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Shammies and Steeton played out their second derby draw of the season in another tight encounter at Marley.

Steeton went into the game full of confidence following their win over Tyersal the previous week and manager Roy Mason kept faith with the same side, whilst Shammies new manager Mark Price handed a debut to new signing Adam Hook.

Steeton started the game brightly and Andy Foster stung the fingertips of Shamrocks keeper Steve Duff with a pile driver from the edge of the box, which he did well to tip over for a corner. With Steeton in the ascendancy, Graham Holmes rifled against the bar with Duff well beaten as it looked like a matter of time before Steeton took the lead. But the longer the game went on the more Shammies grew in confidence. With Stuart Whitehead and Liam Walsh closing down men at every opportunity the tried to stifle Steeton’s passing game and with almost their first foray into the Steeton area they took the lead. Jimmy Christian’s free kick found Walsh unmarked in the Steeton box and he had time to direct his header past Steeton keeper Paul Linyard. Shammies now had their tails up and both Matty Kershaw and Danny Finn we looking to get on the end of something and Rob Horton had to be alert to stop Kershaw being through on goal. At the other end Adam Spencer fired straight at Duff as Steeton looked to get on level terms. Indeed Chris Smith had the ball in the back of the net for Steeton but the referee ruled the goal out following a handball decision against Holmes in the build up. Smith then broke past Hook and fired across the face of goal just before half time.

The second half saw more pressure from Steeton but they failed to create anything meaningful enough to test the back line of Bellamy and Christian. With 30 minutes remaining Steeton made a double change with Ben Lamb and Mark Hardman replacing Jack Ogalbe and Chris Smith respectively. The change allowed Arley Barnes to move into midfield as Steeton looked to force a leveller. Barnes went close with a long-range drive before Steeton appeared to be denied a penalty. The ball clearly striking a Shammies defenders hand but the referee obviously hadn’t seen the incident clearly and waved away Steeton’s protests. The game now seemed to be slipping away from Steeton as Shammies repelled all that they had to offer but with fifteen minutes to play Steeton grabbed an equaliser. Joe Park scuffed his corner kick to the near post, but as luck would have it the ball fell kindly for Hardman to sweep the ball home into the bottom corner to bring the Summerhill Lane side level. Arley Barnes then headed just the wrong side of the post and Kershaw tested Linyard from long range at the other end as both sides went for the win that they both desperately wanted for different reasons. Ben Lamb went the closet as he headed over Hardman’s corner with the last action of the game. A large crowd at Marley went away wondering why on that showing Shammies were rooted to the table and also how Steeton failed to perform in the way that they had done 7 days ago.

This week Steeton entertain Hunsworth at Summerhill Lane – kick off is 2.30pm. Shammies travel to Dudley Hill

Steeton: Linyard, Barnes, Horton, Smith (Hardman), Rooke, Ogalbe (Lamb), Falconi, Foster, Spencer, Holmes, Park. Sub not used: McGhee

MOM: Holmes