GRESFORD edged themselves off the foot of the table on goal difference after salvaging a battling point.

After the Mid Wales visitors had spurned several opportunites, Danny Purdie fired the Latics into an interval lead on the break.

But the Guils hit back in the second half with a scrambled effort from player of the month Tim Nunnerley before taking the lead when Danny Brown headed a Gareth Jones cross into his own net.

However, Gresford refused to give up and earned a point with a header from American Billy Brindle on his debut for the home side.