COLLAR STRIKES TO DENY GILLS

DENY DAVE Challinor challenged his promotion-chasing Stockport County players to follow up their last-gasp draw at Gillingham with three more precious points against Carlisle in midweek.

- David Hogg

Will Collar’s 89th-minute strike rescued the visitors a point at Priestfield after George Lapslie had given the Gills the lead.

County sit two points behind third-placed Stevenage – who won 2-1 against AFC Wimbledon – and boss Challinor insists his side need to keep up the heat heading into the business end of the season.

He said: “It’s a good point in the end because it looked like it was going to be one of those days for us.

“It’s been a long trip so we’ll take a point from a losing position.