It was a harsh lesson for the Moles, particularly given the fact that Marcel Henry’s goal to add to Dre Grobler’s first half header was as late as the 85th minute, but the performance was vastly improved from when the two sides met just 69 days previously.

The Stags put seven past the Moles that night, and the opening ten minutes threatened another rout, as the visitors started much brighter.

Both Gabriel Odunaike and Malachi Hudson hit efforts just wide, whilst a combination of Ryan David and Liam Allen blocked a cross that would have resulted in a tap in for Sol Pinnock, and just about prevented an own goal in the process.

The Moles were without their most influential outfield player of the campaign in Joe Pratley-Jones, but Grobler and David both defended exceptionally well, with Grobler just about edging out Craig Lewington for man of the match.

Chances dried up as the half progressed, and from Molesey’s first real effort on goal they opened the scoring, with Grobler heading home Lewington’s deep free kick.

The lead was almost short-lived, and you sensed luck was on the Moles’ side as Pinnock’s neat lob over Allen bounced up and onto the underside of the bar.

The second half was only a few minutes old when Josh Andrew, making just his second appearance for the Moles, was guilty of a quite unbelievable miss.

Chasing a through ball, Stags keeper Denzel Gerrar smashed the ball into the backside of centre half Jordan Cheadle and it could not have fallen more kindly for Andrew, who walked it towards an empty net.

2-0. Moles in the driving seat. Or so we all thought, yet somehow Andrew managed to roll the ball against the post from inside the six yard box, with some experienced observers labeling it "the worst miss they'd ever seen".

It was a howler. An absolute train wreck of a finish. But to be fair Andrew he did not allow it to affect him and he continued to put in a shift tracking back and chasing lost causes for his team.

Pinnock once more thought he’d equalised, but his header from Hudson’s cross was superbly cleared off the line by Lewington.

The ref had a fine game, but annoyed both sets of players by awarding Molesey a soft free kick just inside their half, and then pulled the ball back when Lewington tried to take it quickly, denying Joe Nwoko a clear run at goal.

Casuals continued to have a lot of the ball, but weren’t using it particularly wisely and Allen remained relatively untroubled.

It was still a surprise however when Ashley Lodge’s terrific through ball was taken into his stride by Henry, who finished confidently beyond Gerrar.

Game over. Again, or so we all thought, but less than a minute later Jack Sammoutis had halved the deficit by firing home from the edge of the box.

All of a sudden the Moles were panicking and the Stags were rampant.

Substitute Luke Holness found himself bearing down on Allen, and although the Molesey stopper denied him with his feet, the ball fell invitingly for Sammoutis to sweep home the loose ball.

And that was barely the end of it. The closing minutes were like a basketball game with both sides going for the winner. If there were still another ten minutes to play you get the sense it could have ended 6-5.

Casuals broke five on two in the final seconds, but Nathan Gordon made a crucial block to prevent Holness another run at goal.

There was an air of anti-climax at the final whistle, with the draw not really suiting either side.

Furthermore Chatham’s surprise win at Whytleleafe pulled the Moles that bit closer to the bottom three.

They’ll hope to put some ground between themselves and the drop zone with crucial upcoming fixtures against fellow strugglers Chipstead and Herne Bay.