HARROGATE Railway and Goole both turned on their goal machines to hang on the coat-tails of Northern Counties East League premier division leaders Selby Town.

Railway's epic ten-week run of away games clearly made a difference to their previously below-average home form as they beat Armthorpe Welfare 5-1 at Station View with the Ryan brothers netting three of them.

Scott Ryan bagged two early on before older brother Lee got in on the act with James Featherstone and youngster Sam Warburton making it five.

Three goals in two minutes by Goole crushed visitors Borrowash Victoria 3-0 after a goal-less first hour. Matt Sumner and Ben Eastwood, who got two, secured the points.

The two-high-scoring wins give Railway and Goole a considerable goal-difference advantage just three points behind Selby and the knowledge that a Selby slip-up in the last two games could still let them in.

Tadcaster Albion's vastly improved division one season came to a close with a 1-1 draw at Rossington Main.

Rossington took a sixth-minute lead but rarely looked like adding to it and Matt Howgate levelled with a well-struck 18th minute shot.

Howgate had the best chance of settling the tie with a thundering 20-yarder that clattered the cross bar midway through the second half but the scores stayed locked at 1-1.

Pickering Town's match at Buxton was postponed because of the weather to add another fixture to an already full last two weeks of the season.

Nationwide Conference hopefuls Harrogate Town have left themselves needing two wins from the last two games to finish in the Nationwide North play-off places after a shock 2-1 defeat at home to lowly Moor Green.

The Midland side became the only team to record a double over Town after sub Mark Owen pounced on a poor Lee Philpott back pass in the 81st minute.

The relegation-threatened outfit had taken the lead in the 23rd minute but Marc Smith equalised with less than 15 minutes to go to put the home side back on track.

Town are still fourth but the pressure is on after sixth-placed Altrincham, just three points behind, had their game postponed to give them a game in hand.

Updated: 10:55 Monday, April 18, 2005