Bashley boss Barry Blankley watched his Dr Martens side fail to get the three points they deserved against Spalding before admitting: "Lady Luck wasn't on our side."

Craig Davis gave the home side the lead, heading in an excellent Mark Lisk cross at the far post on 50 minutes.

But, five minutes later, Spalding equalised when a Paul Goodhand free-kick beat goalkeeper David Elm at his near post.

Despite relentless pressure, Bashley failed to find the winner.

Richard Gillespie was behind many of the Bashley attacks. The 17-year-old hit the bar and the post before producing an overhead kick which was cleared off the line.

Danny Gibbons and Andy Darnton had earlier seen headers cleared off the line

And Blankley said: "If the score had been 6-1 it would have been a fair result. Hitting the woodwork so many times and having several other efforts cleared off the line defied belief.

"It was very disappointing. It's two points dropped but they came for one, they only played with one up front, which made it very difficult for us.

"There's no doubt that we deserved it. Their manager is Alan Biley, the former Portsmouth player, and he was understandably delighted with that result."