Substitute Peter Till scored his first goal for the club as York City twice came from behind to rescue a hard-earned point against part-timers Bath City at Twerton Park.
The former Walsall winger lashed in an equaliser from the edge of the area with nine minutes remaining after the visitors’ goalkeeper Michael Ingham had committed a howler for the second successive weekend. The one-time Northern Ireland international misjudged a 66th minute cross from Marc Canham and allowed ex-York target Lee Phillips to nod the ball into an open net and reclaim the home lead.
Earlier Michael Gash headed a 43rd minute reply to cancel out a blistering opening effort from Adie Harris five minutes previously. But York dominated most of the possession throughout and should really have won at a canter.
That had begun as early as the third-minute when Richard Brodie took the ball wide of former Morecambe keeper Ryan Robinson, only for his delivery to lack conviction as Chris Carruthers waited expectantly inside the area. Carruthers then whipped in a free-kick that was headed in by Djoumin Sangare – but the ‘goal’ was ruled out for pushing.
However, a quickly taken free-kick after a foul by Carruthers on twelve minutes served a warning for the visitors when Phillips struck Ingham’s left-hand post. Six minutes later Canham despatched a soaring 35-yard shot over the bar.
Meanwhile, York striker Gash had a header deflected wide from a Carruthers cross midway through the first-half before Robinson fingertipped over from Neil Barrett’s subsequent corner as Michael Rankine challenged. His opposite number Ingham then made a fine save from Adam Connolly on 37 minutes, but was left helpless sixty seconds later as Harris’ glorious 30-yard strike flew inside his near post.
That was harsh on York, who to their credit took only five minutes to respond when Carruthers’ cross was met by a forceful downward header from Gash into the bottom corner. The former Ebbsfleet striker then failed to pull the trigger when well-placed at the start of the second-half before home keeper Robinson raced out to clear ahead of the run of Brodie.
And it was Brodie who spurned a glorious chance to give his side the lead just beyond the hour-mark after taking the ball wide of keeper Robinson before tamely scuffing his finish into the side-netting as an inviting goal beckoned.
That appeared an even more serious miss five minutes later when Ingham completely misread Canham’s cross and Phillips comfortably headed into the net. York tried to respond as Bath keeper Robinson flapped at a Carruthers cross and Alex Lawless was astray with an ambitious overhead attempt before manager Martin Foyle made a double change with Till and Jonathan Smith replacing Barrett and Rankine in the 74th minute.
And it was Till rewarding the travelling fans inside the final ten minutes with virtually his first touch of the game as he lashed in from 20-yards following a Gash knock down. It appeared there was only one team likely to win the game from that point and fellow substitute Smith drove straight at Robinson before Gash drilled inches wide of the left-hand post during the closing moments.
Bath City: Robinson, Simpson, Jones, Webb, Jombarti, Harris, Connolly, Hogg (Mackie 90), Canham, Edwards (Mohamed 62), Phillips (Rollo 86)
subs (unused): Coupe, Reid
Goals: Harris (38), Phillips (66)
York City: Ingham, Parslow, McGurk, Sangare, Meredith, Lawless, Barrett (Till 74), Carruthers (McDermott 82), Rankine (Smith 74), Gash, Brodie
subs (unused): Courtney, Young
Goals: Gash (43), Till (81)
Ref: M. Bull (Essex)
Att: 1,066
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