York City 1 Wrexham 1: Rally earns Minstermen a point

Until then York had given a poor display, falling behind in the 14th minute and never looking capable of drawing level.

They had by far the majority of the possession but lacked a cutting edge so that Chris Maxwell in the visitors' goal had a largely untroubled afternoon – until the last 20 minutes. York managed only one shot on target until that late rally.

Wrexham had gone ahead when slack marking gave far too much space for Jamie Tolley to fasten on to a pass from Andy Mangan and Michael Ingham was left helpless with a 12-yard shot into his top left-hand corner.

From that point York struggled but as so often happens goals change games and it certainly did so on this occasion.

New on-loan signing Ashley Chambers from Leicester was going away from goal when he was challenged by Curtis Obeng who appeared to handle and also trip Chambers. It was a clear penalty and Michael Rankine scored from the spot.

York then upped their tempo and bombarded the Wrexham goal in the later stages with Rankine having a fierce shot beaten away by Maxwell, but Wrexham held on under great pressure.

York manager Gary Mills said: "We struggled a bit and we went a goal down although our passing was good.

"We played far better in the second half and fought back well after our early problems."

York City: Ingham, Parslow, McGurk, Young, Meredith, Sangare, Racchi (Carruthers 75), Weir, McDermott (Gash 88), Rankine, Chambers. Unused substitutes: Barrett, Fyfield, Constantine.

Wrexham: Maxwell, Obeng, Andrews, Creighton, Blackburn, Tolley (Cieslewicz 54), Harris, Keates, Knight-Percival, Taylor, Mangan (Morrell 75). Unused substitutes: Brown, Hunt, Pogba.

Referee: R Wigglesworth (Doncaster).

Man of the match: Michael Rankine.