Workington were denied a precious win when Lancaster City scored a last gasp equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Borough Park.
The Reds bench had been told three minutes were being added at the end, but instead it turned out to be six and towards the end of the seventh City drew level.
It was a cruel end for a Workington side that had fought hard, particularly down to 10 men for what turned out to be the last 15 minutes.
Brad Carroll, on his return to Borough Park, was shown a straight red by referee Nat Cox for what he adjudged a reckless tackle in the 82nd minute.
Yet Workington quite rightly pointed to a bad challenge in the first half by City’s Christian Sloan on Luke Ellis which only produced a yellow card.
So emotions were running high at the end of the game and subsequently the referee produced two more red cards, apparently for verbals, to Ellis and goalkeeper coach Billy Redden.
The only luck Workington appear to be having at the moment is of the bad variety as backed by a superb crowd of 1,219 they were seconds away from what would have been a vital victory when City equalised.
The visitors had dominated play for much of the second-half, particularly after Workington’s returning mid-fielder Carroll was shown a straight red card.
But the Reds had defended superbly and seemed to be closing in on a clean sheet and their first win for eight games.
Then City were awarded a last-gasp corner, well into the seventh minute of added time after six had been announced.
The scramble that followed eventually saw Dominic Lawson fire home through a crowded goalmouth into the bottom corner.
The game had taken a while to come to life and City had the first two chances of the game.
From a corner defender Jack Wright headed over from close range and centre-forward Lewis Mansell sliced wide when a free kick dropped kindly for him in the box.
Workington had gone closest to breaking the deadlock when Tom Stephenson got free and lifted the ball over keeper Brad Kelly but a City defender got back to clear before it would have crossed the line.
The Reds had taken the lead in the first minute of three added on in the first half when a corner was punched high in the air by Kelly and Steve Swinglehurst was first there to head home.
