SPENNYMOOR lost for the second time this weekend as they went down 3-1 to York City in front of a bumper crowd of 2,635 at the Brewery Field.

Moors had an early chance when Frank Mulhern broke through, but his low shot was saved by York keeper Peter Jameson, and then Glen Taylor put a first-time shot over the bar.

York stunned Moors by taking the lead on 14 minutes, when Mulhern was dispossessed by Paddy McLaughlin, allowing Clayton Donaldson to cross for Kurt Willoughby to score from a few yards.

York nearly added another when a free-kick into the Spennymoor box dropped for Willoughby, but the Moors defence just managed to clear the ball away.

Moors levelled on 21 minutes when a cross by Scott McLean caused problems for York, and an attempted clearance rebounded off York midfielder Sam Fielding and into the net.

The hosts nearly went in front three minutes later when John Lufudu found Rob Ramshaw, and his well-hit shot was well saved by Jameson, who then did well to push over an effort by Taylor.

The Moors striker went close twice more, before York took the lead just on half-time.

A good move down the left ended with a cross by Jaden Charles which Moors allowed to run to Donaldson, who tapped in from a couple of yards.

In the second half, Eve pulled off a good save from Michael Woods, and then an even better fingertip save from former Darlington striker Mark Beck.

Taylor missed a simple chance at the other end to pull a goal back, then Mulhern broke clean through but fired straight at Jameson.

And in Moors' next attack, Jamie Chandler curled a shot wide from a Ramshaw pass.

York made them pay with a third goal on 72 minutes, when Matty Brown headed a free-kick down for Beck to turn in from a couple of yards.

And they nearly got a fourth when Beck put Donaldson through, but his fellow striker wasted the chance.

Moors boss Tommy Miller said: “It’s not good enough – we can’t miss the chances that we’ve missed. It’s disappointing to have lost our last two matches after we had won our first two.”