NATHANIEL Sherborne saved AFC Totton from sinking in a quagmire as he rescued them a late, late point at Mangotsfield United yesterday.

Trailing to a 20th-minute Kane Simpson header, the Stags were in grave danger of going under as the Evo-Stik South West fixture ticked into stoppage time.

But veteran striker Sherborne grabbed them a 91st-minute lifeline, prodding home amid a goalmouth scramble to salvage a 1-1 draw.

“Nine times out of ten it wouldn’t have been played. It was a bog,” said Totton boss Louis Langdown. “It was a kind of throwback to the old days when no one would have batted an eyelid playing on a pitch like that.

“It was end-to-end for the first 20 minutes and they took the lead with a good header from a good cross.

“We were on the front foot and created opportunities, but it looked as if a goal wasn’t going to come.

“But then Sherbs has popped up with his fourth goal in two games to get us a deserved point. If we’d come away with nothing, it wouldn’t have been a fair reflection of the game

“That’s three away games in seven days for us and we’ve won two and drawn one, so we’re happy with that particularly as conditions were so difficult."

Totton, eighth, hit the road once again on Tuesday (7.45pm) away to lowly Barnstaple Town.