ACCRINGTON Stanley lengthened their unbeaten run to seven games, but were left to ponder on what might have been at the Interlink Express Stadium.
The Reds were twice in front but in the end needed a Lutel James goal, which completed a hat-trick for the pacey striker, in the final minute to salvage a point against Woking.
Stanley had gone into the game looking for a fourth straight victory and the early indications pointed towards them collecting that win.
They took the lead in the opening minute when James latched on to a through ball from midfielder Andy Procter and he rapped his shot into the net off the underside of the cross bar.
However, the Cards were quick to play their hand in response and almost equalised when Stanley keeper Jon Kennedy had to be out smartly to deny Raphael Nade.
The visitors did draw level when, on the quarter hour, Amos Foyewa managed to elude challenges as he came in from the flank and beat Kennedy with an angled shot.
The pendulum soon swung back the way of Accrington as, two minutes later, James restored their lead following a handling offence by Woking defender Neil Smith which saw the Stanley sharp-shooter make it 2-1 from the penalty spot.
Again Woking showed their resilience in bouncing back almost straight away as Steve Ferguson was left unmarked and he guided his shot beyond the reach of Kennedy.
The game became more heated in the second half with Smith being berated by the Stanley players after catching James with a boot after the pair had tangled on the floor and Woking were reduced to ten men on 79 minutes as former West Ham player Foyewa was dismissed.
But it was the ten men who then looked set to take the three points as their striker from the Ivory Coast, Nade, found the net after a goalmouth scramble.
The game was already in injury time when James became Stanley's hat-trick hero and the saviour of a point as he snapped up a very welcome equaliser for the Reds.
STANLEY 3
James 1, 17 pen, 90
WOKING 3
Foyewa15, Ferguson 26, Nade 86
The Interlink Stadium
Attendance: 2,115
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