All the goals came in the second-half as Silsden and Abbey Hey see-sawed towards a 2-2 stalemate at Cougar Park.

The Cobbydalers were expected to beat the second-from-bottom visitors but boss Paul Schofield said: "We are the draw specialists and our home form is not as good as our away form so it was always on the cards."

Lee Reilly went close early on and James Nettleton had a chance midway through the first half but the ball went over the bar on both occasions.

But it was defender Martin Bland who put Silsden ahead when he went up for a 54th-minute corner and scored with a six-yard header. Just before the hour, a last-ditch tackle and rebound off another defender played Hey's Paul Pearson onside as he equalised. The visitors took the lead from a well-worked free-kick, Lee Scott netting a side-foot volley after the set-piece had been chipped over the wall. Silsden hit back when substitute James Gill fired a shot right down the middle following a corner.

Silsden came agonisingly close to a winner when Martin Packer hit the inside of the post.