'MISCONDUCT' DROPPED

His slate publicly clean on Saturday, he then watched his side fritter away their superiority against an Arundel side he said he rated worst in the division only bar Sidlesham. Mullets' boss Wayne Flynn, grateful for one point, might well have agreed with him on the day.

When Miles Scerri, allowed too much space but using it with accomplishment, drove home in the 73rd minute, Arundel were so chuffed at having managed to bother United keeper Dean Fuller at all. And while they basked in the moment, Steve Webb won the ball off them in midfield from the restart and, before the minute was out, Shane Moses, and Stuart Sell had combined with Sonny Banks for the early substitute to equalise.

At 0-0, for United, Banks and Webb had failed to convert one-on-one chances past Mullets keeper Ben O'Connor, and Webb had headed wide a perfect Moses free kick.

Then United twice could have gone 2-1 ahead '” and it might have been for good. Sell dribbled from penalty area to penalty area, only to square the ball into space vacated by supporting players who had given up the chase not expecting a pass. And likewise, Banks had Moses and Sell poised to score from his deadly cut-back but chose instead to shoot from a more predictable but difficult angle himself '” and straight at O'Connor .

UNITED: Fuller; Aylett, Raynsford, J.Shelley, Keech; Webb, Brown, Pickles, Sell; Moses, Schneider. Subs: Corona (Schneider 17), Banks (Brown 20), Footman, Browne. Att: 57.