For the second time in a week, Whites only gained a point as reward for all their dominance, as yet again two vital points were lost. Whites controlled the majority of the game, but succumbed to a second half equaliser.

The side showed two changes from the previous week, with Daniel Braithwaite and Walid Matata replacing James Rogers and the suspended Tom Hickman.

Whites took the game to Leyton from the offset, and the home side hardly got out of their own half for the first 40 minutes of the game. The first chance fell to Anthony Hogg, who shot wide, but the speedy Matata almost broke the deadlock minutes afterwards.

After good work by Carruthers, he fed the ball through to Walid, who took a touch and fired his shot goalwards, but Leyton keeper James Hasell produced an outstanding save to deny the young forward.

Not to be denied, Whites continued to push for the first goal, and Victor Renner was the next to go close, when he headed Daniel Braithwaite's cross just wide.

After a short break whilst Scott Curley was booked for a horrible elbow on Shane Hamshare, Whites deservedly took the lead. The ball was put across the box, Renner flicked it on to the back post, for Carruthers to sweetly volley into the net.

Whites went in search of a vital second goal, and after Cloke had volleyed over, Renner had a superb chance. Stirling crossed from the left, and it found Renner six-yards out, but he shot first time and it went wide.

When Leyton manager/chairman Costa Sophocleous substituted his son Mark with five minutes of the first half to go, the home side looked stronger, and had a couple of half chances before the interval. Firstly substitute Simon Peddie saw his shot loop over the bar, and then Ian Bass shot over. But the Whites went in at half time a goal to the good.

The second period started on a vicious note, with Scott Curley producing a couple of 'tackles' that deserved punishing, and he finally got his second booking of the game for an elbow on Shane Hamshare, minutes after he had elbowed Sam Vallance.

However, Leyton looked a better side without him, and three minutes after going down to ten men, the home side drew level. A debatable corner was given but when it was swung across, Leji Bajada was left unmarked to head past Paul Hyde.

Even though the home side was looking dangerous on the break, Whites continued to press for the winner, and Carruthers almost set up Matata soon after the hour mark. But they were denied by James Hasell in the Leyton goal, who continued to deny the Whites whenever they crossed the ball into the box.

There were shouts for a penalty when James Hawes looked to handle in the area, but the Whites should have scored moments afterwards. A great cross by Braithwaite found Carruthers storming in on goal, but he took a touch and instead of placing the shot decided to blast it, and it went over.

Dean Readings was forced to produce an impressive block to deny Manny Williams, as the home side tried to snatch an undeserved victory, but the replacement of Matata for Wright almost had the same effect down the other end.

Wright turned his marker down the right touchline, and then cutback to Carruthers, but he could not collect the ball properly, and another chance went begging.

Injury time could have produced a winner for either side, as Readings was forced to clear off of the line, and then Renner headed a Carruthers cross over the bar, but it ended a draw.

This was certainly a game that the Whites deserved to win, but it didn't turn out that way. If we had been able to convert some of the first half chances, then we could have been out of sight, but we must continue to support the side and hope they can get themselves out of the relegation zone in the final eight games.