UniBond Lague: Bishop Auckland were annoyed about a disallowed goal that turned possible victory into defeat at Radcliffe Borough on Saturday.
With the scores 2-2 in the last minute of normal time, Bishops' defender Mark Foster had a goal disallowed for a foul, and then in stoppage time Radcliffe - who play Shildon next week in the FA Cup - scored their winner.
Manager Brian Honour said: "Mark's goal was disallowed for a push, but the referee didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He gave the goal, but then the assistant flagged and he disallowed it. I don't know how the assistant could see any better.
"We were robbed, and to make matters worse, the ref added on several minutes of stoppage time when the physios hadn't even been on the field."
Radcliffe took the lead through a Steve Foster penalty, but Bishops levelled after 35 minutes with a 25 yarder from Chris Moore.
Bishops' defender Chris Neil was red-carded for the second time this season for a professional foul, but Bishops went 2-1 up when Moore crossed for Steve Salvin to head home.
Radcliffe hit back with a Steve Hill shot, but Bishops thought they'd won it when Mark Foster headed home, only to have the goal ruled out. In stoppage time, Garry Sampson fired the winner.
Spennymoor lost 3-1 at home to Hyde United. Danny Brunskill gave Moors the lead on 16 minutes, but Neil Tolson levelled just before the break.
Both sides had chances before Mattie McNeill put Hyde ahead, then Brunskill headed into his own net. To make matters worse for Moors, Phil Brumwell was dismissed for swearing.
General manager Tony Lee missed the game for "personal reasons" and wouldn't comment further. Club owner Benny Mottram was unavailable.
Whitby caretaker manager Dave Logan improved his chances of securing the job on a permanent basis when they beat Matlock 3-2 at the Turnbull Ground after being 2-0 down.
Whitby pulled one back when Graham Robinson headed home after 60 minutes. Scott Nicholson headed them level and then grabbed the winner.
Gateshead went down 5-0 at Leek Town. Blyth lost 3-1 at Wakefield Emley.
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