Spurs started off badly in their Tuesday night game, perhaps suffering a hangover from their splendid win at Verwood, and it was completely against the run of the play when with ten minutes gone skipper Ben Edwards burst through the Stockbridge defence, rounded keeper Alex Thompson and slipped the ball into an empty net.  Fleet had a number of good chances to increase their lead but profligate finishing by Sam Knowles in particular and Adam Crittenden meant that the score remained 1-0, when the home side should probably have put the result beyond doubt before the half-hour mark.  Spurs reaped the inevitable consequences when ten minutes before the break Aaron Black equalised for Stockbridge with a curling left-foot shot following a free kick that evaded the Spurs defence and Appleby.
The visitors started strongly and only a combination of a good save from Mark Appleby and the post stopped them going ahead immediately after the break.  Stockbridge were now coming into the game more and Casson Spencer shot wastefully over when clean through on goal.  However, Spurs thought they’d scored with a powerful goalbound header by player-manager Neil Baker from a corner by Ben Edwards, but it was spectacularly headed off his own line by Nick Coates .
Quarter of an hour from the end, Simon Nelson gave the visitors the lead with a fine drive into the top corner that left Appleby helpless.  The last few minutes were very hard fought with Fleet straining every muscle to score and Stockbridge closing them down quickly and defending resolutely, but as the game entered injury time, top scorer Knowles headed an inswinging Luke Thorn corner home to give Spurs a deserved point.  There was still time for Spurs to miss another opportunity as a left-wing cross from Phil Boddy bounced agonisingly across the open goal with neither Knowles nor Edwards able to make contact.
Both sides were disappointed with the result: Spurs because they felt they should have made their first-half advantage tell and Stockbridge because they had managed to hold out almost until the end.
Manager Neil Baker felt that although this was a point gained, in reality it was 2 points lost, as defensive errors and poor finishing cost us.

Fleet face a long trip to Warminster on Saturday (kick-off 3.00) and then entertain Petersfield Town on Bank Holiday Monday with a noon kick-off.

 Team: Mark Appleby, Ben Clisby, Jon Tanfield (sub Amartey Armar 85), Neil Baker, Phil Boddy, George Short (sub Tom Chillery 60; Adam Paris 65), Ben Edwards (c), Luke Thorn, Chris Payne, Adam Crittenden, Sam Knowles