Injury hit Hanley Town put in another brilliant performance to earn another vital three points at the NBe Brokers Stadium on Tuesday night against Vauxhall Motors to remain in second.

Vauxhall Motors started the game the brighter of the two teams. VM's A.Lomax shot from the edge of the area was comfortably saved by Town keeper Caleb Clothier who is on loan from Stoke City. On 21 minutes a close range effort from VM's Lomax was brilliantly saved by Town keeper Clothier.

Hanley took the lead on 24 minutes with a good passing move involving man of the match Davante Ramsy pass, Callum Middleton throughball and a run down the left of the pen area and cross along the six yard box by Cory Muirhead finding Lewis Porter to tap home.
A superb Jake Twyford pass found Callum Middleton in space on the edge of pen but the forward fired over the crossbar.

The visitors levelled just before the interval when B.Dufton-Kelly curled a a shot into the corner of the net. Right on half-time a superb Davante Ramsey cross found Callum Middleton who glanced an header just wide of the post.

Half-Time:
Hanley Town 1 - 1 Vauxhall Motors:

Hanley started the second half the better of the two sides, a Jake Twyford run into the pen area and shot forced VM keeper Atkinson into a save.
An Hanley corner from the left was met by Town defender Kyle Stubbs whose header was brilliantly turned around the post by VM keeper Atkinson.

Hanley were awarded a penalty with 15 minutes to go, a corner was not cleared by the VM defence and a VM defender went through the back of Town forward Callum Middleton the referee pointed to the spot, Lewis Porter stepped up to fire the penalty home.

On 84 minutes Hanley's defender Lucas Sant reacted brilliantly on the cover to clear a certain goal. As the game moved into injury time VM's J.Coppack turned just inside Town's penalty area to curl a shot just wide of the post. In the closing stages of the game VM.s J.Coppack was shown the red card.

Man Of The Match: Devante Ramsey put in another tremendous performance on Tuesday night in the 2-1 win over Vauxhall Motors:

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Next Up:
Saturday 24th October:
Northern Premier League West Division:
Shifnal Town vs Hanley Town:

Acoustafoam Stadium
Shifnal
TF11 8PD

Adults: £10
Concessions: £7
U'16's: £3