GREAT Harwood Town were dumped out of the UniFilla First Division Cup by Lancaster City at the Showground last night, but put up a brave fight.
Town went into last night's clash trailing 4-1 from the first leg and knew they faced an uphill battle to turn the match around.
And when keeper John Pacey failed to show and Russell Whalley had to go into the goals things looked bad for the East Lancashire men.
"The lads all pulled together and there was not that much between the sides," said chairman Bill Holden.
Lancaster opened the scoring midway through the opening half with a Stuart Gelling goal and killed the game dead after the break with a Steve Traynor strike.
Town must now try and re-group before Saturday's UniBond First Division clash with Alfreton Town at home.
Accrington Stanley are in UniBond Premier Division action tonight and travel away to play league leaders Bamber Bridge.
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