Harriers threw away the lead late on to fall to Altrincham at Moss Lane.

After a scrappy match that had seen two teams cancel each other out had come to life early in the second half when leading scorer Marvin Johnson fired Harriers ahead with his fifth goal of the season the home team levelled through former Harrier James Lawrie and then grabbed a winner five minutes from time through Damian Reeves.

Harriers were unchanged from the side that had drawn with Wrexham in midweek, Reece Styche had to be content with a place on the bench following his return from a loan spell at Tamworth.

The home team did their best to stop Harriers from playing as they wanted and played better than their league position suggested they might.  It was Altrincham who were first to threaten to break the deadlock; Danny Lewis had to be at his best to make a triple save, first from Peter Cavanagh and then blocking follow-up shots from Ryan Crowther and Reeves.  At the other end Aman Verma saw his shot saved by Stuart Coburn after a good turn on the edge ofthe penalty area.

Early in the second half Lawrie was thwarted by Lewis and Reeves saw his follow-up effort cleared off the line by Kevin Nicholson.

Harriers took the lead five minutes after the break, a good passing move culminating with rookie striker Reece Hales feeding the ball to Johnson on the right wing who cut inside before unleashing an unstoppable shot into the far corner.

The lead lasted just seven minutes; Altrincham attacked on the left and Lawrie slotted home from a narrow angle beyond Lewis.

On the hour mark Altrincham could have taken the lead, Gianluca Havern heading across the face of goal from Lawrie's corner on the left.  Sloppy defending allowed the home team to grab all three points with five minutes left when Reeves was allowed to climb unchallenged at the far post to head in.