INSPIRATIONAL captain Alex O'Brien scored his maiden Darts' goal and the club's 100th in the league to rescue a morale-boosting point at Potters Bar on Saturday.
The game was a scruffy affair with Darts' obvious class negated by the home side's pitch, smothering tactics and a second half accompanied by sustained rain.
There had been no run of play before Potters Bar opened the scoring.
Lightning-fast winger Junior Dadson was set free out left and, outpacing his markers, he drew the exposed Tony Kessell and slipped a pass sideways to allow Sam Adejoken a tap-in in the second minute.
Unruffled, Darts set about repairing the damage, but found home goalkeeper Ashley Jones in fine form.
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It soon became obvious it wasn't going to be Darts' day.
Set pieces ended with final balls going outside rather than inside, corners were either caught by Jones or skimmed the bar and enough players were just short of their best to convert territorial advantage into goals.
The game followed the same pattern after the interval, though accompanied by the rain, and when Junior Dadson was sent on his way grossly against the run of play to fire home Bar's second goal from as many shots, lesser teams would have folded.
Tony Burman made some strategic substitutions as Darts kicked into overdrive.
A ball from the right found Jones wanting and it ran free to the edge of the box where Jay May fired into the bottom right corner of the goal to give Darts hope.
A swiftly-taken McClements free-kick found Ryan Hayes wide on the right touch and his left-foot tester reached Adam Flanagan, who nodded down to incoming skipper O'Brien and, shazam, the equaliser was crashed home.
Dartford: Kessell, Coyle, Norman, Flanagan, Guest, O'Brien, Hayes, Kadi (McClements 66), Cass (Piscina 77), J May, Green (Barnes 66). Subs not used: Lewis, Osborne. Att: 335
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