Jimmy Williams was sent off whilst playing for Glasshoughton
Glasshoughton Welfare staged a great comeback last night when they beat Lincoln Moorlands Railway 4-3 in the first round of the Toolstation NCEL League Cup at Leeds Road.
It looked like Welfare were slipping to defeat when going two goals down after 30 minutes and losing captain Jimmy Williams to a red card.
With six minutes left welfare were 3-1 down but two goals in a minute took the tie into extra time and Del Pollock snatched a late winner.
Welfare did not start the game well and looked disjointed against a lively Lincoln side although Tom Carr just failed to get on to the end of a Danny Cawley cross. Lincoln were looking dangerous and a shot hit a post before Scott Nicholson headed over and Craig Bridge hit a free-kick just over the bar.
Lincoln took the lead on 13 minutes when Adam Walsh slipped allowing Bridge to break through and fire across goalkeeper Adam Tasker into the top corner.
Welfare had a goal disallowed before Lincoln got a second. Jimmy Williams upended a lincoln player in the area and was red carded. Gav Mackie had his penalty saved by Tasker but in a scramble he prodded the ball home.
The hosts pulled a goal back two minutes later also with a penalty. Danny Middleton was hauled down by Ryan Attwell and Cawley blasted the kick past Matt Burke.
The second half opened with Welfare having a lucky escape when a third Lincoln goal was ruled out for offside.
Welfare were not so lucky in the 58th minute though as Mackie went through a static welfare defence to fire past Tasker for his second of the game.
Substitute Del Pollock should have pulled a goal back a few minutes later when one on one with Burke but he fired wide. Mackie then had another great chance for lincoln when he shot just wide of a post before Pollock volleyed just wide of the far post. Cawley then knocked a great ball in but another substitute, Kyle Fish shot wide.
The game was end to end and welfare defender Tom Coyles cleared off the line before the comeback started. On 84 minutes John Forsyth superbly headed home a corner and then a minute later a Cawley cross was hooked into his own net by Dave Coyde. In the 89th minute Steve Palfrey should have won it for welfare but he headed wide from six yards.
In the first minute of extra time Palfrey went round Burke and shot wide but Pollock sealed it for Welfare on 103 minutes. Great passing by welfare saw Palfrey put a defence splitting pass through to Pollock who made no mistake in beating the keeper.
Glasshoughton Welfare: Tasker, Coyles, Morley, Middleton,(K.Fish) Wlliams, Walsh,(Pollock), R. Fish, Cawley, Palfrey, Carr, Smith.(Forsyth) Subs unused: Prudhoe, Bedford.
Lincoln Moorlands Railway: Burke, Coyde, Locking,Page, Attwell, Clucas, (Mackinder), Nicholson, Triffit, Mackie, Bridge, Robinson, (Nuttall).
Referee: Paul Matthewson.
Attendance: 60
Thanks to Garry Mollon from Non League Yorkshire for this report. You can submit reports and team-lists to Non League Yorkshire by emailing info@nonleagueyorkshire.com.