Despite dominating possession, the Shaymen trailed 2-0 with seven minutes remaining before goals from Junior Brown and Kris King gave them a point.

"I was proud of the lads last night," said Vince. "We dominated the game.

"We gave a good account of ourselves - and it will get better.

"We created a lot of opportunities and didn't get the end product for a lot of the things we did. But the football's okay. We are keeping the ball, we are being intimidated but are playing well.

"We played well, played good football but we were not effective in the final third. Once that comes into the game if we show anything like what we did last night we will be okay this year."

Vince added that he was concerned when Garforth bagged their second goal in the 83rd minute but was pleased to put an end to the theory that his team fade after the break.

"At 2-0 down I was thinking 'Are we playing that badly?'," he said. "And we were not. We were playing okay.

"The lads have responded well.

"I was scratching my head wondering where we were going wrong.

"It seems that when things are going badly for you, they go bad.

"We might have turned the corner last night and I am hoping so because the players showed endeavour, passion and commitment for the full 90 minutes. All this talk of not doing well in the second half has been put to bed."

Vince sprung a surprise in his team selection by naming Nigel Jemson as sweeper, but the move paid off with the assistant manager proving a calming influence at the back.

"I know people were quite surprised when he was selected and a few eyebrows were raised," said Vince. "But I am here to pick the team and get a result and we should have won the game.

Vince handed a debut to Damian Allen, a 22-year-old with 70 League appearances at Stockport and Morecambe under his belt, in the centre of midfield.

"Damian's a good player," he said. "He played at Morecambe last season, he has played in Belgium and at Stockport.

"He has come here because he knows I want to play good football and he can be part of it.

"I am pleased to have him on board. He and Scott Phelan were magnificent."

Cavell Coo is set to stay at the Shay until the end of the season after agreeing a switch from Droylsden.