ARCHIE Ferris' header with eight minutes to play denied Evesham United a valuable win in their bid to reach the Southern League Division One play-offs.

The Robins dominated for large spells and had the better of the game's chances before Charlie Wise headed them in front mid-way through the second-half.

But Larkhall substitutes Alex Lambert and Ferris combined for the latter to head past Archie Burford, who had to make a crucial save in stoppage time to prevent a first defeat of 2024 for Mike Ford's men.

Whilst their unbeaten run remains intact, it is yet another draw for Evesham. They have now only won one of their last five in the league, with four of those other games ending 1-1.

And manager Ford admitted the point felt like two dropped: "You can tell the lads haven't taken it well when you walk into the dressing room. We didn't win and it feels like a loss. 

"Archie (Burford, keeper) made a fantastic save with his leg late on to actually get us the point.

"The pitch was the pitch. I thought in the first-half, we played some alright football on it and for 25 minutes in the second-half we were very good and we scored the goal.

"But our problem is, we don't kill them off. I think if we won that game everyone would have been ok with it but as I keep saying to the players, no team in this division gives up.

"They made some changes later on in and they caused us some problems in fairness to them.

"But it's a game we should have won, no real dramas with that. There were some really good performances individually and as a team but we just have to learn how to kill a team off."

Having gone eight games without a defeat, Evesham remain in the play-off positions but will need to start picking up wins if they want to stay there.

They are back in action on Saturday when they host Mousehole at home.