TURTON pulled off a remarkable fightback to rescue a point at Slyne With Hest, scoring three times in the last 18 minutes.

The Tigers trailed Slyne 1-0 at the break and the Lancaster side extended their lead with two further goals around the hour mark.

And as the game passed 70 minutes it seemed unlikely that Turton could salvage anything from the afternoon. However, Matt Eckersley gave them some hope with a penalty and Danny Locke made it 3-2 with six minutes remaining.

Eckersley completed the comeback in the last minute, slotting home a second penalty to snatch a point.

While he was happy to get a result from an unlikely situation, Turton manager Neil Hart felt his team were hard done by, and the first two goals conceded should never have come along.

"The first two we conceded were just freak goals," he said. "Phil Johnson was fouled in our box and picked up the ball to place it for a free kick but the referee wasn't blowing so he gave them a penalty for handball. That put us 1-0 down and the second was just a long punt and our centre-halves looked at each other while their forward nipped in to score.

"Going down 3-0 was a bit difficult to take, especially when we were denied a stonewall penalty. We had dominated the game and I couldn't quite believe we had gone three behind.

"We threw caution to the wind to at least get some pride back, and in the end I felt we got what we deserved. To get a point was fantastic and showed great character. They dropped deeper and we were camped in their final third."

Hart also reserved special praise for his spot-kick star, Eckersley, who held his nerve brilliantly to convert their last-gasp chance.

"Lockey's goal was a good finish but I have to say Matty was excellent, he deserves great credit for putting his hand up and showing the bottle to slot them away, particularly in the last minute to level it.

"I think the ref giving those two showed he knew he'd made a mistake not giving us one when it was still 1-0, which would have made it a completely different game if we'd scored.

"We were pleased with the point but once the dust had settled, on reflection, we felt it was the least we deserved from that game."

Turton face more familiar opponents tonight as they welcome a Tempest United who sit five places and three points above them in the Premier Division table.

And Hart is under no illusions about the task facing them when the next derby match comes around.

"It's always a tough, physical game," he added. " I know Ross (McNair, Tempest manager) well and he always has his teams well organised.

"We know it will be a close, difficult game, a typical derby, but we have confidence and momentum and we're looking forward to it."

Tempest go into the match on the back of a 2-1 victory at Crooklands, Nathan Monson and Tom Booth scoring to make it nine points from the last three games.

Eagley's match at Garstang was postponed.