SPHINX DELIVER STERLING DISPLAY

Csecond, but Sphinx held on, despite Faulkner picking up a second yellow card late on. Highgate United stay sixth after fighting back from two down to draw 2-2 at Rugby Town. David Kolodynski bagged two in as many minutes early on, but Sam Belcher’s red card on 53 minutes turned the tide. Luke Barlone got United back in it 14 minutes from time and Marco Adaggio levelled late on. Ben Usher-Shipway bagged a late winner as Boldmere St Michaels continue their climb from danger with a 3-2 win over Loughborough University. Keanu Cooper fired bottomplaced Shawbury United to a 1-0 win at lowly Haughmond, second-bottom South Normanton Athletic lost 3-2 at Heanor Town, AFC Wulfrunians beat Lye Town 2-1, Long Eaton United beat Shepshed Dynamo 3-1 and Quorn beat Rocester 4-3. OVENTRY SPHINX boss Lee Knibbs was rewarded for clambering off his sick bed with a 4-3 win in a derby thriller with Coventry United. A bumper crowd of 543 saw Sphinx secure an eighth victory in 10 unbeaten league matches since Knibbs, suffering with a heavy cold for the past week, took over in October. Chris Sterling put Sphinx in command by sweeping home a rebound inside 60 seconds and then converting a 24th-minute penalty after Ryan Harkin had been fouled. Shaquille McDonald soon halved United’s deficit, only for Michael Quirke to make it 3-1 with a header from a corner 10 minutes after half-time. Lewis Rankin put matters back in the balance in the 63rd minute but the pendulum swung again as Jamie Towers scored from a header from a free-kick. McDonald set up a tense final 20 minutes by grabbing his