KING'S Stanley missed the chance to go level on points with Gloucestershire County League leaders Cheltenham Civil Service as they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by lowly Bishop's Cleeve Reserves.
The first 20 minutes of this game was controlled by the visitors and they deservedly took the lead on 25 minutes with a class strike from Ed Major. Stanley came out firing on all cylinders at the start of the second half and pushed the visitors hard.
The pressure paid off in the 65th minute when Danny Chandler levelled the score with a 25-yard free kick.
With the home side pushing for the winner, Cleeve had a great chance to steal the three points on 75 minutes but the final shot on goal went wide.
This result moved Cleeve out of the bottom two, while Stanley look up on it as two points dropped.
Civil Service's home game against Southmead was postponed due to the overnight frost but they remain one point clear of Chipping Sodbury, who were beaten 2-0 at Hanham Athletic with Adam Grinter and Jack Baber grabbing the goals.
Berkeley Town remain bottom after they lost 1-0 at local rivals Kingswood.
In the 54th minute the game changed when Berkeley keeper Lee Thomas brought down Gary Simmons just outside the box and, with no other player between him and the goal, he was sent off for denying a goalscoring opportunity.
Veteran goalkeeper Lee Mason took over in goal for Berkeley but from the resulting free kick struck by Clark the keeper only managed to parry the ball and Simmons was on hand to slip the ball home.
Thornbury Town's home form has been good of late and a 2-1 win over AEK Boco keeps them near the mid-table.
Town took the lead on 56 minutes through Craig Lancastle and Mark Viner's overhead kick on 80 minutes looked to have the points wrapped up, but four minutes later a Charlie Stevens penalty set up a tense finish.
Rockleaze Rangers beat Henbury 2-1.
Barnaby Watson opened the scoring for the home side but Henbury hit back two minutes later from an Ed Wright header.
The home side got the winner just three minutes from the end when Ed Freeman coolly dinked the ball over the keeper.
Results: Cheltenham Civil Service P Southmead CS Athletic P; Frampton United P Ellwood P; Hanham Athletic 2 Chipping Sodbury Town 0; King's Stanley 1 Bishop's Cleeve Reserves 1; Kingswood 1 Berkeley Town 0; Rockleaze Rangers 2 Henbury 1; Thornbury Town 2 AEK Boco 1.
Fixture for Wednesday : Yate Town Reserves v AEK Boco.
Fixtures for Saturday: AEK Boco v Hanham Athletic; Berkeley Town v Thornbury Town; Bishop's Cleeve Reserves v Patchway Town; Bristol Telephones v Kingswood; Chipping Sodbury Town v Frampton United; Ellwood v Kings Stanley; Gala Wilton v Rockleaze Rangers; Yate Town Reserves v Southmead CS Athletic.
