DES Lyttle could only hear, rather than watch, ten-man Tamworth’s battling draw at Rushden & Diamonds which extended his side’s unbeaten run to five matches.

The Lambs manager was furious at seeing striker Jason Bradley red-carded just before half-time.

But things went from bad to worse for Lyttle when his protests ended with him being sent from the dug-out by referee John Hopkins.

Lyttle spent the second half in the visitors’ dressing room but he was delighted by his side’s battling spirit as Neil MacKenzie’s strike cancelled out Alan Power’s opener for Diamonds.

“In the circumstances, this was a great point,” said Lyttle.

“We have now been beaten just once in 11 matches.

“You know when you come to a place like Rushden that you are going to be under the cosh, even before you go down to ten men.”

Lyttle said the Lambs would watch the video of Bradley’s dismissal following a challenge on Luke Prosser before considering whether or not to lodge an appeal.

Diamonds cranked up the pressure in the second half against the ten men and Power smashed home a 25-yarder into the top corner to put them ahead on 68 minutes.

But Tamworth stormed back into the contest and MacKenzie equalised seven minutes later when Michael Wylde’s throw-in was only half-cleared.

n Kidderminster Harriers manager Steve Burr hailed his side’s ruthless finishing as they recorded their biggest win of the season with a 4-0 victory at Hayes & Yeading.

Tom Shaw fired the opener from 25 yards to give Harriers a 32nd-minute lead against their London hosts.

Top scorer Chris McPhee pounced twice to take his tally to 13 goals for the season.

And Jack Byrne finished off the scoring two minutes from the end of the game.

A delighted Burr said: “It’s quite a difficult place to come and get a result.

“I thought they did quite well in the first half and caused us one or two problems.

“It was a question of us taking our chances. I thought in the second half we finished really strongly and we were worthy winners in the end.’’