Bromley dropped points at home to a ten-man Notts County after a Jodi Jones penalty early in the second half cancelled out the own goal from Matthew Dennis, which gave the Ravens the lead.
Andy Woodman made two changes from the side that beat Fleetwood Town 2-1 last weekend. Match-winner Jude Arthurs came in as captain for Will Hondermarck, and Zech Medley started at centre back instead of Byron Webster.
Bromley starting 11:
Grant Smith; Marcus Ifill, Jesse Debrah, Zech Medley, Idris Odutayo; Ashley Charles Jude Arthurs (C) (89), Ben Thompson (67), Mitch Pinnock (67), Corey Whitely (77); Michael Cheek
Subs:
Sam Long; Byron Webster; Will Hondermarck (89); Damola Ajayi (77), Brooklyn Illunga (67), Nickie Kabamba (67)
Martin Paterson made just a single change to his team that won 2-1 at home to Barrow last weekend, with Conor Grant coming in for Tyrese Hall.
Notts County starting 11:
James Belshaw; Matty Platt, Lewis Macari, Jacob Bedeau (C) (88) ;Jodi Jones (89), Nick Tsaroulla, Oliver Norburn, Scott Robertson, Tom Iorpenda (76), Conor Grant (76); Matthew Dennis (88)
Subs:
Harry Griffiths; Rodney McDonald (88), Lucas Ness (88); Harald Tangen (76), Maziar Kouhyar, Tyrese Hall (89); Lee Ndlovu (76).
The Magpies were looking to win seven in a row in the Football League for the first time since April 2010, but to do so, they would have to do something which no side has managed to do all season, which is get an away win at Hayes Lane.
Bromley is the only club left in the 92 to be unbeaten at home in league matches following Sunderland's 1-0 loss to Liverpool on Wednesday night.
The first decent opportunity of the day fell to the hosts, when the ball was pinged in, and should've been comfortably claimed by James Belshaw, but he dropped it right in front of Ben Thompson, who, fortunately for The Magpies, was unable to get a shot away.
Bromley had been the better side in the opening ten minutes, though Notts County were defending well to prevent any clear-cut opportunities.
After Bromley's strong start, Notts County grew into the game, with Matthew Dennis's overhead kick cleared from danger.
Bromley went in front in the 28th minute when a superb header from Michael Cheek deflected in off County's striker, Matthew Dennis. The ball was whipped in by Mitch Pinnock, and Cheek managed to direct his header towards the goal, and unfortunately for Dennis, it took a nick off him and beat Belshaw.
Notts County had been extremely wasteful when they did manage to get anywhere near Bromley's six-yard box.
They managed their best chance so far in the 40th minute when Matthew Dennis came inches away from connecting with Nick Tsaroulla's wonderful cross. Having scored in the wrong end, he was close to levelling the game.
Ultimately, it was the own goal from Dennis which meant that the league leaders held the advantage at half-time.
Notts County got a big break right at the beginning of the second half when they won a penalty after Jodi Jones was pulled down in the box by Marcus Ifill. Jones took on the responsibility of the spot-kick; he sent Grant Smith the wrong way and fired it down the middle.
The visitors had not had many clear chances, but managed to take advantage of a golden one.
As Bromley tried to push forward once more, they left space behind for Jones to run into with the ball, but his low effort was saved well by Smith. It fell to Scott Robertson, who went down way too easily, and was subsequently booked for simulation by the ref, Darren Drysdale.
Needing a winner to move six points clear at the top of the league, Andy Woodman brought on the Ravens' super sub, Nickie Kabamba, who had been responsible for crucial goals off the bench in the last month against Fleetwood and Swindon.
Robertson's afternoon was over in the 83rd minute after he received his second booking. Bromley had been given a massive opportunity to win the game now.
An utterly wild goalmouth scramble occurred in the 93rd minute. Bromley weren't able to get the ball home from six yards out, and then were convinced that they should have had a penalty, but the ref gave it the other way.
Bromley could not find the winner, and their lead at the top was cut to four points after Cambridge United's 3-1 win over Bristol Rovers.
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