Concord Rangers 2–2 Gosport Borough
(Oastler OG 55’, White 90’: Lee 60’, 70’)
From the Aspect Arena
National League South
CONCORD Rangers scored a 90th minute equaliser to ensure they didn’t end the season with defeat in front of their own fans against Gosport Borough.
James White scored in the 92nd minute to salvage a point, and relegate Gosport in the process.
The Beach Boys had secured their league status on Monday with victory over Whitehawk, but still wanted a positive result as manager Adam Flanagan urged his team to end the season on a positive note.
There was nothing in the encounter in the first-half.
Gosport were in desperate need of points at the bottom of the division, and they were struggling to create against a resilient home defence.
Concord had the better of the first-half, and missed several good chances to go ahead.
Borough had survived what looked like a good penalty shout from Concord. Dion Sembie-Ferris raced through and it looked as though he was felled but it was dubbed a dive by the referee.
Goalless at half-time, Concord went ahead fortuitously 10 minutes after half-time.
Joe Oastler looped a fine Sam Collins cross beyond his own goalkeeper to make it 1-0.
But five minutes later it was all square. Disappointing defensive play allowed Tony Lee in and he placed a strike beyond Bailey Vose.
And the same man made it 2-1 10 minutes later- driving a strike in from range which crept past Vose.
It looked as though that was how it would stay but, two minutes into five minutes of injury-time, up popped White to slam through the keeper’s gloves and level.
Concord Rangers: Vose, Girdlestone, Collins, Nasha, King, Topley, Miles (Laucys 80’), White, Sembie-Ferris, Cawley, Della-Verde
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