DAN Moore’s 86th minute equaliser earned a good away point for Westbury at Portishead Town last weekend.

The result continued a fine run of form for James Goddard’s side, although in truth, this was a poor game between two teams who constantly wasted possession.

Chances were few and far between early on, although Westbury’s Karl Freeman denied league top scorer Ollie Trevarthen while Fraser Meldrum did the same to Moore at the other end.

The hosts nearly opened the scoring on 21 minutes when Trevarthen broke through one-on-one, only for Freeman to do deny him again.

However, Trevarthen was not to be denied for long and a counter after a poor Westbury corner saw him race clear and finish confidently.

Portishead should have gone further ahead before the break but Kieron Marsden’s header clipped the crossbar.

Soon after the restart, Freeman did well to save again when Trevarthen shot from 20 yards before James Griffiths headed wide.

Freeman continued his fine performance with a good parry to deny Louie Elliott.

That seemed to spur United into life and both Shav Allen and James Hounsell sent efforts wide before they finally did draw level. Ferguson chested the ball to Moore, who lashed in from outside the box.

Westbury had to ride their luck in the closing stages as Trevarthen skewed an effort wide then thought he had grabbed a winner but the Portishead man was denied by an offside flag.