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Neil Young’s Stockport County side remained unbeaten – and ended Nuneaton Town’s 100% record – with a 1-1 draw at Liberty Way.

Midfielder Glenn Rule’s cracking volley had given County a well-earned lead, before veteran Marlon Harewood found space to head home just ten minutes later.

With twenty minutes to play in a scrappy affair, County ended Nuneaton’s 5 hour spell of not conceding a goal when Rule crashed in an outstanding volley from a Joe Garvin corner.

But the experienced Harewood stepped in to power in a free header across Hurst in the 80th minute for the leveller.

Rule and Karl Ledsham had long-range speculative efforts in a desperate effort to re-establish what would have been a deserved lead for County, but it wasn’t to be for Young’s frustrated side.

County dominated portions of the second half after a first half controlled by the league leaders. Newly-introduced Lamin Colley was causing the Boro defence a few headaches, and the striker nodded down for Garvin to fire just wide on the hour mark.

It was well over 5 hours since the home side had last conceded a goal when substitute Sefton Gonzales almost breached the solid defence, when he rose to meet a Colley cross and headed over.

Former Premier League striker Harewood started for the hosts, sitting top of the league at the start of play.

The 35 year-old was up against young Everton loanee Jordan Thorniley in the first-half, who battled manfully against the ex-West Ham man. On one of the rare occasions Harewood saw off the attentions of the 18 year-old, his effort was straight into the hands of Danny Hurst.

Calum Dyson, top goalscorer for Young’s Hatters, was feeding on scraps alongside Kayode Odejayi for much of the game, but he created an opportunity to send County into the break with a slightly fortunate lead.

Just before the break, Andy Robinson played in the Everton youngster who unleashed a curling effort from all of 25 yards – but saw the strike bounce agonisingly off the crossbar and away.

Previously unbeaten County boss Neil Young had handed first starts of the season to veteran Robinson and Lamin Colley in an attacking 4-3-3 formation, with Micah Evans and Karl Ledsham – fresh from his goal-scoring exploits in the draw against North Ferriby – dropping to the bench.

The Hatters head into a busy Bank Holiday period; hosting neighbours Stalybridge at Edgeley Park next Saturday, before travelling to Fylde on Bank Holiday Monday.