City hit by late goals

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Wednesday, April 01, 2009
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Bath lost a two-goal lead to share the points with Thurrock.

With a minute gone, Stuart Douglas stepped beyond the defence to perfectly lob Woolley.

Nine minutes later, City got their second with the goal of the game. The ball was played in from the right hand touch line to Lewis Hogg.

He set off on an electrifying run skating past two defenders, tripped in the penalty area but still managed to keep his feet to fire the ball decisively home.

Bath looked to be coasting to a certain victory and relegation-threatened Thurrock a beaten force.

With 13 minutes to go, the visitors pulled a goal back when Bath failed to clear and Craig Hughes shot home through a crowd of players.

Hughes was dismissed with eight minutes to go for a second bookable offence., but despite being reduced to 10 men, Thurrock continued to press forward and Dean was unlucky to see his long range shot bounce back off the bar.

The killer blow to Bath – probably ending their play off hopes – came two minutes into time added on.

A long cross field ball from Tchokountle Malik found Fola Orilonishe who got the better of Martin Slocombe to clinch a point for the visitors..

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