," he explained.


A combination of loose finishing and good goalkeeping prevented further score, but the one goal proved to be enough for a side who had lost five of their previous six games.


Louth United 0 Horncastle Town 1


As expected, this was a tight match, but Horncastle took the spoils thanks to an Oliver Johnson goal scored midway through the second half.


Louth's keeper had denied the visitors with a number of first class saves and so it required a good goal to beat him.


This arrived courtesy of Johnson, who chested the ball down and volleyed into the roof of the net after good work by Tommy Chalk.

League results: Boston Town Reserves 4 Grimsby Borough Reserves 4; CGB Humbertherm 3 Cleethorpes Town 2; Harvest 5 Sleaford Town Reserves 0; Hykeham Town 6 Lincoln Moorlands Railway Reserves 2; Louth Town Reserves 1 Lincoln United Reserves 0; Louth United 0 Horncastle Town 1; Ruston Sports 3 Heckington United 1; Skellingthorpe PFC 1 Skegness Town 4.