ANDY White was Warrington Town's injury-time hero as they rescued a point deep into stoppage time against Chorley.

Just as they looked to be sinking to another devastating defeat, substitute White turned home a loose ball at the far post seven minutes into time added on.

After a deep free kick was sent into the area, Mikey O'Neill's shot was deflected across the six-yard box to the far post where the full-back, who was making his first appearance in nearly three months following an ankle injury, was left unmarked to turn home.

The result allowed Town to move off the bottom of the National League North table, with Rushall Olympic and Farsley Celtic dropping below them.

And although they are actually further from safety than they were at the start of the day - they are now eight points adrift - manager Paul Carden is hopeful White's dramatic intervention could prove to be a turning point.

"It was a big equaliser for us – I’m not sure what Whitey was doing up there but I’m glad he was," he said.

"He’s been out for a long time as he had a really bad ankle injury, but what he does give you is that experience.

"He’s been there, seen it and done it at this level with Altrincham and with us as well.

"When he hasn’t played, we’ve missed him and thankfully, he was in the right place at the right time.

"It’s good to have him back and the time he had on the pitch will do him good as we’ve got a lot of important games coming up.

"We battled on, the subs who came on all impacted the game and I thought we were good value."

White's strike meant the game was book-ended with goals, with Chorley having taken the lead with barely a minute on the clock when Mark Ellis prodded home after Yellows had failed to clear a long throw.

Both sides had men sent off in the second half - Joe Nolan was dismissed for a second booking just after half time, but Yellows' numerical advantage lasted just 10 minutes after Bohan Dixon was shown a straight red card for a forceful challenge.

As a result, Town will now be without the experienced midfielder for at least one game through suspension, but Carden had few complaints.

"Their's is definitely a second yellow and for Bohan, in today’s game if you go in with your foot slightly raised and it goes into the shin then you give the ref a decision to make.

"More often than not, they get the red card out for things like that.

"It was high enough, and you’re disappointed in it because just before that, Jay Harris is being pulled and if you give the foul for that, the tackle doesn’t happen.

"It was a cold start for us! I looked at the clock and there was just over a minute gone, and we’d spoken about the threat on the long throw with Ellis.

"I said that would happen, but I didn’t think they took it on anymore and we grew into it.

"I spent more of the first half looking towards their goal than ours.

"We were well in the game and I said to the lads at half-time to have that self-belief."

Warrington Town: Atherton, Southern (White), Douglas, Makinson, James, Dixon, Harris, Morris (Rodwell-Grant), McDonald (O’Neill), Doro (Noone), Williams (Amis)