Brighouse Town extended their unbeaten run to seven games with a 1-1 draw at home to Bridlington Town.
Bridlington had goalkeeper Jonathan Dash to thank for their valuable point as he pulled off some superb saves especially after Grant Black’s boys had gone 1-0 up in the 42nd minute.
An audacious lob on goal from Romario Dunne had Dash scrambling to try and keep the ball out but on this occasion he was well beaten.
Skipper Harvey Booth had put a great ball through to split the Bridlington defence wide open.
Dash, who took the Bridlington man of the match award, saved on the line from a Nathan Curtis header and parried a Youssef Chentouf shot wide of his near post for a corner.
The visitors on the ball had been a strong force in midfield and down the flanks in the first half and a goal disallowed on 31 minutes when Jake Day was caught off side.
Bridlington started the second half very strongly and it was Town’s custodian Michael Acquah who then saw plenty of action.
It was real cut and thrust in the second half as Town held onto their lead and the Seasiders went all out to find a leveller for caretaker-player manager Michael Coulson.
Chentouf on two occasions brought out the best of Dash and Ferdy Annor  and Kane Richardson were in great form to keep taking the game to their visitors.
With five minutes of added time announced Town were looking going into the last minute as they were holding onto their lead for all three points until the referee gave a free kick for hand ball.
Dash launched the ball into the box and the tall centre half Tom Allan got his head to it to beat Acquah and make it 1-1.
Town’s assistant player-coach Danny Frost said after the game:” we had our chances and the end result to some extent feels like a defeat.
“However we go unbeaten once more and against a good side and on the positive side it’s another valuable point.”
Town have a coach going to Ashington on Saturday which will leave the Dusty Miller at 10.45.
Good news on the injury front, striker Rhys Plater has resumed training this week and hopes to be available for selection by the second week of December.
Town’s re-arranged home game with Redcar Athletic will take place next Wednesday,December 3 (7.45) and on Wednesday.December 10 (7.00) Town will once more play host to FC Halifax Town’s U19 side on their FA Youth Cup run against Colchester United.

Brighouse Town’s six match unbeaten run was put on hold last Saturday as Storm Claudia swept in on the Friday and left the pitch at the Heffernan Utilities Stadium under water.

It left club officials counting the cost with East Division League leaders Redcar Athletic the visitors and a special season ticket promotion for international break weekend also knocked on the head as a result of the postponement.

The game has been re-arranged for Wednesday, December 3 (7.45) and the season ticket promotion will stand in this game with local professional clubs not involved in their leagues on the night.

On Saturday, Town entertain Bridlington Town (3pm and parted company with their Management team shortly after the game) who surprisingly lost 2-1 at home last Saturday to Grimsby Borough. The Seasiders currently sit three places and two points above Town in ninth place.

Manager Grant Black only has the long term injury of striker Rhys Plater to contend with and the absence of midfielder Mohssen Mohamed who is still away until Sunday night with the Yemen squad at their camp in Cairo

Brighouse Town’s talented attacking midfielder Mohssen Mohamed flew out on Tuesday from Manchester Airport to join the Yemeni squad for Asian Cup and African Cup qualifying games.
The 21 -year-old born to Yemeni parents in Saudi Arabia will be making his international debut if selected for games against Bhutan on November 18 in the Asian Cup qualifier and then on November 26 against Comoros in the Africa Cup qualifier.
Based in Sheffield, and studying for a sports science degree, Mohamed has also been informed he could also be playing in the Under 21 competitions and could be away from the UK for three weeks.
Mo, to his teammates and supporters, said he was obviously over the moon to get an international call up, but he would miss his Brighouse Town family and his girlfriend.
The Town players are delighted for him and looking forward to receiving news from him on their squad app.
“The dressing room at Brighouse right now is pretty special and I feel really interwoven with everyone,” said the former Chesterfield, Doncaster City and Pontefract Colls player.

Brighouse Town made it five games unbeaten in the league with a 1-0 home win over Pontefract Collieries.
Before kick off the visitors were in seventh position some ten places above their hosts but with Youssef Chentouf’s 71st minute strike Town bounded up the table to 12th.
Pontefract are a good side and the Town defence had to work hard to keep them from opening their account
Goalkeeper Michael Acquah was in fine form throughout and made splendid saves including one from his captain Harvey Booth in injury time that looked to be going into the net for an own goal.
Pontefract had four former Town players in their squad, namely Noah Payne, Jack Boyle, Jack Wilson and Danny Edwards.
It was Derry Robson’s superb through ball that put Chentouf in on goal and he deftly chipped over keeper Harry Christy.
Only five minutes earlier he had nearly gone close but was denied by Christy on that occasion.
Town defenders Ferdy Annor, Brandon Murillo, Booth and Chris Cordara-Soanes put in a great shift and when the substitutes were introduced in the second half for some of them they also grafted.
Towns front line with Nathan Curtis, Jordan Barnett and Romario Dunne also gave Pontefract’s defensive line plenty to think about.
Town’s management were over the proverbial moon with the effort shown and will to keep the unbeaten run going
On Saturday Town are away at Blyth Spartans who are currently in the relegation area and they know that they will have their work cut out at this famous old non-league club.
A coach will leave the Dusty Miller at 11am
On the injury front striker Jordan Preston (Hamstring) says he is around two weeks off fullback McKenzie Paisley (calf) is back on light training  and fellow striker Rhys Plater (ankle ligaments) feels he will be in action again by the end of the month.