Horsham had no luck at all as their promotion hopes suffered another setback with a 3-2 home defeat against a rugged Tooting & Mitcham outfit at Queen Street.

The hosts had three good penalty claims waved away and also lost goalkeeper Ian Chatfield, who was rushed to hospital with a bad gash below the knee after a challebge from former Crawley player Warren Waugh, and striker Gavin Geddes who hobbled off with two stud marks down his right thigh.

It was surprising that the visitors finished the match with ten men and even more remarkable that the only red card was waved at Daniel Nwanze for dissent to the referee in the first half.

Tooting began briskly and quickly went two goals up. The first was fortunate when the strong wind caught Dean Eastwood's tenth-minute corner and the ball curled past Chatfield and just inside the far post.

Seven minutes later it was 2-0. A quick break down the left saw the ball slipped to Nigel Webb just inside the area and he lifted it over the advancing Chatfield.

Horsham pulled one back on 34 minutes. Gary Charman worked his way down the left and cut the ball back to Geddes who drilled it past Tony Webb from short range.

But ten-man Tooting stretched their lead nine minutes after the interval.

Elliot Onochie took possession a few yards inside the Horsham half and headed straight for goal, rounding Chatfield before squeezing the ball inside the left-hand post.

With Rob Collins on up front in place of Geddes alongside David Flemming and Jamie Taylor, signed on loan from Aldershot, Horsham threw caution to the wind and they finally won a penalty in the 90th minute which James Grant stroked home while in injury time Eddie French headed against the bar.