Both sides shared the opening chances and both came very close.

Dave Carroll swung in a free kick for Windsor which seemed destined to be put in by Keith Scott but the Windsor striker only managed to clear the ball away from the goal.

At the other end Barry Stevens' managed to get through and when his cross reached Simon Huckle the Athletic striker looked certain to score but was denied by a superb challenge from Ryan Parsons.

Windsor took the lead in what has become familiar fashion.

Brahim Eloumani broke down the left and crossed for Keith Scott to head in at the far post, just as he has done for four of his last five goals.

It was a lead that didn't last long. Leon Johnson's corner went straight through to James Hall who fired past Chuck Martini.

Croydon could have taken the lead in the final few minutes of the half when first Barry Stevens shot wide and then Martini tipped Huckle's effort onto the post.

The second half wasn't much better.

Terry O'Connor came close when a Dave Carroll free kick fell for him but was blocked by a well timed challenge from Tony Funnell.

Huckle was unlucky for the visitors when he headed a Scott Todd corner goalwards and Martini tipped it over the bar.

Then came the return of Craig O'Connor after his infamous holiday, and it was well worth the wait. O'Connor showed what the side has been missing over the past few games as he got himself involved straight away running and battling for the ball.

Matt Brady was also brought on and came very close to putting Windsor ahead but his effort went just past the post after deflecting off the heels of Leon Johnson.

A mis-timed challenge from Leon Townley allowed Johnson to go through with only Martini to beat but the Windsor keeper wasn't going to be beaten and also stopped the two follow up shots before the ball was finally cleared.

Athletic should have gone away with all three points in injury time when first Stevens beat the offside trap and crossed for Todd who's shot came back off the bar.