Colwyn Bay survived late pressure to hold out for a 4-3 win in a seven goal thriller against Holyhead Hotspur on Saturday.

The Seagulls were 2-0 up in the half hour with Tom McCready scoring after a defensive mi-up on 13 minutes, and then James Kirby heading a second from a corner six minutes later.

Kirby twice went close to adding a third goal, while Mitch Bryant  had a shot deflected for a corner, Kristian Platt put a free header over the bar and Robbie Parry fired a shot wide from Bryant's pass.

Holyhead, however, grabbed two goals in the space of four minutes, through Dylan Summers-Jones and Jay Gibbs, to level the scores at 2-2, before James Kirby slid in his second goal of the game to restore Bay;s lead before half-time.

Joe Williams scored a fourth for the Bay from the edge of the area four minutes into the second half to make it 4-2, and James Kirby struck the bar with a volley, but again Holyhead hit back with Liam Morris scoring their third on 61 minutes.

Bay keeper Andy Coughlin made a fine save to deny Jay Gibbs an equaliser and Morris missed another good chance for the visitors in a tense finale, in which Holyhead had a penalty shout waved away.

Bay did break away for substitute Sam Jones to see a shot saved by Holyhead keeper  Paul Pritchard and Tom McCready fired a free kick straight into the keeper's arms as Bay saw the game out for three welcome points.