Hardly crashed to defeat in the battle between the two sides joint top of the table prior to KO.
Missing Joe Gordon to a recurrence of a knee injury aswell as James Robins and Chris Cope to foot injuries Hardly reluctantly handed a recall to Dan Middleton after 6 months out with a knee injury and started the match on the front foot.
Athletic were unable to make progress though and were made to pay when PVDFC netted two quickfire goals to open up a lead. That lead was halved though before the break when Matthew Young sweetly struck a shot from the halfway line that nestled in the corner of the net.
PVDFC continued to frustrate their opponents with the ease at which they went to ground and after netting a third, following Andy McEvoy being given a two minute sin bin, they played for time to run down the clock and see out the win.