Evo-Stik League Division One North: Tadcaster Albion 2 Radcliffe Borough 1

LAST season's top scorer Josh Greening, recalled after Tuesday night's loss at Ossett Town, won this game for Tadcaster Albion with a first-half double, despite the visitors pulling a goal back.

After back-to-back defeats, Brewers manager Billy Miller made three changes, with Jimmy Beadle and Steve Jeff also returning.

Albion responded by breaking the deadlock early.

Conor Sellars did well to keep Rob Youhill's deep cross in play before Jeff's pull-back was miscontrolled by Timmy Raheem and emphatically fired into the bottom corner by Josh Greening.

Youhill was lively on the right, with Daniel Ashburner struggling to deal with the winger's directness, and his pin-point cross in the ninth minute almost resulted in Taddy doubling their lead, Beadle guiding a header onto the roof of the net.

After a vibrant opening 20 minutes from Tad, however, the away side began to grow into the game.

But when Radcliffe did carve out an opportunity to try and test Michael Ingham in the home goal, Andy Milne was in the right place to block Jack Hindle's strike.

The Brewers still looked threatening, though, through the likes of Youhill, Beadle and Greening, and these first two combined for what would have been an extraordinary goal.

Youhill got the better of full back Ashburner once again and put in a simply sublime Rabona cross to Beadle, who controlled well but half-volleyed over the bar.

Ingham, virtually a spectator initially, was then made to work incredibly hard to keep his side in the lead.

Boro captain Hindle cut inside from the left and unleashed a bullet of a shot which looked destined for the top corner, only for the towering figure of Ingham to fly to his right and brilliantly tip over.

That save proved to be even more pivotal moments later as Taddy doubled their lead, again courtesy of Josh Greening.

He firstly outmuscled Ishmail Suliemam, then nutmegged Jacques Kpohomouh and outpaced Dilon Lomas before rounding it off with a cool-as-you-like finish under goalkeeper Matthew Johnson.

With half-time approaching, it was almost game over as the woodwork saved Radcliffe from further woe.

After scoring a stunning goal in the defeat to Ossett Town, Jason Mycoe was almost at it again as the midfielder's 25-yard strike deflected off Lomas onto the bar, with Beadle volleying the rebound narrowly wide.

In the second half, Taddy's tempo and urgency dropped off somewhat though as Radcliffe grew in confidence.

The lively Elliot Rokka had a fantastic chance to pull a goal back on the hour.

He was clean through on goal but Ingham denied Rokka with his legs.

However, Borough did pull a goal back in the 66th minute with a belter.

Former Manchester City youngster Van Gils cut inside from the left and curled an unstoppable strike into the top right-hand corner.

The goal certainly gave Radcliffe confidence in abundance as tension grew at the i2i stadium, but luckily Hindle and Raul Corriea couldn't keep their cool in front of goal, and Rokka spurned Radcliffe's final chance of the afternoon in stoppage time as former Northern Ireland goalkeeper Ingham once more stood tall as The Brewers held on for an important win.

Tadcaster Albion: Ingham, Barrett (Morgan 63), Jeff, Milne, Anderson, Mycoe, Youhill (Binns 76), Beadle (captain), Jono Greening, Josh Greening, Sellars, Unused substitutes: Ibrahimi, Shepherd.

Radcliffe Borough: Johnson, Suliemam, Ashburner, Belizeka, Kpohomouh, Lomas, Hindle (captain), Raheem, Corriea, Van Gils, Rokka. Substitutes: Eiselt, Torpey, Ready, McDonald, Nalatche-Mendes.

Attendance: 269.