The visitors boasted Waghorn and recently signed Colback in their line up, but the Nailers were not overawed by their presence.

The Nailers welcomed back Gratton albeit as a substitute, but otherwise in was the same line up that won at Rugby Town in midweek.

The playing surface was not ideal although the pitch had passed a 9 am inspection and the game was never really in doubt.

Bastos had a great chance to open the scoring after five minutes but took the ball too wide and his angled drive was blocked by Nunez.

Bastos finished a second opportunity in the 11th minute much more convincingly, but the referee disallowed it because of an offside decision.

The visitors tested Preston on 14 minutes with a shot from Chitiza that Preston saved comfortably.

Bowman did well to find Bastos inside the penalty area moments later and unfortunately Belper’s leading scorer couldn’t get any pace on his shot.

Then Nomads went close on 24 minutes when Oscar Tonge penetrated the Nailers’ penalty area and drew a fine save from the Belper stopper.

Colback found his range on 41 minutes with a shot from distance but once again Preston was equal to it.

The second half continued as it had in the first with both teams cancelling each other out and on 55 minutes Waghorn’s shot on the turn was blocked, and Shaw’s effort at the other end two minutes later was also snuffed out.

Moran had just had a well struck effort blocked, when Nomads substitute Kokkinos scooped the ball over the bar and the visitors’ best chance of the game up to now had gone to waste.

The Nailers broke the deadlock on 85 minutes when Belper defender Evans met a cross from his defensive partner Broadhead and nodded the ball home.

Belper should have sealed the points on ninety minutes when Bastos broke away and unselfishly passed to Markelic but somehow the Belper debutante managed to put the ball wide of the far post when it looked easier to score.

Added time had already expired when the referee harshly gave a penalty award for a hand ball offence, which gave Waghorn the opportunity to level the scores with a well taken spot kick.

It was an entertaining game for the large crowd who once again come out in big numbers to support the Nailers.

Belper Town: Preston, Bowman, Keenan, Wafula, Broadhead, Evans, Bastos, Burrows, De Girolamo (Gratton 77), Moran (Austin 90+3), Shaw (Markelic 70). Unused sub: Hassett.

Anstey Nomads: Nunez, Tomlin, Tonge (Gordon 87), Annable, Gibbens, Colback (Kokkinos 46), Liversidge (Grantham 87), Bestwick, Waghorn, Chitiza, Thomas (Murphy 60). Unused sub: Burniston.

Referee: Jake Burton

Att: 641

Match Sponsor: Vince Shirley

Match Sponsor’s Man of the Match: Matthew Bowman