The BURKS

Harry Beautyman celebrated his 33rd birthday by converting a late penalty to earn relegation-threatened Woking a 1-1 draw at home to play-off hopefuls Rochdale.

The midfielder fired down the middle from the spot three minutes from time to keep Neal Ardley's men three points above the drop zone.

Dale were on course to climb to fifth in the table after Devante Rodney collected a pass from Ethan Ebanks-Landell to round Cards goalkeeper Will Jaaskelainen and open the scoring in the 27th minute.

But the visitors, who almost doubled their lead just before the break when Kairo Mitchell's shot on the turn came back off a post, left the Laithwaite Community Stadium frustrated following the late twist.

Woking could have won the game in stoppage time when Joshua Osude ran clear on goal following a mistake by Jack Kingdon, but his shot was deflected by the Rochdale goalkeeper onto the post and the ball cleared.

Dale Lineup

1. Killian Barrett
28. Jack Kingdon
6. Ethan Ebanks-Landell (c)
2. Kyron Gordon
30. Jili Buyabu
31. Charlie Weston
8. Harvey Gilmour
7. Tarryn Allarakhia
10. Devante Rodney (Leon Ayinde 79')
9. Kairo Mitchell
21. Connor McBride (Ian Henderson 69')

Manager: Jim McNulty

Scorer: Rodney 27'