Pickering Town’s pre-season programme got off to winning start as they beat Huntington Rovers 4-3.
Tom Shires put Huntington in front early on, but Gary Hepples soon equalised for the Pikes.
Chris Dempsey restored Rovers’ lead in the second half, but Lyle Hillier again cancelled it out almost immediately.
Shires struck again for Huntington with fifteen minutes left, before a second Hillier goal and a last-gasp Chris Batchelor strike earned the Pikes a morale-boosting victory.
Pickering, who have since lost 1-0 away to Northallerton, take on a Middlesbrough XI on Wednesday, July 28, kick-off 7.30pm.
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