Colne 3

Colwyn Bay 2

COLNE moved up to third place in the Evo Stik League West Division with their second win in seven days at the Sovereign Play Stadium.

But once again, the Reds subjected their supporters to a nail-biting finish as Colwyn Bay fought back from 3-0 down to score two in the last 10 minutes.

After 22 minutes, a diagonal ball up the left wing released Brad Lynch for a run to the bye-line and his low cross into the goalmouth was laid back by Ollie Wood for Matty Morgan to fire into the bottom corner of the net to give Colne the lead.

As the visitors came back strongly Lassana Mendes missed a golden opportunity on 40 minutes when a low cross reached him at the far post and he fired over the bar with the empty net in front of him.

Colne pressed forward in the second half and after 53 minutes, the Reds went further ahead when Alex Coleman made a run on the right wing and his high cross fell to Lynch at the far post who drove in a low shot to double their lead.

On the hour, another good move by the Reds produced a third goal when Richard Taylor found Morgan on the right and his high cross was headed home by Wood at the far post.

But after 68 minutes, Colne were reduced to ten men when Taylor was sent off for his second yellow card.

And the visitors were given fresh hope when Tom McCready pulled a goal back with a speculative shot from outside the area after 82 minutes. And when Colwyn Bay won a corner three minutes into injury time, Alex Downes rose high at the near post to flash a header into the roof of the Colne net to reduce the arrears to 3-2.

But it was too late to affect the outcome of the game as the Reds ran out worthy winners despite the late setback.

Steve Cunningham’s side are four points behind leaders Atherton Colleries.