Warrington Town 0 Spennymoor Town 2

YELLOWS dropped out of the Evo-Stik Premier Division play-off places after losing to top-five rivals Spennymoor Town.

Two goals from Glen Taylor was enough to ensure The Moors left Cantilever Park with all three points as the hosts’ run of five straight league wins was ended.

Town boss Paul Carden made four changes to his starting line-up, with Kurt Sherlock and Billy Smart dropping to the bench while Dan Hattersley and Scott Harries missed out through injury.

Ruben Jerome, Michael Monaghan, Dylan Vassallo and Danny Ventre came into the side, but it was the visitors who settled quickest.

Mark Anderson’s rising shot cleared the bar via the fingertips of Yellows keeper Tony McMillan before Graeme Armstrong’s header was cleared off the line by Mitch Duggan.

Duggan was involved in one of the many decisions from referee Richard Holmes that irritated the home fans as his appeals for a penalty were waved away.

From the resulting goal kick, Spennymoor broke up the field and Taylor rose highest to head home Robbie Ramshaw’s right-wing cross.

Yellows finished the half strongly, with Jerome heading straight at Moors stopper Daniel Lowson before Vassallo’s long-range half-volley flew just wide.

Lowson was then forced into a smart save at his near post from Jerome’s powerful effort, while Monaghan and Scott Bakkor both sent shots narrowly wide.

However, any momentum the hosts had built before half time was shattered just two minutes after the restart.

A well-worked move found Anderson on the left and his cross found Taylor at the far post, who produced an excellent finish on the half-volley.

Town continued to plug away and had a great chance to pull one back when a poor clearance fell to Michael Monaghan, but he could only put his shot straight at Lowson.

At the other end, Jamie Chandler had two chances to put the game beyond Warrington.

His first from McMillan’ scuffed clearance was wide, while the Yellows stopper got down to comfortably save a second effort.

Yellows came closest when Sean Williams’ corner, given after Monaghan had been denied a tap-in by a superb tackle from James Curtis, found Jay McCarten and the skipper’s header bounced up and hit the angle of post and crossbar.

McCarten was proving a nuisance from set pieces and his volley shortly afterwards flew inches wide via a slight deflection.

Yellows could not find a breakthrough and the defeat drops them down to sixth but only goal difference keeps them out of the play-offs.

Warrington Town: McMillan, Duggan, Askew, Ventre, McCarten, Gumbs, Bakkor (Codling), Williams, Jerome (Sherlock), Monaghan (Shaw), Vassallo. Subs not used: A Carden, Smart.