Point earned and point proved for Kevin Hulme after York City shared the spoils in a fiery 1-1 draw at his former club Macclesfield Town.

Midfielder Kevin Hulme slams in York City's equaliser at Macclesfield Town last night - the first goal the club have scored under manager Terry Dolan

The midfielder grabbed his fourth goal of the season to earn City a point and answer his critics at Moss Rose who booed his every move.

Now Hulme believes City can take heart from an improved performance which puts them in good stead for the important visit of Carlisle to Bootham Crescent on Saturday.

"I was a bit disappointed with the reception," said Hulme, who helped Macclesfield to a string of successes during his time at the club.

"I won the Conference with them, the FA Trophy at Wembley and a few cups but you have to get used to the stick when you come back.

"You know you are doing okay when the fans are on your back."

The result and goal was even more sweet for Hulme, who was sent-off when the Silkmen won 2-0 at Bootham Crescent back in November.

Last night's match was overshadowed by the sending off of Macclesfield's Simon Davies for stamping on City's Lee Bullock.

As Bullock lay pole-axed, the Silkmen took advantage to score only for referee Paul Rejer to disallow the goal and issue Davies with a red card after consulting with his linesman.

The decision sparked fury on the Macclesfield bench with Town manager Peter Davenport venting his frustrations on Rejer in the referee's changing room after the match.

However, Hulme is convinced the referee made the correct decision.

"It was a hot-tempered game and the sending-off made it even more hot-tempered," he said.

"It was a very late challenge on Lee. He stamped on him after the ball had gone. People saw it and he had to go, as simple as that."

Despite City's failure to break down the ten men of Macclesfield - a feat they accomplished against Exeter last month too, Hulme is convinced City's improved performance can serve as a starting point.

"We just seem to struggle against ten-men. It would probably have been better if he had just disallowed the goal and given him (Davies) a yellow card," he said.

"But Macclesfield are a good side and the gaffer is still trying to get his things across to the squad and it is going to take time.

"But you can see things are getting more organised now and things are developing.

"It was a 100 per cent better performance than Saturday (at Peterborough) when we battled well for 20 minutes but then we lost our shape. We went to the death tonight and could easily have won it."

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