Spennymoor Town 1 Stockport County 0.

Spennymoor Town manager Jason Ainsley admitted that his team’s victory over Stockport County on Saturday was “unbelievable” thanks to a superb winner by David Foley and a penalty save by keeper Dan Lowson.

Not many people would have expected Moors to beat former Football League club Stockport, but Moors have proved in the last three years that they should never be underestimated.

“It’s unbelievable that we have beaten a team that was so high above us in the national system not so long ago,” he said. “I don’t think many people thought before the game that we would beat them, let alone draw with them.

“It was an amazing occasion, and what’s more, I thought we thoroughly deserved to win. We had several decent chances in the first half, and I thought we played well in spells especially in the first half. I thought our front three were always a threat.

“David Foley was very bright, and always looked dangerous. He scored a great goal, by beating two players and then bending the ball into the bottom corner. That’s why we brought a player like him into the club, he’s quite capable of scoring goals like that as he proved for South Shields.

“Dan did very well to save the penalty, but that was only the second attempt at goal that he’d had to save all game. He wasn’t called upon much because we defended well in front of him.

“I told the players to enjoy Saturday evening, but there’s no way that we’re getting carried away. We’ve got another tough game coming up on Tuesday. We know that there are plenty of tough challenges to come, but it is good to get three points on the board from our first home game.

“I was especially pleased for our chairman, Brad Groves, because he has backed the club so much in the last nine years.”

Moors caused Jim Gannon’s side several problems early on, and Foley forced a good save out of Ben Hinchliffe with a low shot, but Stockport went close themselves through a James Ball free kick.

Moors started to take more control as they headed towards half time. Andy Johnson’s shot from a Foley cross was saved by Hinchliffe, and five minutes before the break they took the lead with a goal to grace the historic occasion by Foley, when he cut in from the left wing, bamboozled two defenders, and fired diagonally past Hinchliffe into the bottom corner.

Glen Taylor was unlucky with two efforts in the second half, before Stockport were awarded a penalty on 71 minutes for a foul by Ryan Hall on County sub Connor Hampson as Matty Warburton’s shot came back off the post, but Lowson guessed correctly and saved Warburton’s spot kick.

After that, Moors defended strongly with James Curtis and Joe Tait giving nothing away, and the best that Stockport could muster was a free kick by Walker that went wide of the post.

Moors: Lowson, Chantler, Tait, Curtis, Griffiths, Ramshaw (sub Orrell 90), Johnson (sub Henry 62), Dixon, Foley, Taylor, Hall.

Subs: Porter, Dowson, Mason.

Attendance 1,337.