ANDY Drury struck two minutes into stoppage time to rescue a point for Eastleigh at Boreham Wood and stretch to six the Spitfires' unbeaten league run.

Jamie Lucas had drilled the hosts into a 43rd-minute lead, with Chris Todd’s side apparently struggling to shake off the effects of their midweek FA Cup tie at Bolton.

A sterile game came to life in the second-half as Eastleigh poured forward in search of an equaliser, writes Paul McNamara.

But, having failed to break through, the visitors seemed destined to leave Hertfordshire empty handed, until Drury pounced at the death.

The home side were first to have a strike at goal, Billy Clifford’s fourth minute long-range drive deflecting off Paul Reid on its way over the bar.

Clifford was swiftly back in the action, with the former Chelsea youngster latching onto Luke Howell’s pass from the right to unleash a cross-shot that had Ross Flitney palming clear.

Dan Harding and Drury had shots deflected off target in quick succession in the 13th minute, but the game was half-an-hour old before Eastleigh had a clear sight of goal.

Jack Midson was released through the middle by Kaid Mohamed’s flick but, with the home side forlornly looking for a linesman’s flag, the visiting striker finished weakly into Sam Russell’s gloves.

The hosts upped the tempo as the interval approached, with Clovis Kamdjo bursting forward to dispatch a strike that took a nick off Reid, before Flitney pushed it around his left upright.

Eastleigh’s reprieve was short-lived, however. Lucas collected Ricky Shakes’ low cross on the edge of the box, with the striker afforded the space to turn and lash a strike into Flitney’s bottom left corner.

Mohamed was presented with a golden opportunity to level just after the hour mark, when he was slipped through by Jai Reason’s slide-rule pass. Russell, however, was quickly out to close the angle and block the Eastleigh man’s low effort.

Mohamed was proving a real threat as the Spitfires pinned their hosts back. The Welshman’s next attempt saw him collect the overlapping Joe Partington’s cut-back from the right to hammer a shot that was goal-bound until it struck the arm of Scott Doe. The visitors’ penalty appeals, however, fell on deaf ears.

Reason then had a curling effort from the left of the box cleared by Danny Woodards, with Russell beaten.

The home team were now at full-stretch to keep their opponents at bay. Russell gloved away Mohamed’s fierce drive at the near-post, before Ben Nunn scrambled away the same Eastleigh man’s menacing right-wing delivery.

Mohamed was the victim of a heavy Woodards challenge, which forced Todd to send Lee Cook into the fray. The change would pay the ultimate dividend, however.

As the contest entered stoppage time Cook saw a ferocious volley diverted off target by Stephens.

Given the opportunity to send over a 92nd-minute right-wing corner, though, Cook got his delivery spot on.

The ball arrived into a melee of bodies, but it was Drury who applied the decisive touch.

It salvaged a 1-1 draw that sees the promotion-hungry Spitfires jump above Dover into fourth spot in the Vanarama National League.