United’s manager Ron Bradbury was pleased with the point against the bottom placed club, because he had to field a much weakened side through injuries.

He now hopes for an equally strong battling performance against Gresley Rovers on Monday.

The match at Bromsgrove was marked by the return to his old club as head coach of Steve Daley, the former Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder.

His arrival sparked Rovers into a lively performance despite having a player sent off for a second bookable offence after only 14 minutes.

United’s goalkeeper Dale Belford was forced into a top class save and United’s inexperienced line up had its back to the wall. They finally pushed back the home team in the final quarter of the match and were pushing hard for a winner when the final whistle came.