Al Maitland scored his second goal in two days as 10 man FC Isle of Man fought back to claim a 2-2 draw against nine man Prestwich Heys.
Playing on Sunday morning, the game followed Saturday afternoon’s 3-3 draw against Pilkington.
After a tense opening 10 minutes, Prestwich took the lead after some impressive skill from Takura Sambizi.
The young winger got past Callum Sherry and his shot come cross was turned home by Lee Grimshaw despite a prolonged protest by the Ravens defence seeking an offside flag that would never come.
With chances at a premium, Harley Jackson fired over from distance and Maitland did well to get a block in to deny Luke Byron a clear sight of goal after an impressive piece of skill in the box.
As the game looked set to head into the break with the Ravens behind skipper Sean Doyle drew level when he reacted first after a Ste Whitley freekick came his way, his shot took a big deflection to leave Prestwich’s Harry Allen with no chance.
Second Half
With neither side able to create much in the opening exchanges of the second half, Preswtich would again take the lead with just over an hour on the clock.
Sambizi broke free down the left and went round Adam Killey in the Ravens’ goal, slotting into the empty net to give the relegation threatened Prestwich the lead.
The hill got that bit steeper for the Ravens soon after as Dean Pinnington, who had only come on moment earlier, was shown a straight red card for a foul on David Edwards.
With 15 minutes left, Preswich broke from a Ravens freekick but Sherry did well to fight off a numerical disadvantage as the visitors rushed forward.
Red
What followed was chaos as the Kyle Watson sought to lead a Ravens’ breakaway he was hauled down and in the ensuing melee two Prestwich players were sent off as Edwards and sub Connor Martin were both sent off.
Despite having the extra man, the Ravens struggled to open up Prestwich’s defence, Doyle coming closest when his header from a Dan Simpson cross went just wide.
The Ravens fans and players were left screaming for a penalty after a scramble in the box caused by a freekick, Jack McVey was unable to turn home a rebound and in the pinball that followed it appeared a visiting defender using his arm to prevent the ball going in.
However, the officials were unmoved and only awarded the corner.
Justice was done from a Ravens’ point of view from that corner as Al Maitland reacted quickest when the ball dropped and guided the ball into the bottom corner to make it 2-2 in the 96th minute.
The Ravens would have one final chance to win it as Doyle got on the end of a cross, but his header was inches wide, with the final whistle soon to follow.
