COLWYN BAY'S play-off hopes were all but extinguished with a 2-0 home defeat against nine-man Goole on Tuesday night.
The game was marred by a mass brawl just before half-time which saw three players dismissed.
Colwyn Bay's Chris Taylor and Goole's Ian McLean both go straight red cards and Goole's Nigel Danby got a second yellow.
Only a brilliant point blank save by Bay keeper Jamie Speare, to keep out Danby's header, had prevented Goole being in front at half-time and even when they were down to nine men for the whole of the second half, they always looked to have the edge against a Colwyn Bay side clearly running on empty after playing five games in 10 days,
The Seagulls got in 12 shots at goal in the second half as they tried to make the extra man countf, but most of them were way off target and the only save of note Goole keeper Adam Mitchell had to make was to dive to his right to turn a Paul Williams effort round the post.
Goole passed the ball much better when they attacked on the break and after taking the lead on 55 minutes with a header from James McDaid, they sealed the points two minutes from the end when Andrew Jackson set up a tap-in goal for substitute Chris Tate.
Colwyn Bay: Speare, Wynne (Black 58), Callaghan, Rowland, Taylor, R Williams, Wade, Fowler, Quayle, P Williams, Lawless. Sub not used: Finley.

Manager Gary Finley has called for a rethink by the club if they are to ever achieve their ambitions of reaching the Conference North.
See his comments in this week's Weekly News.

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