Liversedge 'find a way' to hit back late to win seven-goal thriller
Liversedge FC pulled off a remarkable comeback when they claimed all the points from a seven-goal thriller at home to Garforth Town.
In their latest NPL East game Danny Forrest’s men were up against 10 men for much of the contest following an early red card, but found themselves 3-1 down in the second half and still a goal behind in the 88th minute.
A big finish, however, saw two late goals turn the game around with Liversedge winning 4-3 thanks to Joe Walton’s goal three minutes into added time.
Garforth’s Matt Savage was sent-off in the second minute for handball on the line, denying an early home goal. The respite was only brief for them, though, as Finn Donovan put away the resulting penalty.
Garforth quickly equalised and an end to end first half followed despite Sedge’s man advantage.
No more goals came until early in first half injury-time when the visitors went ahead. They then added a third two minutes into the second period, giving Sedge a mountain to climb.
The home team responded well to win a penalty and Donovan was on target again to cut the deficit to 3-2.
It stayed that way for the next 38 minutes with Town holding on and riding their luck as a Ryan Watson effort hit the post.
But Sedge stalwart Walton came to the rescue when bundling the ball home from close range to equalise and in stoppage time it was that man Walton again with the winner after fine work by Watson and Lewis Barlow.
Town were down to nine men at this stage after Harris Eggleston was red carded.
"I’m not going to celebrate it too much, but a win’s a win,” said manager Forrest.
"The last five games we haven’t got what we deserved in terms of points and have been a little bit hard done by and I feel that’s balanced out a little bit. The lads kept being brave and in the end found a way.”
Liversedge, back up to fourth, are at home again this Saturday when they host second-placed Dunston.