MORE dramatic even that Grantham's injury-time equaliser was the way Witton's title bid survived a blundering performance on Monday.
While Adrian Speed turned the UniBond League upside down with the eighth goal of the game Witton's main rivals, Burscough and Telford, were also drawing.
Albion had got away with it; indeed, as the status quo was preserved they were another match closer to the championship. Phew!
It could not have been easier, could it? Bottom club Grantham started with nine players under the age of 21, including a 17-year-old goalkeeper who was later sent off.
By the time Nick Farquaharson, also only 17, nipped in between defenders to steer Adam Warlow's flicked pass beyond Chris Jones in the 20th minute a goal was long overdue.
Two minutes before the break Warlow tapped in a Carl Frost centre and it seemed to be getting even easier.
But in first-half injury time Albion defended casually and Rhys Powell netted a keenly struck 20-yarder.
After clangers by Tony Barras on 59 and 60 minutes Albion were, incredibly, behind. He gave away a free kick flighted into the top corner by Alex Rodman and then Tony Howell pinched the ball off his toes and beat Jon Kennedy.
On 73 minutes Warlow rose high and headed home a Mark Peers corner and five minutes later Chris Gahgan was hauled down by Jones, who was sent off. Barras, with something to atone, blasted the penalty past Shaun Popple.
Everything was all right, after all... except in the third minute of injury time Ross Clegg conceded an unnecessary foul in midfield and Witton's defence seemed transfixed by the flight of Powell's free kick, allowing the oldest and best player on the pitch, player-boss Speed, a prodding header by a post.
WITTON: Kennedy; Spearritt, Pritchard, Barras, Brownhill; Frost (Gahgan 53), Clegg, Brown, Peers (Hockenhull 84); Farquaharson (Moseley 81), Warlow.
Att: 441
Star Man: Adam Warlow, lively and productive
Next Best: Liam Brownhill
Team Rating: 2
Match Rating: 4
* THE match was attended by 70-year-old Cumbrian Joe Quest who has visited 766 grounds in eight years collecting money for Children in Need.
