Two goals in each half from attackers Adam Baker and Josh Greening saw Tadcaster comfortably see off third place Handsworth Parramore on another happy trip to Sandy Lane.

Manager Billy Miller made two changes to the side that drew with Albion Sports last week as Gary Stevens recovered from illness and Gregg Anderson was handed his debut for the club, Leon Wrigglesworth and Nick Black dropped out.

Prior to kick-off, a minutes silence was held in honour of Remembrance Day which was respected by all in attendance.

Going into the action and it was the home side who had the first effort at goal as Daniel Buttle blazed a shot comfortably over the crossbar.

However just a minute later Tadcaster really should have broken the deadlock. Liam Ormsby dinked a ball down the right-hand side to Josh Greening who cleverly let the ball run across his body which fooled the Parramore defender. Greening then looked up and pulled it back to Adam Baker who skied his shot over the mark from 12 yards.

On 19 minutes Jimmy Beadle saw his powerful 30 yard free-kick comfortably held by Handsworth stopper David Ratcliffe but just six minutes later and Tadcaster did open the scoring. Adam Baker drove down the right wing and carried the ball at least 30 yards before coming to a halt and crossing to Josh Greening who wasn’t challenged by Captain Richard Adams which allowed Greening to step back and fire into the bottom corner.

The Brewers netted a second a couple of minutes after breaking the deadlock and it was 2-0 until the linesman threw his flag up in the air, the official had seen an infringement somewhere. Dan Clayton did brilliantly to beat his man and whip in a deep cross to which Jason Mycoe rose highest and nodded into the back of the net but the linesman believed the midfielder had pushed a defender in the back to gain an advantage. Looking back at the incident, it looked like the defender was tripped up by an amber shirt and not fouled by a white one.

The home side weren’t creating any chances when they did attack The Brewers, they were struggling to break down Taddy’s solid and sturdy back-line.

Just past the half hour mark in the first half and Tadcaster should have found the net again. Josh Greening did superbly to keep the ball in play and deliver an inviting cross with his weaker right foot to find the unmarked Jimmy Beadle who headed narrowly over the crossbar from close range.

Taddy did deservedly score a second goal of the match two minutes before the half-time break. Adam Baker cut inside one black and amber shirt and absolutely hammered a rasping shot past Ratcliffe from 22 yards.

Half-Time: Handsworth Parramore 0-2 Tadcaster Albion

Into the second half and just like when The Brewers were 2-0 against Worksop Town at Sandy Lane not long ago, they sat considerably deeper inviting The Ambers to have a go at them. Although with that being said, Taddy’s defence was still completely solid, Gregg Anderson making his debut alongside Matt Heath was showing just why he was playing Conference North football a matter of months ago, the defender wasn’t giving the deadly strike force of Froggatt and Wells a look in.

The Ambers may have had the majority of the ball in the first 20 minutes of the second half however they were still creating virtually no chances of note. When they did get to the by-line and deliver a ball in, Gary Stevens came and either claimed or punched to safety.

Jimmy Beadle was given another golden chance to put the game to bed half-way through the half as Josh Greening played a slick reverse through ball to strike partner Jimmy Beadle who sprung the offside trap but saw his snap shot well thwarted by Ratcliffe.

However, just five minutes later and Taddy did score their third of the afternoon surely sealing the three points. Adam Baker ran at the heart of the defence, shifted it to Josh Greening who tried to chip the keeper but it bounced off Ratcliffe’s shoulder and away from danger, or was it. Baker then sprinted to the loose ball and audaciously went for a lob over the goalkeeper to which he executed to perfection, so much so that David Ratcliffe didn’t bother turning round, a sensational piece of skill from Baker.

Parra did pull a consolation goal back with three minutes to go as Jon Froggatt guided in a rebound off a Gary Stevens save to make it a slightly nervy ending.

However if there was any chance of a late comeback, this was all forgotten shortly after as The Brewers scored a fourth goal in injury time. Substitute Josh Barrett, who was tearing the left full-back apart since entering the fray slotted in another substitute Carl Stewart, who was thwarted by the goalkeeper but Barrett fired it straight back to Stewart who cheekily back heeled past Ratcliffe in the Handsworth goal to Josh Greening who slotted it through the legs of the hapless defender on the line.

Full-Time: Handsworth Parramore 1-4 Tadcaster Albion