After holding Whitby at bay for the majority of the league encounter, five minutes of madness turned the game on its head in the closing stages.

Lee Bullock and Nathan Haslam's side, who had been in rotten form, then saw the game out well following Bradley Fewster's 90th minute winner.

The victory saw Whitby remain in seventh place but close the gap on to Buxton, who occupy the final play-off spot, to three points having played the same number of games.

Whitby's management duo made two changes to the side which lost out 2-0 to Atherton Collieries the previous week as defenders Jonathan Burn and Soni Fergus replacing Jassem Sukar and Nathan Dyer.

Whitby, who were chasing a fourth win in a row against Hyde, created the opening opportunity in front of goal as Jacob Hazel curled an effort into the hands of Joe Green.

Town defended well to prevent Hyde's Liam Tongue from breaking to deadlock, denying the tall United man with an excellent block.

The hosts then had a chance to open the scoring when they were awarded a penalty. Jack Dyche dispatched his spot-kick despite Shane Bland getting a strong hand to the ball.

Whitby struggled to create for the remainder of the opening 45 minutes, however Fewster should have hit the target late on but he dragged his effort wide.

In the second-half, Hyde continued to cause problems for Whitby as the rapid Tom Pratt fired over from inside the area before Tongue later fired high and wide.

Jake Hackett struck wide heading into the final ten minutes as Whitby started to pose more of a threat to their opponents.

As they continued to push forward for a breakthrough of their own, they then had the chance to level matters when Pratt's handball saw him dismissed and a spot-kick awarded.

There was a two-minute delay between the penalty award and the strike itself but Hackett made no mistake in the 87th minute as he sent Green the wrong way from twelve yards.

All of a sudden, Whitby had the upper hand and aimed to take the lead in the 89th minute but Jacob Hazel could only head over from close range.

But then Fewster did get that crucial winner as the clock struck 90 when he received the ball on the edge of the area after some neat build-up play to fire low beyond Green.

Despite six minutes of stoppage-time, Whitby held on for a much-needed three points without any real pressure from the home side.