Thackley 1, Liversedge 2 - A sedate first half to this keen derby was merely a prelude to the exciting, incident filled second period that saw the referee injured, a flurry of cards, a contentious penalty and a sting in the tale.

The visitors won the game, which went some way to easing their fears of relegation from the Northern Counties East Premier Division, with a strike deep into injury time.

The nine minutes added on were due to the stoppage following the calf strain to the man in the middle. Gary Hobson began the game as the ref but lasted only 51 minutes before he limped off to be replaced by his senior assistant, Duncan Street.

Liversedge were leading 1-0 at the time and it was Mr Street who awarded the controversial spot kick that brought the sides level in the 83rd minute.

He also sent visiting manager Wayne Bruce from the dugout, dismissed Thackley midfielder Dave Cunningham for a second bookable offence and produced a flurry of yellow cards.

Thackley player boss Andy Taylor steered clear of the incident in his post match analysis, preferring instead to concentrate on the performance of his players.

"To say I'm disappointed is a huge understatement," he began. "I told the players not to look at the league table before this game because we knew it would be a tough match.

"They couldn't have listened because we had some players out there who thought they just had to turn up. They have been complacent and it has showed. Lets not take anything away from Liversedge though, they battled and worked hard.

"They wanted it more than we did and that's why they have won the game, deservedly so."

Bruce did not try to defend his own outburst at the stand-in referee and was accepting of his punishment, but his comments were cutting.

"I thought the first half was refereed quite well but for me the bloke who took over was just trying to make his mark," he said.

"The penalty should never have been given, you see the same in the box every time there is a set piece. No one expected the decision and even the appeal from their lot was only half hearted.

"The referee going off disrupted us a bit, we were a bit disjointed after that but we deserved the win on our first half performance. We could have been two or three up at half time and to come back after an unjust penalty like that was very pleasing."

With little goalmouth action there was only one goal separating the sides at the break. Sedge got their noses in front five minutes before the interval when home keeper Richard Cornwall came off his line but failed to reach a cross and Matt Flynn hammered a shot from the corner of the area in of the bar. The penalty was given against Richard Walker when he and home striker Danny Toronczak seemed to be doing nothing other than linking arms but it gave Toronczak the chance to net his first goal against his former club.

Five minutes into injury time Adam Goldthorpe netted the winner for the visitors as Cornwall was again left wanting in his own six-yard box.