Aspin critical despite the point

Neil Aspin will now prepare his side to meet Southport on Tuesday night

Harrogate Town climbed back up to sixth in Blue Square North after a 1-1 draw at home to Redditch United.

James Dean scored the equaliser to take a point for Town before midfielder Nicky Gray was sent off late on.

Harrogate Town manager Neil Aspin told BBC Radio York he was not happy with the performance.

"No matter that we've had problems and changes in personnel it's still not acceptable the level of performance in the first half," he said.

"I mean if we're going to get in the play- offs you've got to try and win your home games.

"And I feel that in the first half they were definitely the better team, deserved to be in front and we were very poor.

"I was very annoyed and unhappy with the performance in the first half. Especially the effort and the work rate. It was very poor so I wasn't happy at half time.

"We weren't brilliant after the break but we were better so all in all I probably before the game wanted three points but I would have settled for a point at half-time."

Neither Aspin nor Redditch manager Gary Whild was happy with the referee.

Aspin said: "Their manager was obviously disappointed with the goal that we scored. He felt there was a foul on the goalkeeper.

"And I wasn't happy because it was one of the worst sendings off I've ever seen in my life, the sending off of Nicky Gray.

"It was absolutely diabolical so both managers were not happy with the referee."