Westbury are now unbeaten in five matches after this action-packed draw which was played at Cadbury Heath's ground.

On a sunny but windy afternoon, the home side took an early two goal lead before Dan Kovacs netted two fine strikes to ensure the points were shared.

Jordan Cooper and Ashley Knight were constant threats for the Almonds, while there was a good deal of controversy as both teams were denied stonewall penalties.

United actually went close several times in the opening minutes with Wayne Wheeler seeing one effort blocked by John Mitchell and a curler turned wide by goalkeeper Jason Lewis, Nick Ridout hit a fierce free kick that deflected off the defensive wall and over the bar.

Cooper threatened until Pete Ayton's well timed tackle denied him a shot at goal, but Westbury were their own worst enemies as two awful errors in the space of two minutes gifted their hosts the two goal lead.

Firstly, on 10 minutes, Cooper set up Simon McIlroy whose chip into the box was handled by Dan Dominy and a penalty awarded : Mark Stoneham scored confidently from the spot.

Then straight from the restart Dominy passed the ball back to Nick Evans who inexplicably picked it up and an indirect free kick resulted : McIlroy rolled the ball to Stoneham who blasted in his second from the edge of the box.

A scrappy period of play allowed Westbury's frustrations to surface but they found a route back into the game on 25 : a direct ball by Sayeed Ibrahim sent Kovacs racing towards goal and, one on one with Lewis, he lobbed home from 20 yards to make it 2-1.

Somehow Westbury were denied a spot kick of their own on 29 : Wheeler struck a 20 yard free kick that was handled by a player in the defensive wall whose hands were above his head! More frustration followed which led to a few yellow cards and Westbury's players were further aggrieved at the referee's decisions when Luke Smith's strike also appeared to strike a hand.

Knight had a skilful effort saved by Evans, but Westbury would have drawn level before the break had Lewis not denied Luke Smith at point blank range.

The second half was no less eventful and Kovacs drew his side level on 51 : a kick by Evans was allowed to bounce by the Almonds' defence and Kovacs was able to take his time and pick his spot into Lewis' bottom left hand corner.

Almondsbury were all over the place for a few minutes with Kovacs, Wheeler and Tarick Yachou all seeing efforts blocked in the box.

Gradually the home side began to threaten again and they felt rightly hard done by on 67 : McIlroy went past Ibrahim who brought him down inside the box but much to everyone's surprise no penalty was given.

Cooper and Knight tried their best for their side : Cooper's pace carried him clear but a low cross was put behind by Ridout, McIlroy's resulting corner was headed goalwards by Knight with Evans making a save.

Cooper's pace then took him into the box again where Evans denied him with a low save.

Both sides could have nicked it at the end : substitute Matt Mead having an 18 yarder saved by Lewis and Knight fizzing a shot wide from just outside the box.

Westbury manager Paul Brickley slammed his 15th-placed side and said: "We were absolutely woeful - the only good thing is that we didn't lose.

"We were just awful against a very poor side."

STAR MEN - Jordan Cooper (Almondsbury) & Dan Kovacs (Westbury United) TEAM - Nick Evans, Sayeed Ibrahim, Luke Smith, Pete Ayton, Nick Ridout, Dan Dominy, Ashley Groves, Matty Smith, Dan Kovacs, Wayne Wheeler, Tarick Yachou SUBS - Matt Mead, Bobby Mitchell, Nick Mead (all used).