Leverstock Green went into Saturday's game at Tring Athletic under the charge of Tim O'Sullivan and Paul Hunt, having parted company with first team manager Paul Faulkner the previous day. The game turned out to be a familiar story though, with Leverstock unable to hold onto a lead and being eventually beaten by a last-minute goal from a former player.

It was a wet and windy afternoon at the Grass Roots Stadium, and Leverstock had the elements and the slope in their favour in the first half. With just over a minute played Jack Gilmartin hit a long-range effort which didn't clear the bar by much. In the 6th minute Curtis Donaldson made a determined run into the box and sent in a cross which went just over the head of Chinua Phinn-Archer.

Leverstock continued to have much the better of things, and eventually took a deserved lead in the 24th minute. Gavin Smith's ball into the box found Chris Blunden, who went down under a challenge, but before anyone had time to look at the referee, Louis Bircham swept home a low shot past the unsighted Matt Evans.

Three minutes later the ball was given away to Blunden, whose shot was parried by Evans, but there was nobody there to take advantage of the loose ball. Tring had a couple of chances midway through the half, and on 39 minutes James Budden did well to head Kieran Turner's free kick off the line. A minute before the break Donaldson's corner was headed back across goal by Smith, and Budden just failed to connect with the ball.

Leverstock went into the break with a 1-0 lead, which seemed scant reward for their dominance during the first half, and was a slender advantage with Tring due to have the elements in their favour in the second half.

It took just just eight minutes of the second half for Tring to find the equaliser. The dangerous Turner took on Joe Horwood on the left side of the penalty area before cutting inside and hitting a shot which beat Craig Garrett at his near post.

There were a couple of chances for Leverstock to retake the lead. On 79 minutes a good ball from Budden gave Reece Cameron the chance to run at goal, but his shot was saved by Evans. A minute later Leverstock won a free kick just outside the box. Donaldson curled the free kick around the wall but Evans pulled off another great save to turn it away.

The game was still level going into the last minute, and when Lee Stobbs fired well over the bar from a good chance it looked like it was going to end with a point apiece. However, in the first minute of stoppage time Stobbs had another chance when a cross came in from the left touchline, and this time he connected with a shot that beat Garrett to win the match.

It was tough on the Green side to come away from this match with nothing, but they have to pick themselves up for the next match, which is on Tuesday night at Stotfold - the replay of the game which was abandoned due to injury back in September.