Peterborough Sports are sunk by 'The Mariners'
Peterborough Sports suffered a disappointing 2-1 defeat at improving Marine in their National League North fixture on Saturday.
The city side took the lead in the 13th minute in Merseyside through joint player-boss Michael Gash, but the hosts levelled soon afterwards through a Jimmy Butler header from a free-kick before sealing victory just before the hour mark with a Josh Wardle goal.
Sports remain in 12th place ahead of a tough trip to third-placed Kidderminster Harriers next Saturday (March 29).
Gash powered the ball home from six yards following a Sports corner, but the lead lasted just seven minutes as Butler rose highest at a set-piece to equalise.
Bobby Grant and Finlay Sinclair Smith came close for the hosts either side of the interval before Wardle struck after a shot had rebounded to him off the crossbar. Josh Shaw went close for Marine from another set-piece before a flurry of cards, including a red card for a home staff member, marred the latter stages.
Sports gave a debut to on-loan Lincoln City goalkeeper Jamie Pardington as regular number one Peter Crook was injured.
Sports: Pardington, Putman, Kamara, Gash, Jarvis, Bondswell, Alban-Jones, Atherton, Straughan-Brown, Gyasi. Subs: Mukuna, Challinor, Winters, Fryatt, Jones.