Workington Reds and Marine are sharing the spoils at half time in their Evostik Northern Premier League clash tonight.

The two sides are deadlocked at 1-1 after two goals in quick succession cancelled each other out.

Aaran Taylor was on call pretty early in the match as Marine defied the appalling conditions at Borough Park to apply some initial pressure.

Reds were caught on the hop in the opening moments as they faced into the driving wind and rain and Craig Carney found himself in the clear but the chance just slipped past Taylor's post.

Then the visitors were awarded a free kick in a dangerous position and Ken Strickland's goal-bound shot had to be tipped over the bar by a stretching Taylor, with the resulting corner seeing Daniel Shaw's header go over the bar.

Jason Walker won a free kick at the opposite end of field as he went down just outside the area but Niall Cowperthwaite's effort was always going well over the target.

Carney had another shot with the game in its 16th minute with Taylor again called on to block and regather. And only minutes later Taylor again thwarted the Carney before Danny Mitchley put the rebound wide.

It looked as though it would be Marine who would take the lead as they were dominant in the opening stages but, in fact, the first goal actually went to Reds.

It was against the run of play and Brad Hubbold had made a nice run forward only to find himself blocked but the ball came back to him and he played in the supporting Sam Joel who slid the ball home past a diving keeper to take the lead.

But the visitors had the perfect response and, after winning a corner, it was floated into the box and Mitchley was there to finally beat Taylor and head home from close range.

This seemed to liven Reds up and first Scott Allison was hemmed in inside the area and then Joel tried his luck again but this time the keeper was on hand to block his shot.

Reds picked up another free kick when Holt was brought down and this time Cowperthwaite lofted the ball in and found the imposing figure of Dan Wordsworth but again the keeper thwarted his effort.

The weather was having a big say on the game and neither side could find a real foothold to take control and they went in at the break still at 1-1.