Donald Love was booked in stoppage time as the Reds were forced to hold out as the clash became a real tussle with the hosts forced to attempt to play on the break towards the end.
United: Gollini; Love, Grimshaw, McNair, Evans; Weir, Pearson, Rudge, Barmby, Harrop (Gorre 74); Pereira; Barmby. Subs not used: Sutherland. Barber, Ioannou, Fletcher.