Merthyr Town were denied victory against Southern League leaders Hartley Wintney by a last minutes penalty.
Tom Meechan had fired the Martyrs ahead and goalkeeper Joe Perry kept a clean sheet until he faced that late spot-kick and the result was a 1-1 draw.
Hampshire hosts Hartley scored, with Ty Smith the marksman, to earn a share of the points at their Memorial Fields stadium.
The Martyrs are now without matches this week. Slimbridge, who were due to meet Merthyr on Tuesday at home, are on FA Trophy duty, while Poole Town have an FA Cup tie next Saturday.
That means the next Martyrs’ match is at Staines on Saturday, October 13, followed by Salisbury away the following Tuesday.
Merthyr’s next home fixture is against Beaconsfield Town on Saturday, October 20.
Meechan netted after 10 minutes, while Ashley Evans had a shot saved soon after.
On the hour Kerry Morgan’s cross was met by Meechan and he picked out Evans, but his shot flew over the bar.
Merthyr Town: Joe Perry, Adam Davies, Craig McDonnell, Kyle Patten, Connor Young, Kieran Lewis, Matthew Harris, Ashley Evans, Kerry Morgan (Corey Jenkins), Tom Meechan (Lee Lucas), Owain Jones (Ryan Prosser). Subs not used: Webb, Gavin Williams.
Weymouth and Tiverton Town hit the top of the Evo-Stik Southern League Premier Division South table after they both had comfortable wins, while overnight leaders Hartley Wintney were held to a draw by Merthyr.
The Terras were 4-1 winners at surprise strugglers Staines Town, whose George Barker had them in front from the penalty spot after eight minutes.
Brandon Goodship pulled the visitors back on level terms six minutes later, but it wasn’t until 10 minutes into the second half that Stephane Zubar put Weymouth in front.
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Jake McCarthy added a third after 64 minutes and a second for Zubar four minutes from time sealed a comfortable win in the end for Weymouth, who saw Staines go down to 10-men in the final few seconds with a second yellow card for Alfie Fleming.
Tivy won by the same scoreline at Ladysmead against Basingstoke Town, who had only lost once previous to this.
As at Staines, the winners had to come back from a penalty down as a Dean Stow converted after 27 minutes.
Tiverton equalised on the half hour through Jordan Rogers and, like Weymouth, Tiverton went ahead in the 55th minute, thanks to defender Michael Landricombe.
Tom Bath added a third on the hour and Levi Landricombe made sure with Tivvy`s fourth 16 minutes from time.
Hendon leap-frogged Hartley Wintney into third after a 3-0 win at the Avenue Stadium against Dorchester Town.
Ricardo German broke the deadlock from the spot after 54 minutes. Shaquille Hippolyte-Patrick added a second on 66 minutes, and German grabbed his second and the Greens’ third with six minutes left.
Chesham United suffered a seventh defeat in eight games and are still winless after losing 4-0 at the Meadow to Harrow Borough.
Dylan Kearney after 13 and 42 minutes to give the visitors a 2-0 interval lead. Anthony O’Connor added a third in the 83rd minute, with Lewis Cole making it 4-0 in the second minute of stoppage time.
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- PREMIER DIVISION SOUTH LEAGUE TABLE
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