York City beaten by TIBS on penalties in North Riding Senior Cup

The hosts, who ply their trade in the North Riding Football League Premier Division, twice fought back to equalise before winning the penalty shootout 4-3.

Donny Day and Ben Farrar were on target for the Minstermen, whose youngsters gave a good account of themselves in Thornaby.

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York started brightly, Jake Roberts calling Archie Neary into action with a close-range strike in the sixth minute before Lincon Newall tried his luck from range.

Greg Baker was next to fire goalwards for the visitors but could only lash the ball across goal after a corner had fallen to him.

TIBS forced Harry Carr into his first save just after the quarter-hour, but it wasn’t long until City broke the deadlock, Day tapping home the rebound after an initial effort had struck the post.

He continued to look lively, curling a shot narrowly wide before weaving his way through the TIBS defence. However, after drawing a save, he could not keep the rebound the right side of the post.

City were good value, and twice led the match. (Image: York City FC) City again came out well after the break, Neary doing well to deny Day one-on-one within three minutes of the restart.

The youngster again came close just after the hour, prodding just wide from close range.

Instead, TIBS pulled level in the 65th minute from close range.

York’s youngsters though were undeterred, retaking the lead with 12 minutes left to play after Farrar beat Neary to a through ball before rounding the shot-stopper and firing into an empty net.

TIBS again hit back, setting up a tense final eight minutes. City hit the woodwork late on but could not stop the tie from being settled on penalties.

Both sides converted their opening two spot-kicks, but Day’s miss opened the door for the hosts to take the lead.

And it was Neary who proved to be the hero, calmly slotting home his own penalty before making a smart stop to his right to send TIBS through to the third round.

YORK CITY: Carr, Tweed, Tate, Newall, Shirley, Baker, Mortimer, Grumley ©, Farrar, Day, Roberts.

SUBSTITUTES: Glynn, Wilson, Dijikingue, Shaw, Kettlewell.