Harrogate Railway fight back with 10 men to salvage hard-earned point at Doncaster City
Harrogate Railway showed great character to fight back from a goal down with just 10 men and salvage a point at Doncaster City.
Rob Youhill’s side got the new season up and running with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over South Leeds on the opening weekend, but looked set to follow that fine result up with a defeat on Saturday afternoon.
However, experienced midfielder Ben Parkes had other ideas and cracked home a late equaliser to earn the men from Station View a deserved share of the spoils.
Missing a number of key players through injury and unavailability did not get off to a great start in Doncaster and fell behind early on – just as they did against South Leeds seven days earlier.
A 10th-minute corner kick was swung over from the left, and Danny South rose highest at the far post to nod past Toby Wells for 1-0.
Things then got even worse for the Rail when Steve Smith was shown a straight red card having been adjudged to have pulled a City attacker’s shirt and denied a clear goal-scoring opportunity.
But, the visitors managed to make it through until half-time without suffering any further damage, and continued to work hard to stay in the contest after the break.
And they were rewarded for their endeavours on 80 minutes as Parkes rifled home from the edge of the box to level matters.
Next up for the Rail is a trip to Leeds UFCA on Tuesday evening (7.45pm).