SILSDEN and Maltby Main played out an entertaining 1-1 at Muglet Lane on Saturday in the NCEL Premier Division, with both sides creating plenty but just lacking a cutting edge.

A fine finish from Maltby midfielder Connor Cutts on 14 minutes was quickly cancelled out by an own goal just 15 minutes later.

The other key event saw Silsden striker Antony Brown sent off in the dying seconds after retaliating to an off the ball incident.

While the draw meant both sides put an end to their three-game losing streaks, the Cobbydalers are still without a win in six and a midweek trip to the league's in-form side, Winterton Rangers, in their next game will certainly prove to be a tough task.

It was the visitors who started the brightest on a sunny day in South Yorkshire, Finn Donovan forcing an early save from Main's keeper Hugo Warhurst, before midfielder Joe Mitchell sent a speculative effort high and wide.

Despite the pitch being a little bobbly, Silsden were playing some decent football, fashioning chances for Brown who was looking a threat up top, but his shots were blocked and saved on two separate occasions.

At the other end, Maltby were also taking advantage of a disorganised Sils defence.

A sign of danger came when Rieves Boocock flashed an effort just wide.

The warning wasn't heeded and the visitors found themselves behind on 14 minutes when Cutts smashed home a half volley following a hopeful ball over the top.

The goal changed the flow of the game, and with the Silsden defence still in disarray, Maltby pushed for a second.

They forced a number of saves from Alfie Darke, including an excellent double stop, which saw him first parry a low drive, before sticking out a leg to deny the rebound.

The hosts looked to be controlling the game, but all of a sudden, the Cobbydalers snatched an equaliser.

Brad Riley and Lewis Gardner linked up well on the left allowing the latter to unleash a fierce shot towards goal.

The ball looked to be travelling wide until Maltby captain Joe Austin threw himself in front of the shot, but inadvertently turned it beyond his own goalkeeper.

Just moments later, Silsden came mightily close to taking the lead.

Brown again wreaked havoc in the hosts' penalty area and forced a save from Warhurst, before the ball dropped to Riley, who smashed a deflected effort narrowly over.

But the visitors were not out of the woods just yet.

Darke was called into action yet again just before half-time and he made a good low save.

It was then Dan Illingworth's turn to become a hero for Silsden, his brilliantly-timed sliding challenge dispossessing the attacker just as it looked as if he was in on goal.

An end-to-end encounter in the opening 45 minutes meant the stage was set for the second half, as both sides pushed for a second goal.

Maltby got on the front foot first, Darke producing a rather unorthodox diving save to force a low shot over his crossbar, before Sils came back through Brown, whose looping effort fell into the keeper's arms.

As the second half continued, the chances seemed to slow down slightly, Silsden fired a few shots straight at the keeper and Donovan looked to be in one-on-one, before a heavy touch took the ball away from him.

The Cobbydalers survived a late scare when a powerful header rebounded of the inside of the post, before the ever-dependable Illingworth got back on the line to clear the danger.

With the game entering its final moments, there was an altercation between Brown and Maltby's Morgan James.

James tripped the Silsden man and he retaliated, pushing his head towards the Main player.

With the referee having only seen Brown's offence, he was sent off and will be suspended for three games following Wednesday's fixture with Winterton.

Despite the man advantage, there was no time for any other action in the game and the spoils were shared.

The result sees Silsden climb to 13th in the table whilst Maltby drop to ninth.