Trinity had led after Chris Hall's second goal of the season had given them a second minute lead, only to see an inept referee award the hosts a ridiculous penalty eight minutes from time.

Steve Charles recalled Danny Anson into midfield, with Martin Drury coming into the back four in place of Neal Spafford.

Nathan Peat partnered James Lukic in the heart of Trinity's defence.
Trinity were also forced to call upon keeper Tom Evans, who joined in the morning on loan from Alfreton after Adam Sollitt when down with flu.

The Blues got off to a flying start, when Hall drove the ball home through a crowded penalty area.

The chance came from Ashley Burbeary's deep corner, which Peat headed across goal towards Lukic.

Lukic spotted Hall in space, and set up the Trinity midfielder who doubled his tally for the season.

Ironically, Hall's other goal this season came against Redditch at the Northolme earlier in the season.

Tempers flared soon after; when Liam Needham was the victim of a nasty challenge midway in the Trinity half.

Needham required lengthy treatment, while United's Mark Hands was lucky to escape with only a booking.

The hosts appeared to have equalised when they bundled the ball over the line, but it had actually found the side netting, while Luke Beckett did managed to find the target, only to see his header ruled out for what Beckett later described as a 'marginal' decision.

Beckett's header rounded off a great move, which saw Ryan Mallon and Burbeary combine to free Hall down the right hand side, allowing Hall to deliver a pin point cross to Beckett at the back post.

Trinity came out for the second half to play down the considerable slope at The Valley, and nearly doubled their lead when Beckett latched onto Drury's long clearance.

The former Huddersfield striker brought a good save from Danny Lewis in the Reds goal with a powerful effort, while Mallon reacted first to the rebound, and really should have scored but managed to fire straight at the ever alert Lewis from seven yards.

Beswick was proving to be a constant thorn in Trinity's side down the left, and he went close with a free-kick from 20 yards that narrowly avoided the post, while confusion between Drury and Evans saw them collide on the edge of the box, as the Trinity defence seemed hesitant under the long ball.

As the game entered the final stages, the referee seemed to award everything to the home side as the pressure apparently began to tell on the match officials.

The key decision was to award a throw to Redditch, after the United player failed to control Lewis' clearance, and the ball went out of play.

As Redditch wandered back to defend, for some inexplicable reason the referee award the throw to the hosts.

A few moments later, a long throw into the Trinity area saw the referee award a penalty to Redditch, after he judged Anson to have pushed Owen Storey.

Not one Redditch player appealed for the penalty, and in truth, was the sort of thing that happens every time a ball comes into the penalty area.

Skipper Anson was booked for his protests, while Beswick steeped up to send Evans the wrong way and secure a vital point in United's relegation battle.

Trinity immediately set about looking to restore their advantage, only for the referee to pull back a promising break in which Trinity were three on three, for a foul rather than play the advantage.

After the game, Steve Charles was understandably angry with the match officials, but also bemoaned Trinity's inability to kill the game off.
"The throw-in which led to the incident should have been given to us," he said.

"Everybody in the ground could see it and their players were ready to defend a throw-in from us, yet the referee gave it to them."

"But we had chances and should have been further in front by then."

"Ryan had a great chance and just needs to pick a corner."

"We need to shoot more as well, and we've been encouraging the midfielders to have shots from distance," he added.