Buckhurst Hill 2, Tilbury 2

A GOAL deep into added time from Malaki Toussaint earned Tilbury a point in Tuesday (6 October) evening's Isthmian North clash at Roding Lane - just minutes after Hill thought they had snaffled all the points with a late strike of their own.

There were few first half chances in a match that sprang to life after the break, though Dockers' Jake Brocklebank came closest to breaking the deadlock on 43 minutes when he headed Joe Elliott's long cross against the bar.

Ten minutes into the second half Tilbury had keeper Billy Lawlor to thank for a fine save as he brilliantly tipped a strike from distance over the top.

However, on 64 minutes there was little Lawlor could do when Max Gnandi met a low cross at his near post and clipped the ball past him.

It took just three minutes for Dockers to restore parity, when Ben Allen got on the end of Bobby Rea's cross and engineered the time required to take it under control and roll it past former Dockers keeper Christian North into the corner.

Christian North

North, who has 40 games under his belt for Dockers, was almost beaten again on 79 minutes when sub Charlie Stimson's effort caught him stranded off the line, but the ball came back off the crossbar.

Having ridden their luck, Hill thought they had won the match with two minutes to go when Gnandi headed in a cross.

But in the third minute of stoppage time, Luke Reeve knocked the ball across the Hill box where Toussaint was waiting to fire home!

Tilbury: Billy Lawlor, Bradley Bennett, Joshua Taylor (Alfie Fry 46), Jake Brocklebank, Joe Elliott, Luke Reeve (C), Bobby Rea (James Barlow 80), Malaki Toussaint, Issa Sidibe (Charlie Stimson 74), Ben Allen, Rasheed Salau (Soumen Nandi 66). Sub not used: Connor Wheatley.

Tilbury take on Takeley at Chadfields in their next outing on Saturday.