FOOTBALL: North Leigh in great revival

North Leigh 6 (Taylor 23 Caton 50, Hole 54, 76, Beckells og 68, McCabe 73)

North Leigh produced a stunning second-half display to record an unlikely victory in Saturday’s ten-goal thri-ller.

With the Division 1 South & West game starting 45 minutes late due to the visitors’ motorway traffic problems, Hayes seemed set for a routine victory when they led 3-1 at half-time.

Ben Hayden’s header gave them the lead.

North Leigh levelled through Matty Taylor. who latched onto a header by Stuart Hole. Although his fierce drive was parried by the keeper Jarrett Leach, Taylor lashed in the rebound.

They fell behind again just before half-time when Craig Tomkins shot through a crowd into the net, from a corner.

The half ended even worse for the away side when Dan Vicente ran onto a long ball from defence and hit an unstoppable shot past keeper SamWarrell.

No-one suspected the goal blitz which was to come in an amazing second half turnaround., It started on 50 minutes when Andy Caton slid the ball home for Leigh's second goal. Four minutes later, Hole equalised after good work by Andy McCabe.

Numerous further chances fell to the visitors as they swarmed forward.

Their fourth goal came from a Hole free-kick, which the home side's Wes Beckles deflected past his own keeper for an own goal.

With the home side reeling from the onslaught, McCabe added a fifth goal, before Hayes’s Vince Rispoli was sent off following a foul on Caton From the resultant free-kick Hole scored his second goal and NorthLeigh's sixth when he hit a crisp shot from 15 yards past the bemused home keeper.

The visitors introduced all three substitutes shortly afterwards and were content to see the game out.

However, after 85 minutes, Darren Butler scored Hayes’s fourth following a corner. But that could not spoil the delight in the North Leigh camp.

North Leigh: Warrell, Jackson, Allen, Hole (Helby 79), Huxley, Dodds, Reardon (Saunders 79), Posey, Taylor, McCabe, Caton (Futcher 79).

Attendance: 78.