AFTER their heroics on Wednesday night, Penryn Athletic could not quite reach the same heights on Saturday as they 2-2 at Wadebridge Town.

Borough left it late to secure the point as captain Ben Oliver's header in the second minute of injury time levelled the score.

Disappointment was felt by the visitors as both goals they conceded in the South West Peninsula League West match came from errors by stand-in goalkeeper Luke Payne.

With left back Russell May and central midfielder Adam Toy unavailable, Penryn struggled to find their rhythm in the first half and after 20 minutes they went 1-0 down.

A corner taken by Nick Dowling was nodded in at the far post by Rob Stapleton after Payne failed to make an attempt to catch the ball.

It did not take long for Athletic to equalise though as 60 seconds later, Dave Broglino curled home a free kick from 20 yards out after Tyler Cooke had been fouled.

The match remained a scrappy affair throughout with chances going to both sides, including a Cooke shot falling onto the wrong side of the net's roofing.

Liam Dingle went close for the Bridgers when his snapshot was tipped wide by Payne before substitute Ben Spackman made a clearance off the line shortly after coming on in place of Dale Band.

Then with ten minutes left, Payne came out to claim a high ball only to see it bounce away from him, letting Dingle nip in and score in front of an open goal.

At this stage it seemed defeat was on the cards for Athletic, but they surged back and fought their way to a draw in the end.

From a Broglino free kick, Kevin Lawrence ran down the wing and sent in a cross which was met at the near post by Oliver, who sent a header past Ben Hurst.

The draw saw Penryn drop down to third on goal difference as Illogan RBL beat league leaders Helston Athletic 3-0.

Tonight, they welcome Perranporth to Kernick Road, with the game kicking off at 7.30pm.

PENRYN: Payne, Blizzard, Johnson, Moody, Oliver (c), Martt, Brabyn, Band (Spackman, 68), Lawrence, Broglino, Cooke (Leech, 65).

SUB NOT USED: Jorey.