Albion Sports took advantage of many Toolstation Northern Counties East League clubs being in FA Vase action to leap three places to sixth in the Premier Division.

Albion made the short journey to Glasshoughton Welfare and came back with all three points from a 2-1 victory.

The win puts them immediately behind neighbours Brighouse Town, just one point adrift but having played two games more.

A brace from Alex Cusack proved the difference between the sides.

He opened the scoring in the 25th minute after good work from former Bradford City and Farsley striker Gareth Grant, who was making his debut.

Glasshoughton were level before the half-hour mark through Dalton Harris and they reached the break all square. But Cusack hit the winner after an hour, with Elliott Holmes providing the assist.

Albion boss Kulwinder Sandhu said: “I have to be pleased with that performance because I had eight players missing and three debutants. I had to call in a few favours to get a squad to go into the game.

“Gareth was just helping us out really. He is at Ossett Town but I don’t know his situation there – and we also had Bradley Riley, a lad we signed from Liversedge last week, playing his first game.”

The Facey brothers, Danny and Delroy, were both missing and they have been in blistering scoring form just lately.

There were six other absentees through injury, suspension and family bereavement.

Liversedge faced a tough home game in the same division and put in a commendable display but just lost out 1-0 to visitors Basford United.

Sedge created a lot of chances and their keeper was mainly untroubled, apart from the goal that came about from a poor clearance that enabled Jack Davis to profit.

The home side could not recover from that 15th-minute blow, despite controlling long periods of the game.

Marcus Edwards was again among the goals as Eccleshill United climbed back into the top four in Division One with a 3-1 home victory over neighbours Yorkshire Amateur.

The in-form Edwards netted a brace to take his tally over the past three games into double figures. He gave the Eagles a fourth-minute lead and added a second-half penalty.

Viktor Balis had doubled the Eagles’ lead before former Farsley Celtic man Curtis Bernard had scored for the visitors midway through the first half.