TEN-man FC United were left counting the cost of rookie defender Adam Turner's controversial dismissal as they suffered another blow to their UniBond First Division North promotion hopes in crashing at Mossley.
Turner, making only his second start for the Rebels senior side, saw red on the stroke of half-time when he was judged to have pulled Gareth Hamlet's shirt to deny the Lilywhites striker a scoring opportunity.
Hamlet proceeded to rub salt in FC's wound by firing Mossley in front from close-range in the 52nd minute.
And he also had a hand in their second goal 10 minutes from time, when he forced keeper Phil Priestley into conceding a penalty, confidently dispatched by Martin Allison to clinch the points for the home side.
FC battled to the finish but were unable to save themselves from their third successive league defeat, and their fourth in their last five games - a sequence they must snap out of quickly if they're to stay in the promotion hunt.
2 Matty Taylor
3 ShaunRoscoe
4 Nicky Platt
5 Colin Bell
6 Rob Nugent
7 Cayne Hanley
8 Chris Baguley
9 Aaron Burns
10 Jerome Wright
11 Rory Patterson(captain)
Subs
12 Peter Thomson(on for 7, 58min)
14 Jamie Baguley(on for 5, 64min)
15 Simon Carden
Attendance 889
Scorers
Hamlet 51 Allison 82 [Pen]