Gainsborough Trinity 1 AFC Telford United 3
AFC Telford United came from behind to keep Skrill Conference North bottom club Gainsborough Trinity pointless with a 3-1 win at the Northolme.
The Bucks trailed at the break to Liam Davis' opener but a penalty from Sean Clancy put them level, before strikes from Adam Farrell and captain Simon Grand sealed the win.
It was Telford who first went close to breaking the deadlock when defender Neill Byrne was found by Clancy's cross, but his connection was poor and he fired wide on two minutes.
But the Bucks took a back-seat for the rest of the first-half as Trinity attacked in their droves, loan arrivals Conner Robinson and Rhys Oates leading their attack.
Borrowed Barnsley attacker Oates nearly capitalised on a mix up between Grand and goalkeeper Ryan Young, getting in-between the two to meet Josh Wilde's cross but heading wide.
Jonathan Williams also fired wide for Trinity while Dan Clayton headed into Young's hands and Oates blazed over, all within the first 15 minutes of the game.
Simon Russell forced another save from Young, low to his left, on 23 minutes before the first booking of the game, Trinity's Williams yellow carded for hacking at the back of Alan Moogan's feet.
Trinity should have taken the lead on 37 minutes when Robinson, on loan from Lincoln City, put an inviting cross that went behind the run of Clayton.
Russell picked up the loose ball and cut inside the defence to shoot with his right foot, but the ball sailed over Young's far post in an opportunity missed.
The warning was not heeded - the hosts did score six minutes before the break when Davis was left unmarked from a Williams corner, stooping his header over the dive of Young and into the far corner.
Telford threw on Charlie Barnett for Moogan at half-time and he made the difference, putting the ball over the top that forced defender Greg Young to haul down Andy Owens for a penalty.
Up stepped Sean Clancy to send goalkeeper Phil Barnes the wrong way and haul the Bucks back into the game. The Trinity shot-stopper would be at fault for the second goal, too.
It came after Clancy had hacked Ryan Williams' goal-bound effort off the line and the visitors are probably still wondering how they took the lead.
Clancy's free-kick from the left was headed downwards by Farrell at Barnes' near post and it squeezed through the goalkeeper's grasp and into the net past the post, in a gift for the Bucks.
With 10 minutes left, Telford put the result beyond doubt when skipper Grand gobbled up a rebound after Barnes had made a double save, first from Byrne and then from Clancy.
