Match summary - Hythe Town (a)

We came back twice in each half as we left Kent with a hard-earned point, writes James Barrett.

Team news: Peter Adeniyi replaced Dominique Bongo just before kick-off as the young defender injured himself during the warm-up. Kingsley Aikhinbare replaced Josh Phillips up top, while new boys Luke Reynolds, Omari Hibbert and David Opoku were named on the bench.

Leading by example: Bobby Price

We haven't left the Reachfields Stadium with anything in our last three visits but it seemed we were going to go in level at the break as neither side had made a breakthrough by 39 minutes.

But Hythe took the lead a minute later as Ben Wilson capitalised on a poor defensive clearance and beat the dive of Joe Tupper via a deflected shot from just inside the box.

We rolled our sleeves up however and went in level as captain Bobby Price rose to ghost an unmarked header on Ryan Gondoh's inswinging cross into the back of the net.

HALF-TIME: 1 - 1

The second-half followed a similar pattern; no further goals until late on as we soaked up plenty of pressure but couldn't make any of our counter-attacks count.

One of those came in the 65th minute as Price nicked a square ball to stride forward over halfway. He eventually toe poked a pass for Aikhionbare to tuck home from just inside the box but the linesman on the far side had put up his flag.

Wilson doubled his, and Town's, tally in the 76 minute when Ricardo Panton for penalised for a handball level with the penalty spot on the left. The winger whipped the ball in low and it sneaked inside the far post.

A familiar sinking feeling set in among the travelling fans - would the Hythe hoodoo to strike yet again?

Aikhionbare draws us level

But we restored parity with eight minutes to go as Tommy Bradford rose above his taller marker to head down Omari Hibbert's deep cross and Aikhionbare smashed home his third of the season.

We had a chance to win the game on the stroke of 90 minutes as, following a handball by his own D by Johnson, Bradford stepped up but his free kick hit the wall and dropped into the grateful arms of Mant.

This result returned us back into the play-off positions in fifth as Hastings United and Lewes both lost.

More photos from the match can be seen here.

All the goals and other highlights can be viewed via robins.tv

Next up: We face Three Bridges at home on Saturday 18th March before Herne Bay arrive on Saturday 25th March.

Carshalton Athletic: Tupper; Price (c), Adeniyi, Morath-Gibbs, Panton; Bradford, Healy (Davidson-Phipps - 46), J Hibbert, Gondoh, Miller (O Hibbert - 81); Aikhionbare

Unused subs: Searle, Reynolds, Opoku

Goals: Price (45), Aikhionbare (82)

Assists: Gondoh, Bradford

Booked: Healy, Price

Hythe Town: Mant, Aboagye, Burchell, Johnson, Cloke, Newman, Chapman (Sawyer - 84), Adams, Campbell, Grant (Pogue - 73), Wilson

Unused subs: Price, Carr, Wraight

Goals: Wilson (40 and 76)

Booked: Chapman, Cloke, Pogue, Johnson

Attendance: 191

Our Man of the Match: Jordan Hibbert