Goals from James Gale and Dom Tear set Guiseley on the way to their first win since early February in this relegation six pointer against Blyth Spartans at Nethermoor. The win moves them up one place to twentieth in the table, above AFC Telford, who they meet at Nethermoor next Tuesday. Read how they got the vital win in our match report sponsored by BuildADrive.com.

Both sides signalled their attacking intent early on with Owen Mason on top form to deny the visitors with four crucial saves in a breathless opening fifteen minutes in which Kaine Felix had been through on goal 0nly to see Alex Mitchell manage to get two hands on his attempted chip.

With eighteen minutes gone the home side had to make an enforced change as captain Hemza Bencherif was forced to leave the field through injury, Andy Hollins coming on in his place.

Shortly after Gale received the ball on the apex of the Blyth penalty are and managed to evade the attentions of three defenders before firing a shot across Mitchell, who although he got a hand on the ball, could not deny the on-loan Mansfield striker from opening the scoring on 22 minutes.

Two minutes later the striker was on the end of a Guiseley free kick that was floated over to the penalty spot for Gale to power home past the hapless Mitchell and double his and the Lions tally.

The Lions then forced two corners the latter of which was partially cleared only for new signing John Johnston to whip in a wicked cross that was eventually claimed by Mitchell.

Blyth forced two quick corners after the restart neither of which troubled the home defence, but when the visitors were awarded a free kick on the edge of the area on the hour Mason could only parry the shot which finished up in the back of the net only for the goal to be denied by an offside flag, much to the home sides relief.

Ten minutes later the game was put to bed  as another terrific Guiseley move finished with Felix shooting and as the ball broke loose Tear was on hand to bundle it home at the far post for the Lions third.

With fifteen minutes remaining of this end-to-end encounter Spartans reduced the deficit when they were awarded a free kick twenty five yards out which Robert Dale hit superbly into the top corner.

Now with a new sense of pupose, Blyth went on the attack without ever really looking as though they would reduce the arrears. Indeed, it was the home side that nearly grabbed a fourth as Johnston’s low ball across the six yard box just evaded Dale and Felix when a simple touch would have sufficed.

Dale was quite rightly named Man-of-the Match but Guiseley also had goalkeeper Mason to thank for a string of crucial saves as they ended their five game losing streak and put themselves four points clear of rock bottom Farsley, still with a game in hand  on the Villagers.