Lancaster City 3 Guiseley 2 LANCASTER City threw away their two goal lead in first half injury time but triumphed with a goal in the 90th minute.

For the second time since his arrival new boy Tony McDonald scored the winning goal in the dying moments of the match.

The game also saw yet another City debutante, Neil Davies, which brought their tally to 39 players for this season.

City drew first blood in the 16th minute. Jimmy Graham's corner was latched onto by Stuart Gelling who blasted the ball into the top corner.

And Gelling set up City's second in the 43rd minute. His cross swung in to Charlie Boyd who perfectly steered the ball past Guiseley's keeper Steve Dickinson.

But Guiseley fought back in injury time. First a neat pass from Simon Parke put Bobby Davison through to strike the ball into Thornley's near post and then Guiseley equalised from a somewhat sloppy goal. Stephen Hook's shot was punched straight to Paul Bottomley who hit the ball into City's open net.

Thornley's nightmare continued in the second half. In the 52nd minute Thornley booted his clearance straight at Neil Matthews and was fortunate that he couldn't tuck away an easy goal.

And City's keeper was fortunate again in the 67th minute when he was lobbed. Lee Marshall saved Thornley's blushes when he hooked the ball off the line.

After those lapses of concentration both keepers seemed sharp and it looked like the game was going to result in a draw. But City dug deep and pulled a goal out of the hat in the 90th minute.

Mark Dobie held the ball up on the by-line and then pulled it back to Alex Jones. He played the ball across to Tony McDonald who thumped the ball in the back of the net and secured another excellent result.

Team: Thornley, Phillips (Cheal), Marshall, Davies, Jones, Gelling, Boyd, Hennigan, Dobie, McDonald, Graham.

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