Town entertained a youthful Harrogate Railway side who took a point deep into injury time in the reverse fixture. That point was the start of a 14 game unbeaten run for Horbury.

This fixture was expected to be of similar toughness but Railway lacked in confidence and conviction which stems back to their last victory in November.

Horbury started the better of the two sides and the first big opportunity fell for the hosts as Tom Brook's glancing header from a corner couldn't find the target. Rail did have a good opportunity minutes before the home side took the lead but an effort across goal couldn't find the far corner.

It was Jock Curran who put the home side in front after latching on to a Gibril Bojang free kick, getting a good connection with his head to beat the keeper. The celebrations matched the goal as Curran rang to the dugout to show his best impression of Gazza.

As the game reached the half hour mark, town started to dominate play and carve open chance after chance. The two best ones fell to Gibril Bojang. His first effort was a sweetly struck volley that couldn't find the target and his second should have been tucked away after finding himself twelve yards out with the goal at his mercy but he fired over.

Rail could have got themselves level coming into half time but squandered a couple of chances. Had one of those been taken, the game could have looked a lot different coming into the second half.

The visitors had an appeal turned down in the forty ninth minute, one which could have been given quite easily as a tackle from behind was deemed to be legal. The fortune for Rail then got worse a minute later as Sam Kyeremeh doubled Town's lead a minute later. The ball found it's way down the right hand side to Brad Swain who's over hit cross still found a town player on the opposite side of the pitch. Kyeremeh cut inside, beat his man and smashed home into the bottom corner.

The final thirty didn't bring much of clear cut chances for either side but town never looked in real danger of conceding and made it three in injury time, again through Kyeremeh.

Back to back clean sheets for Town now and confidence and momentum going into a hectic period of Saturday, Tuesday games for the forseeable. Next up, Athersley Rec.