Marske manager Carl Jarrett and Guisborough counterpart Chris Hardy were both happy with a point after the traditional Boxing Day derby between the sides ended in a 2-2 draw.
Guisborough bossed the first half in front of a 428 crowd at the GER Stadium and looked on for a cosy win thanks to Liam O’Sullivan’s own goal and a near post Danny Earl finish.
Earl could have made it 3-0 to the visitors at half time but blazed over with the goal at his mercy, and it was Marske who did most of the pressing after the break.
Seasiders’ marksman Jamie Owens halved the deficit on his trusty left peg when an O’Sullivan throw-in was only half cleared.
Earl and Liam McPhillips missed further good chances for Guisborough either side of Marske winger Josh MacDonald’s straight red for going through fellow substitute Chay Liddle just beyond halfway.
And new signing Thomas Bott made the Priorymen pay when he cracked in his first Marske goal six minutes from time, rifling home a low diagonal low drive to ensure honours finished even.
Jarrett said: “It was as if we were still in bed in the first half. We were lazy and didn’t try and press them high, like we’d talked about.
“They should have put us away with the chances they had, but I thought we were the better team in the second half, even with 10 men, and got a decent result that we will take.”
Hardy added: “We were the better side in the first half with gears, but we didn’t come out second half.
“We conceded a lot of territory and fair play to Marske, they put us under.
“We had two good chances at 2-1 to really sew the game up and didn’t do that.
“On reflection I think a point was a fair result.”
The point keeps Marske in third while Guisborough moved up a place to fourth.
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