Depleted Parkway are within seconds of surprise away win

PLYMOUTH Parkway's Southern Premier League South trip to Berkhamsted came under the shadow of mounting absences, with six first team players unavailable and manager Chris McPhee forced to name a makeshift bench of two youngsters and his own coaching staff, and they almost defied the odds to claim a surprise win, only to be denied at the death in a 2-2 draw.

- By MIKE PARRISH Football correspondent @PlymouthPFC

Against that backdrop, Parkway might have feared the worst when they gifted the hosts an early advantage, Brad Wadkins punishing a loose moment of possession by hammering home off the crossbar in the 17th minute.

It was a setback that could have deflated an already stretched side, but Parkway's character shone through as two goals in three second half minutes from Cruis Nyadzayo and Tylor Love-Holmes put them in front until stoppage time when Charley Barker equalised for the home side.

"We've really been up against it the last 48 hours," McPhee said. "We turned up with a thin squad and then go a goal down in the way we did, it could have been a moment to crumble. Instead, the players rallied. The effort, the work rate, the togetherness was fantastic."