Windsor started the match in great form, considering there were without four key starting players, and should have taken a commanding lead.

Rob Saunders shot from a Michael Murphy corner went across the Croydon goal and behind the only Windsor players that could have turned it goalwards.

The next Murphy - Saunders dead ball combination proved a little more successful.

Murphy touched the ball to Saunders who then floated the ball into the area. It bounced over the head of Danny Moody and Craig O'Connor was grateful for an easy header for his 26th goal of the season.

It started to look as if Windsor would be running away with the game when Saunders hit a 25 yard free kick straight in to double his side lead a minute later.

Murphy and Saunders were doing well with their set pieces and provided all the ammunition required, but no one seemed able to put the ball in the net.

Windsor squandered numerous chances from the set pieces with O'Connor heading wide from close range twice and Spencer Walsh doing the same.

Croydon didn't waste what had been their first chance on goal when they won a corner when Kris Hullidge's chat deflected off Leigh Rosier.

Darren Hall swung the ball in and Mark Tompkins helped it goalwards. Jamie Furmage tried to clear but only helped it in.

They could have pulled level on the stroke of half time when Chris Walsh headed past Trevor Bunting but could only find the post.

As in recent matches, it was the opening minutes of the second half that would cost Windsor.

Mark Tompkins hit a shot from distance which swerved all over the place. Bunting fumbled the ball and Darren Hall was allowed to follow up and pull the game level.

Bunting had to be alert when Tompkins latched onto a poor Ryan Parsons headed back pass, luckily Bunting was able to do better with this Tompkins effort than the last one.

Windsor seemed to move up a gear in the last ten minutes and should have got back in the lead.

Parsons did well to get down the left and crossed for O'Connor. His shot deflected to Shaun Dyke who had a shot of his own which went just over.

Another Murphy corner gifted Windsor with the chance of taking all the points.

He swung the ball in which was missed by keeper Matt Martin and both O'Connor and Dennis Greene failed to make contact from close range.

It all seemed to fall apart again from there as a defensive mix up allowed Tompkins to get space to lob the ball over an on rushing Bunting to secure the points.