Windsor welcomed back Peter Holsgrove who had just finished a five match ban after getting sent off in the correspnding fixture last year.

It was his cmbination with David Warner that almost got Windsor off to the perfect start.

Holsgrove played a superbly weighted ball between two defenders for Warner who had them beaten for pace but was unable to find a way past James Haswell.

Things got worse for Leyton as they had to lose the services of their captain Scott Curley who was taken to hospital with a suspected brocken cheekbone.

What was looking like an exciting match then descended into a card festas referee Hoare started brandeshing cards all over the pitch.

First in the book were Des Thomas and Craig Lewington for a minor disagreement over a free kick.

Next came Paul Holsgrove for the a similar offence although ten out of ten for the theatrics shown by Mark Boyce, something that would later see hime in the book.

Thomas was dismissed later in the half when he clipped Warner as he tried to get through the home defence.

Not five minutes into the second half and Spencer Walsh was added to an ever growing list.

Leyton's keeper, James Haswell, then protested against a free kick and picked up a yellow card and the kick was then moved into his area.

Peter Holsgrove hit the free kick which was blocked and Warner's follow up effort was somehow headed off the line.

Holsgrove then came close again when his brother Lee dropped the ball over the defence but again Haswell was there to save his side.

James Hawes became the eighth name to go in the book closley followed by Boyce whotried once too often to try and fool referee Hoare.

Walsh then picked up his second yellow card of the night, but although that levelled the game as far as the number of players were concerned, Windsor still kept themselves on top of the game.

A late Paul Holsgrove corner found the head of Lee Holsgrove and again an outstretched head managed to keep the ball out.

But there was still time for one last piece of drama when just as it look as if Windsor would finally get the breakthrough the floodlights decided to give up causing the game to be abandoned.

It is not know as yet if the result will stand as it is now upto the Isthmian League officials to decide if enough ofthe game had been played.