Silsden 1 Maine Road 3

Although the Cobbydalers once again failed to get any points in their struggle to avoid relegation on Saturday, they did enough to suggest there was still hope.

Once again manager Reape experimented with another striker. This time it was ex-Park Avenue forward Chris Ndukuba.

The new boy failed to make any impact and at 2-0 he replaced him with Nicky McNally.

Suddenly the team had some pace and purpose, eventually pulling a goal back before conceding a late third.

Stephen Cheetham and Matt Struminskyj netted for Maine Road before McNulty replied with a deserved goal.

Tim Hird crossed from the right, Martin Trickett flicked on and McNulty drove it low and hard into the bottom corner.

Five minutes later, the visitors had re-established their two-goal lead with a controversial goal. The ball was hit towards the right post.

Hanson looked certain to head it clear but a hand from one of the Sky Blue players appeared to flick the ball and it skidded off Hanson’s head into the net.