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Bo'ness United took away a rare point from Carmuirs Park after this league match but, having led twice before conceding a soft late equaliser, will be disappointed not to have taken maximum points.
The BUs' recent record against Camelon is lamentable indeed - last season, for instance, they lost both league meetings and were eliminated from the Scottish by them - but this was a match in which they should have bucked the trend. Though never overwhelmingly superior, Bo'ness looked to have the edge over their hosts throughout the ninety minutes, and created most of the best goalscoring opportunities.
It was with only eleven minutes played that they took one such opportunity. When a pass from the right wing found Martin Mooney in space, one on one with a defender, he played a simple ball off to the advancing Gordon Herd, who calmly passed the ball into the goalkeeper's bottom right corner.
Herd might have scored again seven minutes later, when he beat the goalkeeper to a weak pass back, but as he stabbed the ball past the 'keeper, a defender was able to come across to clear the danger and deny Bo'ness a certain goal.
Camelon rarely looked as likely scorers as the visitors in the first half, but they always carried a threat on the counter attack. Former Bo'ness striker Paul McKinlay, through on goal, should have capitalised on one of those counters after 26 minutes, but Ewan Wilson in the Bo'ness goal made a fine stop with his legs.
Herd came close again after half an hour, his well struck volley just close enough to the goalkeeper to be batted away, but it was Camelon who scored the second goal three minutes from the break. Following a soft free kick award to the home team, Camelon's No.9 found himself with enough space inside the box to smack a shot off Wilson's left-hand post and into the net, leaving the goalkeeper with no chance.
The match continued in a similar vein after the interval - both teams making chances, but Bo'ness making the clearer ones. Just after the restart, Davie Muirhead might have done better when he had space to shoot inside the box, but his effort was hopelessly high. After 56 minutes, Mooney found himself - to the surprise of the Camelon defence - onside and through on goal, but he was easily dispossessed as he tried to take the ball around the goalkeeper.
Nevertheless, Bo'ness did regain the advantage after 67 minutes, with ex-Camelon defender Gary Smith pouncing on a loose ball in the box to smash the ball beyond the helpless goalkeeper.
The visitors were unable to carve out any further openings to extend their advantage, but looked comfortable enough defensively. As the Camelon threat was reduced largely to uninspired set-pieces, the home support began to wonder where a second equaliser might come from.
They need not have worried about finding a route through the Bo'ness defence. Ever charitable - they offered hospitality of a similar nature at home to Bonnybridge seven days earlier - Bo'ness gifted Camelon with a point after 81 minutes. Dillon's header back to Wilson was short, the goalkeeper not quick enough to get to the ball first, and Camelon No.11 was able to knock the ball past Wilson before shooting into an empty net for the equaliser.
The BUs resigned themselves to a draw - a result they might well have taken if offered it at the start of the day, but which ultimately proved to be less than they should have taken.
Bo'ness United: Wilson; Smith, Loney, Dillon, Donald (Yates), King, Todd, Muirhead, Herd, Mooney, Kemp [capt.].