Whitby Town 2 King's Lynn 2
Saturday 6th December 2014
Not for the first time this season, Lynn managed to comeback despite being reduced to ten men.With a strong wind against them, Lynn found themselves under pressure for most of the first half and were fortunate to be trailing by just the one goal at the break.
In the first minute the home number 10 Steve Snaith hit the bar with Alex Street well beaten and on ten minutes Snaith was grounded by Henry Eze who, as last man, was red carded for the second time this season.
Fortunately for Lynn Dave McTiernan saw his penalty saved by Alex Street.
Street was again the saviour on the quarter hour when he somehow managed to beat out a Matthew Brown effort.
Brown was not to be denied and on 38 minutes he was in the right place to receive a deflected ball off Ross Watson's head to tap in.
Lynn got off to a great The second half saw Lynn off to a great start with Michael Frew scoring on 49 minutes with lob on the half-volley having been set up by Gregg Smith.
On 62 minutes the Seasiders were back in front when McTiernan put in a curling shot that gave Street no chance.
Lynn introduced leading scorer George Thomson and he got the all important equaliser with virtually his first touch when, on the 89th minute, prodded home a loose ball to earn Lynn a point and notch his 20th goal of the season.
Whitby: Bland, Hassan, Robinson, Pell, King, McTiernan, M Brown, Hopson, Snaith, J Brown, Shepherd. Subs: Mason, Burgess, Doran, Waters, Williams. Scorer: M Brown 38 , McTiernan 64
Lynn: Street, Watson (Mulready 83 ), Ramm (Thomson 70), Eze, Fryatt, Quigley, Bell, Bridges (Spriggs 88), Smith, Frew, Jones. Subs: Thomson, Spriggs, Mulready Stocker, Ward. Booked: Quigley. Sent off: Eze. Scorer: Frew 49, Thomson 89
Attendance: 247
Lynn Reserves moved up to seventh when they ran out 2-1 winners against Haverhill Borough. A goal down at half-time Lynn equalised through Jack Frohawk.
On 77 minutes the visitors were reduced to ten men when Ash Drew was dismissed and from the resulting free kick Alan Burch put Lynn into the lead.
Lynn: Pearson, Palmer, Mcleish, Burch, Spittlehouse (Stannard), White, Biles, Fryatt (McQuaid), Livoti (Daw), Coe, Frohawk, Subs: McQuaid, Moriera, Daw, Stannard, Colman