Hayes & Yeading staged a second-half comeback to beat Gateshead in an entertaining encounter at Church Road.

Justin Cochrane fired the home team ahead with a 25-yard effort, but Daryl Clarke equalised from the spot after Matt Ruby brought down Brian Wake.

Clarke grabbed a second with a header from Paul Heckingbottom's free-kick.

But James Mulley levelled from close range before Steve Basham scored a decisive penalty after Dale Binns was upended in the Gateshead box.

Hayes & Yeading: Masters, Cadmore, Harris, Ruby, Green, Marwa, Cochrane, Watkins, Binns, Stolcers (Mulley 58), Basham.
Subs Not Used: Overland, Canham, El-Abd, Wishart.

Booked: Ruby, Binns.

Goals: Cochrane 31, Mulley 63, Basham 77 pen.

Gateshead: Farman, Curtis, Buchanan, Williams, Heckingbottom, Ferrell, Turnbull, Sinclair (McDermott 73), Wake, Clare (Armstrong 73), Winn.
Subs Not Used: Provett, Francis, Bains.

Booked: McDermott, Williams.

Goals: Clare 39 pen, 44.

Att: 296.

Ref: Stuart Burt (Northamptonshire).

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