Ten-man Linnets go third in the table with battling point

A King’s Lynn Town side that was reduced to ten men for more than 45 minutes brought home a hard-fought point following a goalless draw at the Flamingo Land Stadium.Midfielder Cody Johnson saw red after picking up his second yellow card of the evening towards the end of the first half before the Seadogs also had a man sent off after Bailey Gooda received his marching orders for bringing down Jonny Margetts in a goalscoring position in the 80th minute.The point was good enough to move Adam Lakeland’s side up two places to third in the National League North standings.Manager Lakeland said: “I thought it was one of the best nil-nil games you are likely to watch I imagine.”It was about two teams trying to play football and two teams who tried to win the game even when they were both down to ten men at the end.”I thought we started the better and were excellent in the first 20 minutes other than giving them a couple of soft free-kicks that got the crowd going and put us under a bit of pressure.”Cody has then got sent-off and it’s something he has got to learn from as a young player. That has put extra wind in their sails and made life extremely difficult for us in the second half. “We had a bit of a plan, the lads have stuck with it and we’ve shown bravery. I’ve got nothing but admiration for my players tonight. “The challenge of coming here at any time is difficult as they are a decent outfit and they get a lot of points here at home.”On the back of a disappointing home defeat, to then go and get four points from here and Radcliffe is a decent return and an excellent response.”Lynn’s best two chances came in the final few minutes of the match. Midfielder Josh Hmami forced Ryan Whitley into a fine save going into the final minute before substitute Tommy Hughes was just wide with a long-range effort deep into stoppage time.On Saturday, the Linnets host Lakeland’s former side Curzon Ashton at the Walks. Scarborough Athletic: Whitely, Weledji, Duckworth, Maloney (Mulhern 49), Gooda, Purver, Green, Wiles, Tear (Glynn 76), Brown, Bennett (Wilson 56). Subs not used: Bancroft and Maltby.Booked: Bennett. Sent-off: GoodaKing’s Lynn Town: Jones, Sass, McFadden, Taylor, Crowe, Johnson, Hmami, McCammon, Crane (Omotayo 64), Barnes (Hughes 64), Margetts (Walker 84). Subs not used: Coulson and Wilson.Booked: Johnson, Margetts, Hughes.Sent off: Johnson (second yellow)Attendance: 1,392.