SHIREBROOK COME FROM TWO DOWN TO CLAIM A POINT

Shirebrook Town rrescued a point after battling back from two down to draw 2-2 at home to Dronfield Town.

Shirebrook almost made a perfect start Lewis Macaskill curled just wide from Joe Shaw’s pass in the third minute.

Jay-Jay Cutts forced a brilliant save from the Dronfield keeper in the 10th minute but it wasn’t until the 21st minute that the next chance of note arrived and it fell to the visitors when Sam Bebbington saw his header cleared off the line by Joe Shaw.

The first half was marred by an injury to Ryan Oxley who had to be stretched off the pitch with a nasty ankle injury.

As the second half got underway again it was the visitors who were on top at the start of the half with Arran Bovill left footed volley being tipped over the bar by Shirebrook keeper Harrison Kissane.

But on 54 minutes the deadlock was broken when Bebbington had the simple task of tapping into the net from close range on the hour after Alex Wilkinson’s shot hit the post and fell kindly.

Shirebrook were hit with a sucker punch in the 72nd minute when Dronfield doubled their lead when Bebbington returned the favour to Wilkinson who met Bebbington’s cross to tap in from inside the six-yard box.

With nothing to lose Shirebrook introduced Blaise Duruaku on 75 minutes in a change in formation. And it saw an instant impact as Shirebrook pulled a goal back just a minute later when Cutts smashed home from Joe Godfrey’s low ball across the box.

Shirebrook completed the come back in the 79th minute when a Cutts ball across the six-ard box was diverted into his own net by Alex Wilkinson.

As the game went into the final ten minutes both sides had ideas of trying to win the game with Ryan Watters going close for the visitors and Duruaku for Shirebrook.