Thrilled Farsley Celtic boss Neil Parsley hailed his troops' self-belief after they superbly overturned a 1-0 half-time deficit to beat promotion chasers Southport 3-2 in their own backyard.
* Click here to sign up to free news and sport email alerts from Farsley Today. The Celts seemed to be heading for a fifth consecutive defeat, but Dave Syers' equalising strike on the hour set the wheels in motion for a famous victory.
* Click here to become a fan of Farsley Today on Facebook.Steve Daly gave Port the lead after only 20 minutes and the game could have easily gone the same way as last week's 4-1 loss at Hinckley United.
But Parsley warned his players not to drop their heads if they fell a goal behind and he was duly delighted at the final whistle after seeing his side come from behind to take the points.
Parsley said: "We have fought back from a goal behind to win against the team second in the league!
"That's simply because of the player's belief.
"Anybody seeing that scoreline – 3-2 – will think it was a close game but it wasn't because second half, we were dominant and taking the game to Southport.
"I told the players before the game if things aren't going so well for us – hold your heads up high and give 100 per cent.
"It was no different to Hinckley last week, however this week, our heads were held high."
The Celts actually had the ball in the net as early as the sixth minute, but Lee Ellington's strike was ruled out for offside.
Southport then gained the lead as Daly headed home Matty McGinn's cross from close range.
Matty Young had Farsley's best chance of the opening half; his audacious shot from 30 yards was palmed over by Southport's keeper Tony McMillan.
The Celts came out for the second period looking a different team and they quickly got back on level terms.
Syers blasted the ball past McMillan from the edge of the area and then former Bradford City ace Ben Muirhead set up Ellington to fire the Celts ahead, only four minutes later.
Ellington turned inside the box and showed great composure to beat McMillan.
Farsley never looked like surrendering their advantage and wrapped up their first positive points of the season with five minutes remaining.
Ellington once again sent the Celts' support into raptures after rifling a 25-yard free-kick into the top corner.
Port did have the last say as Chris Simm picked up a consolation goal in the third minute of added time.
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