Ossett Town could not handle double goal-scorer Lewis Nightingale, who scored twice for Farsley Celtic. Picture: Mark Gledhill
Star man Lewis Nightingale scored two well-worked goals as a storming second half performance led Farsley Celtic to a 5-2 victory at Ossett Town.
Nightingale, Paul Walker, Paddy Miller and Ross Daly were on the score-sheet in their sixth consecutive win which pushes them further up the Evo Stik Division One North table.
Josh Moore and David Brown scored two late consolation goals for Graham Nicholas’ side.
Farsley had taken the lead deep into a fairly-even first half. Paddy Miller’s header from a corner had too much height for new Ossett goalkeeper Sam Leigh.
Ossett fell apart on the hour mark as Farsley managed to rattle home four goals in 15 minutes.
Nightingale carved Ossett open for the first of those goals. His exquisite turn and one-on-one with Leon Osbourne inside the Ossett penalty area opened an angle up and the midfielder buried the ball into the bottom corner.
Ossett’s left back played Ross Daly onside for the third goal. The midfielder was free to run down the middle of the pitch and pass to Walker, who fired the ball into the near post with one touch.
A break down the right-wing saw a low cross whipped into the six-yard-box and Nightingale showed fantastic desire to sprint ahead of the Ossett defence and be there to score.
Substitute David Brown reduced the deficit for Ossett before Daly added Farsley’s fifth with a low finish.
Ossett defender Tyrone Gay denied Nightingale his hat-trick soon after with a desperate last-ditch block.
Moore scored his second Ossett goal in two games by beating Taylor at his near-post in the dying seconds.
Ossett Town: Leigh, Hawksworth, Merris, Gay, Rogers (captain), Rupere, Lyn, Shelton, Moore, Mangham, Riley. Subs: Hamilton, Monfredi, Simpson, Brown.
Farsley Celtic: Taylor, Howarth, Serrant, O’Brien (captain), Clayton, Miller, Nightingale, Daly, Walker, Osbourne, Sugden. Subs: Hancock, Grant, Harrison, Connor.
Referee: Craig Hainsworth
Attendance: 163