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Sheffield FC's relegation threatened woes continued on Saturday, as they were denied a valuable point at the death at promotion chasing North Ferriby, with the hosts running out 3-2 winners at The Dransfield Stadium.

Despite Sheffield starting the stronger it was Ferriby that went close first, as a 10th minute shot from Tom Corner rattled the bar, with Lewis Dennison foiled from close range by a scrambling defence from the resulting corner.

Club broke the deadlock on 18 minutes, as Jack Hardacre saw his throw returned to him before dispatching a looping cross to the back post, with Josh Ayres marking his last game with The World's First with a towering header.

Ferriby drew level five minutes before the break, a long clearance from Ben Bottomley was headed on by Tom Corner, with Sam Aynseley driving a low daisy cutter that went under keeper Oli Riva.

The visitors retook the lead on 56 minutes, as debutant Archie White chased down Jack Hardacre's clearance, out jumping and outpacing Sam Aynseley before sending in an inch perfect cross from Josh Ayres to nod home.

That lead was short-lived and the home side were awarded a penalty on the hour mark, as Brad Beatson was judged to have pushed Lewis Dennison over in the box, with Keiron Ceesay sending the keeper the wrong way.

Both teams cancelled each other out after this, Ayres had the ball in the net with a lob over the keeper - but that was ruled out for offside - whilst at the other end Corner fired a soft shot straight at Riva.

The game was decided in the fifth minute of injury time, Aynseley seeing his throw returned by Dennison, before hitting a low drive into the far corner to break the hearts of the visitors.

North Ferriby: 1 Ben Bottomley, 2 Sam Aynseley, 3 Jack Walters, 4 Louis Kirk, 5 Niall Tilsley ©, 6 Dom Roma, 7 Danny East, 8 Josh Thacker, 9 Tom Corner, 10 Lewis Dennison, 11 Keiron Ceesay.

Subs: 12 Joel Shortland, 13 Jordan Douglas, 14 Joshua Morrall, 15 Mason Johnson, 16 Adam Bolder.

Sheffield FC: 1 Oliver Riva, 2 Jack Hardacre, 3 Rory Coleman, 4 Joe West ©, 5 Connor Cutts, 6 Bradley Beatson, 7 Luke Mangham, 8 Raeece Ellington, 9 Josh Ayres, 10 Cameron Bedford, 11 Archie White.

Subs: 12 Simon Jakab, 14 AJ Greaves, 15 Nathan Modest, 16 Stephen Brogan, 17 Michael Borja Sánchez.

Attendance: 412

Referee: Connor Everard