SALFORD

When the illuminated board was raised displaying five added minutes, Salford – who have risen from football’s ninth tier to the top of the National League – were facing a shock defeat against basement club Braintree.

There are bound to be bumps along the way for the club overseen by Paul Scholes, Gary and Phil Neville, Nicky Butt and Ryan Giggs who joined forces with wealthy backer Peter Lim to buy the club in 2014.

But you don’t expect them at home against the bottom side and also after an unbeaten run of 12 games. Gary Neville looked

LET OUT A RORY Rory Gaffney scores his late leveller against Braintree and wheels away in delight