YORK City secured their first back-to-back wins since mid-January with a 4-2 derby home triumph over Guiseley.

The Leeds team, who were nine games unbeaten going into the game, opened and closed the afternoon’s scoring with Kingsley James and Scott Smith efforts.

But, in between, goals from strikers Macaulay Langstaff and Jordan Burrow followed by a Sean Newton brace proved enough to collect maximum points.

Guiseley made the better start with striker Paul Clayton volleying over from 20 yards after just 12 seconds, before Marcus Bignot’s men forged ahead on four minutes.

A long Niall Heaton throw from the left was not dealt with at the near post by City and, after Langstaff had reacted too slowly to a late runner into the box, the hosts were penalised for handball.

James went on to sidefoot the subsequent spot kick to Adam Bartlett’s right as the City keeper dived in the opposite direction.

In response, Adriano Moke shot high and wide from 20 yards, but Alex Purver also saw an effort from a similar distance bounce off target and Bartlett had to smother at Clayton’s feet after Cliff Moyo had burst through the hosts’ defence far too easily to collect Will Hatfield’s forward pass.

The Minstermen were level, though, on 16 minutes when Lions centre-back Terry Kennedy misjudged Bartlett’s long punt forward and only succeeded in sending Burrow through on goal.

His firm drive was parried by Joe Green, but Langstaff followed up to tap in.

Having now settled into the game, City went close again five minutes later when Burrow’s header from Kallum Griffiths’ right-wing free kick came back out off the inside of an upright.

Precise Simon Heslop through balls went on to set up chances for Langstaff and Burrow in quick succession – with the former’s deflected wide of the near post and the latter’s calling Green into action.

At the other end, a 20-yard James attempt was comfortably caught by Bartlett, who was also equal to Hatfield’s downward header from Heaton’s left-wing cross.

But City made it 2-1 on 37 minutes after Griffiths’ free kick was scrambled around his near post by Green.

The former Spennymoor right-back went on to take the consequent corner from the left and, when his flag kick flashed across the face of the visitors’ six-yard box, Burrow found the space at the far post to control and drill home from close range.

Finishing the half in the ascendancy, City also saw centre-back Joe Tait skilfully create room for a 15-yard half-volley that just cleared the crossbar.

After the restart, a brilliant Newton free, awarded for a foul on Burrow, somehow bounced out the wrong side of line after glancing the underside of the crossbar.

For Guiseley, Alex-Ray Harvey then lifted a 20-yard opportunity too high after Newton had been robbed of possession in his own half.

Newton went on to make it 3-1 after he was held by away defender Will Thornton in the box trying to jump to meet an Alex Harris free kick.

He then fired the resulting 79th-minute spot kick firmly into Green’s bottom-left corner.

Three minutes later, City had a fourth and Newton his second when Harris’ left-wing corner found him unmarked ten yards from goal and he blasted in.

The Leeds side reduced the deficit, however, on 84 minutes when Newton blocked Lewis Walters’ shot, only for fellow sub Smith to prod in from the rebound.

Walters also curled a free kick well over, but City finished the match resounding winners.