Selby Town guaranteed tenth place

Toolstation NCEL Division One

Selby Town 1-1 Penistone Church

Dane Mortimer (right) has scored for Selby Town

Selby Town guaranteed themselves tenth spot with a deserved draw with promotion-chasing Penistone Church in front of almost 400 people.

It meant that the successful 2017 NCEL Easter GroundHop came to its conclusion on a high note.

Selby, who extended their unbeaten run to eight games, now have a faint chance of gaining an Emirates FA Cup place for next season.

Dane Mortimer’s bullet header gave them a first half lead close to half-time.

Penistone hit back strongly in the second half. Selby’s star goalkeeper Pete Lawrie made several great saves, including one in the build-up to the equaliser. He denied Andy Ring’s close range goal-bound effort, but was unable to prevent Scott Whittingham’s tap-in from finding the net.

The Teams

Selby Town: Lawrie, C Tonkinson, Arnold, O’Neill, Mortimer, Hainsworth, J Emery, Brook, Crisp, Flanagan, Terrell. Subs: Ward, Hogg, Lattimore, J Tonkinson, N Emery.

Penistone Church: Ambler, Johnson, Young, Ellis, Stafford, Lovell, Richards, Moore, Joynes, Ring, Whittington. Subs: Barlow, Smith, Russell, Rhodes.

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