A dreadful injury to young keeper Liam Sutcliffe caused play to be delayed for more than half an hour on a disastrous day for Farsley Celtic.

They were 2-0 down and looking to mount a comeback in this UniBond Division One top six clash when Sutcliffe suffered what looks like a complicated break to his left upper arm but after that the football seemed secondary.

Matlock came into the game on the back of two defeats and were keen from the first whistle but the long stoppage in the 36th minute sucked any atmosphere away from the game.

They were unrelenting in their approach and tested Celts stand-in keeper Damian Place at every available opportunity. The man who began the game at right back was beaten three times in quick succession and Matlock ran out 5-1 winners .

The home side chopped, changed, re-shuffled and refused to stop working but it was one of those days.

There was still quarter of an hour remaining when Ian Blackstone fired home a penalty after Matt Smithard was brought down but wasted chances prevented an unlikely recovery.

The spot-kick proved to be nothing other than a consolation as Scott Jackson miscued twice from subsequent opportunities with only the keeper to beat. His efforts summed up Celtic's dismal afternoon.

"It was a bad day at the office, we just couldn't do anything right," said manager Martin Haresign.

"My first concern is for Liam. It looks bad. The ref had to bring the teams off and we tried to lift the lads in the changing room but even before that I think we were just not in it.

"We didn't get out of the blocks and they were 2-0 up after 18 minutes.

"We were always going to struggle after that. It made it worse losing our keeper and Scott Bairstow after just seven minutes.

"The goals we conceded were poor, Paul Stevenson has let their lad in for the first and the second?

"You have to look at Liam for that one. He made a bad clearance and shouldn't have been beaten from that distance."