York City scored a late equaliser to leave Leeds United still searching for their first win of pre-season this evening, playing out a 1-1 draw with their local rivals at Bootham Crescent.
The visitors threatened first when a Lee Erwin strike from range was kept out by Scott Flinders, and the York keeper was in action again moments later to deny Steve Morison.
Sam Byram was the next to try his luck from outside the area, but once again Flinders was equal to the task, collecting the ball at the second time of asking.
Byram was fast becoming Leeds's most dangerous player on the night, and moments after having a penalty appeal turned down he broke the deadlock for the Championship club, nodding Alex Mowatt's cross home with 10 minutes remaining of the half.
It was almost 2-0 in the opening exchanges of the second half when the ball fell to Morison inside the area, but Flinders was alert to smother the striker's effort from close range.
The York keeper was then taken off for Michael Ingham, but the sub was no less busy as he watched a Byram shot fly wide and stopped a powerful strike from Gaetano Berardi within minutes of his introduction.
Ingham was called into action again on the hour mark when triallist Adam Drury arrived at the back post to meet Lewis Cook's cross, only to see his effort saved.
The sub shot-stopper continued to keep his side in it with saves from Charlie Taylor and Morison, and his efforts were rewarded at the other end with 10 minutes of the match remaining when York levelled things up against their local rivals through Marvin McCoy's back-post finish.
Leeds could not find a response to that setback, leaving them with consecutive 1-1 draws from their two pre-season matches so far.
Barney Corkhill
