MALVERN Town turned in a superb second half display to share the spoils from their visit to high flying Darlaston Town in this Banks's Premier League game on Saturday.
DARLASTON TOWN 4, MALVERN TOWN 4
Playing down the famous Darlo slope in the first half the home side raced into a three goal lead through Justin Elliott (7mins), Chris Horton (27 mins) and Mark Groves (45 mins).
Both teams were reduced to ten men after 25 minutes when Stuart Edwards (Darlaston) and Malvern's Andy Shepherd were given their marching orders following a confrontation.
Malvern started the second period with a mountain to climb but within five minutes of the restart Steve Walker fired in a tremendous shot into the top corner from fully 25 yards out and five minutes later Phil Slade cleverly beat two defenders before turning to fire home just inside the bar to close the gap further.
Darlaston were on the back foot for long periods but were very dangerous on the break and Malvern had to thank Ross Sanders twice in quick succession when he made superb saves from Groves and Elliott respectively to keep his side in the game.
On 78 minutes the home side were rocked back when Raj Sharma picked the ball up just inside his own half before making his way towards goal leaving three defenders in his wake and cleverly beating the advancing keeper to finish clinically and equalize.
The drama didn't finish there because Darlaston went back in front in the 82nd minute when the visitors defence were left flat-footed and Brendon Pugh ghosted in to give Sanders no chance.
Malvern threw everything at the home side in the remaining minutes and were rewarded five minutes later when the ball ran loose to Dene Whittal-Williams and he hit a tremendous shot into the bottom corner of the net from just outside the box to earn a well deserved point.
Malvern returned home well satisfied with their achievement, none more so than their keeper Ross Sanders, who on at least five occasions made top class saves to make the result possible.
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