LEIGH RMI must be just about fed up of facing derby rivals Radcliffe Boro.

The double act faced each other for a third time in Saturday's FA Trophy second qualifying round - and, for the third time this season, the match ended in stalemate.

Happily, in Tuesday's replay RMI finally came through, winning 1-0 thanks to Phil Brown's strike.

On Saturday it was 1-1 with goals to savour after two goalless draws in the previous meetings.

But, in truth, there was very little goalmouth action.

The best first-half efforts in a dour midfield struggle came from Boro's McRory who headed over on six minutes and RMI's Smith who hit a rasping shot narrowly off target just before the interval.

Leigh applied the pressure at the start of the second half without really creating anything clear-cut. Radcliffe finally broke clear on 65 minutes only for David Bean's shot to hit the outside of a post.

The breakthrough came when good work by Andy Levendis and Paul Allen on 73 minutes set up Ian Lunt to ghost past two defenders and hit a beauty into the top corner of the RMI goal.

The strike was Lunt's 100th for Boro.

But their joy was short-lived as RMI manager Steve Waywell immediately made a substitution and introduced Chris Shaw. Within two minutes it paid off as the replacement striker was on hand to finish off a superb five-man move.

Waiting eagerly at home for the replay winners are Bradford Park Avenue.

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