Ten-man Tadcaster Albion left frustrated by bottom-of-the-table Keighley Town FC
Tadcaster Albion had to settle for a point against bottom-of-the-table Keighley Town as their long run of games without a victory continued.
The Brewers are now winless in their last seven league and cup matches having failed to get the better of opponents who had taken just a single point from their opening 10 NCEL Premier Division outings.
Having taken an early lead through Daniel Davy, Ryan Qualter’s side actually fell behind in the game and needed a late Oliver Norman penalty to ensure that they avoided what would have been an embarrassing defeat.
But, their cause certainly was not aided by the loss of Spencer Harris to injury after they had made all of their substitutions, leaving Albion to play the final half an hour with just 10 men.
Playing with a strong win at their backs, the Brewers broke the deadlock on 11 minutes when Olly Green ending a dazzling run with a low cross into the box for Davy, who struck his effort high and into the roof of the Keighley net.
Davy had further chances to add to the Taddy lead, but saw one strike saved and the other deflected wide, before Green and Charlie Owen were also denied.
Following the restart, Keighley took advantage of being downwind and levelled matters through Craig Billington just six minutes into the second period.
A man down after Harris went off, Albion fell behind in the 73rd minute. Connor Erangey picked up the ball 25 yards out and hammered an effort into the bottom right corner for 2-1.
But, Qualter’s team were only behind for a couple of minutes, drawing level through substitute Norman’s spot-kick after he had been bundled over inside the Keighley box.
Despite being down to 10 men, it was Tadcaster who went on to finish the stronger of the sides and created a flurry of late chances.
However, Owen, George Brown and Desmond Okoro all failed to find the target during the dying minutes, and the spoils had to be shared.