After registering six wins out of six so far in September, the Parras must have been confident of finishing the month with maximum points following the visit of Garforth.
Town, on the other hand, had found consistency hard to achieve, with each win followed by defeat up to now, but the early pattern of play suggested they could break the hoodoo here.

Curtly Martin-Wyatt was causing all manner of problems early on, with Luke Mangham and Mark Simpson buzzing around him.

Andy Haksworth, Simspon and Martin-Wyatt all had decent efforts as the Miners took the game to their hosts. The deserved opener came from a familiar source, when Mangham cut through the Handsworth defence like a hot knife through butter before giving both defender and keeper "the eyes" and tucking his finish inside the near post.
He very nearly repeated the feat minutes later, but lost his balance at the crucial moment after rounding the keeper.

Between Manghams' moments, Ben Hunter had saved well to keep Garforth in front, but was cruelly beaten by a shot by Colin Marrison that somehow squirmed past him.

Both teams had near misses leading up to the break, Simon Rogers headed just wide for Town, Handsworth were denied by the crossbar.

Martin-Wyatt picked up a yellow card after a series of niggly fouls and was withdrawn at the break. Whether this affected the pattern of the second half is hard to tell because Handsworth were always going to come out stronger after licking their wounds at half time.

The Parras had two goals ruled out in the second period. One for a definite offside, the other for a foul that they may feel aggrieved at after looking at the replay.

A combination of saves by Hunter and determined, organised defending kept the Garforth goal at bay and earned a great point for the Miners.