Silsden win well as Barnoldswick flying and Keighley humbled

So far, there are no signs of second season syndrome hitting the Cobbydalers, as they moved up to 11th on Saturday with their fourth league win in five games.

They beat Ossett United 2-1, coming from behind to claim victory.

Silsden were on top in tricky conditions during the first half, Kayle Price and Luke Brooksbank shooting just wide, before Ossett keeper Aleksandar Petrovic made a good save with his legs.

A mistake at the back allowed Josh Askew to open the scoring for Ossett early in the second half.

But Silsden equalised through Price’s penalty just after the hour mark and they should have gone ahead soon after, only for Khan to send a great chance over the bar after Brooksbank’s shot had been parried by Petrovic.

After firing wide, Price got it right with six minutes to go, netting a late winner, and the hosts nearly added some last-gasp gloss, Josh McKiernon nearly scoring from his own half.

In-form Barnoldswick Town stormed into the Macron Cup third round after a comfortable 3-0 home win over Darwen.

The visiting side went down to 10 men early on when Sam Ogundare was sent off.

His mistake allowed Will Procter through on goal and he compounded the error by bringing his man down in the box with no attempt to play the ball, seeing red as a result.

Procter dusted himself off and crashed home the penalty, before a little give and go allowed Kuda Chingwaro to quickly add a second goal for Barnoldswick.

Barlick added a late third goal after another terrible Darwen error.

Ryan Bolton chased down visiting keeper Louis Hood, tackled him and then rolled the ball into the empty net.

Finally, basement boys Keighley Town have splashed out on some big-name signings, but their disastrous Northern Counties East League Premier Division season goes from bad to worse.

They were at home to second-bottom Parkgate on Saturday and lost 5-0, a result that leaves Town a massive 13 points off safety already.