AN 84th minute equaliser from ex-Rhyl player Michael Walsh ensured Bangor will hold a slight edge going into the return leg of this League Cup semi-final at Farrar Road in two weeks time.

City were pushing hard in the closing stages when Christian Seargeant picked out Walsh in the box with a slide rule pass and the former Chester City midfielder turned sharply before burying the ball into the bottom corner.

In an end-to-end first half Bangor's Paul Smith was the busier of the two keepers, saving well from Craig Jones and Lee Hunt.

Nine minutes after the break Rhyl took the lead when City only partially cleared a Mark Connolly free-kick and Hunt headed in his 19th goal of the season.

The visitors finished strongly and Walsh was only denied by the legs of Lilywhites keeper Lee Kendall before he squared a feisty derby which featured six yellow cards.