Iyseden Christie's 17th goal of the season was not enough to get Harriers victory against Histon as they were held to a second 1-1 draw in three games at Aggborough.
It was a game Harriers should never have been in danger of losing, even if only for their dominance in the first half, with the woodwork hit twice and Histon 'keeper Danny Naisbitt pulling off two first-class saves.
A fast and positive start once again rewarded Harriers with an early goal - they were 1-0 up inside eight minutes as Andy Ferrell's cross found an unmarked Russell Penn who found Iyseden CHRISTIE, who blasted a powerful finish into the back of the net from 12 yards.
Naisbitt was at his best on 16 minutes, and he certainly had to be. Simon Russell took hold of the ball around 40 yards from goal and had looked to chip the shot-stopper who had strayed off his line. The effort was almost certainly destined for the back of the net, but Naisbitt got a strong hand to the ball to make the save.
He was equal to that save again just minutes later - Matthew Barnes-Homer showed great effort in chasing down a lost bal, and winning it. He pulled the ball back for Christie who struck it very well, only to be denied by another great stop.
Within a minute it was again almost 2-0; this time as Michael Wylde, making his first start for the club, got up well to a corner and was only denied a goal by Jack Midson's header off the line.
Approaching the half-hour mark and still without that second goal, the home side kept plugging away only to find that it was the turn of the woodwork to deny them. Andy Ferrell hit a lovely free-kick that clipped the cross-bar, whilst seconds later Dean Bennett lashed a great effort from inside the box that thumped off the far post with the goalkeeper well beaten.
Dean Coleman had barely anything to do in the first period of the game but was called into action just seconds before the break, getting a good fist to Nathaniel Knight-Percival's effort after he'd got clear of the defence.
It was again a case of wondering whether Harriers would be made to pay for just having the one goal, and that sadly proved to be the case as just eight minutes after the interval, Histon found themselves level.
The home side had handled the visitors' threat from dead balls all afternoon but on this occasion failed to cut-out Gareth Gwillim's long throw - it caused all sorts of problems for Coleman who came out to claim but got nothing, and the back-line were made to pay for leaving Danny WRIGHT unmarked as he was free to put the loose ball into the back of the net.
Three minutes later, Coleman was much more confident and pulled off a good save down low after Antonio Murray had latched onto a dangerous through ball and charged down on goal.
With 70 on the clock, there was another chance for Harriers as Gavin Hurren's superb ball out wide to Russell eventually being played to Christie, whose shot was held. Five minutes later, Russell wasted a chance to make it 2-1 when good work from Penn and Ferrell saw him put in one on one on Naisbitt, but with all the time in the world, he chose to hit it first time and the ball went high and wide.
As chance after chance went begging, it was starting to look like it just would not be Harriers' day, and that rang true seven minutes from time when they were denied a blatant penalty; Patrick Ada brought down Christie in the box in clear view of the referee, who to the amazement of the 1,500 crowd awarded a free-kick the visitors' way.
Next up for Harriers it's a trip down to relegation battlers Weymouth in the Blue Square Premier next Saturday (3.00pm)
