STEETON fell to a third league defeat in the space of a week at the hands of Merseyside opposition as Woolton took the three points.
In similar circumstances to the midweek loss to Maghull, the Chevrons recovered from a slow start to take the lead.
But a failure to take their chances in attack combined with more set-piece frailty at the back saw the Chevrons not take at least a point, which manager Roy Mason thought would have been just reward for their efforts on the day.
The visitors started proceedings the brighter of the two sides and had a great opportunity to break the deadlock in the opening exchanges.
Sean Smallwood found space down the right channel and after working his way inside the box, he saw his initial strike saved by Brad Emmerson before heading the rebound against the crossbar.
Despite losing Nathan Storton to injury, it would be Steeton who found the opener.
From a quick free-kick, Alfie Dowden whipped a deep delivery from the left touchline towards the far post.
The hosts read the offside trap superbly and Marley Spence headed the ball across the face of goal to find the head of Kevin Gonzalez, the striker flicking home from close range.
Midway through the half, Woolton found an equaliser as Steeton were once again exposed defensively from a set-piece.
Pushing for the leveller, Arley Barnes made a superb block to turn a goal bound effort wide for a corner.
From the delivery, nobody in green dealt with the threat and Jonathan Liddle rose higher than the outstretched arm of Emmerson to nod the sides back on equal terms.
Both sides had chances to find the lead heading into half-time.
Liddle showed his defensive qualities at the other ends making two blocks to turn strikes from both Gonzalez and Andy Briggs away from goal.
And on the brink of the whistle, with an open goal at his mercy, Ben Glover got just in front of the ball and his flick of a heel sent the delivery to him over the crossbar.
Steeton came firing out of the traps from the restart as they looked to re-take the lead and lay down a marker for the remainder of the game.
Adam Terrelonge twice broke the offside trap only to be denied by the goalkeeper in one-on-one situations.
Gonzalez then thought he had both his and his side’s second, but his beautiful curling effort from the edge of the area was ruled out by the offside flag.
With the second-half just past the midway stage, the visitors found their winner.
Hitting on the counter, Woolton found time and space down the Steeton left channel.
Matthew Robinson found himself at an angle but rattled the underside of the woodwork with his strike.
Glover followed his teammate into the six yard area, not being picked up by anyone in a green shirt and headed the rebound in from close range.
As the game ticked into injury-time, a moment of madness saw Woolton finish the game with ten men.
A long ball forward saw a coming together between Barnes and Oghenetega Okeregha.
Okeregha, who felt that Barnes had grabbed his hair, proceeded to kick out at the skipper and left the referee no choice but to brandish a red card in the striker’s direction.
Deep into injury-time, Robinson had a chance to put the game beyond doubt, but his strike somehow went wide when it seemed easier to score.
Steeton now have brief respite from league action as attention turns to next weekend’s First Division Cup tie against Holker Old Boys.
STEETON (Subs): Emmerson; M Smith; Dowden; Barnes; Storton (Alasttal); Spence; Mitchell; Mulvihill-Simpson (Green); Briggs; Gonzalez; Terrelonge (Fernandez). Subs (Not Used): Longley; Williamson.
GOAL (Assist): Gonzalez 8’ (Spence)
