Kidderminster Harriers 2 AFC Telford Utd 2

From the sublime to the ridiculous, this was a local derby packed with talking points.

The first quarter of an hour provided enough drama to last a month – with former Buck Lee Vaughan the unwanted centre of attention.

Vaughan made no secret of his excitement at facing his old AFC Telford United team-mates but the desire to impress got the better of him in an outing that was to last just four incident-packed minutes before he was sent off.

The right-back had the chance to put Kidderminster Harriers in front from the penalty spot after impressive striker Jamille Matt was adjudged to have been felled by keeper Ryan Young with less than 120 seconds gone.

But his spot-kick was hacked high over the bar, much to the delight of the jeering away fans who had once cheered him as one of their own.

Vaughan had claimed in the match programme to be a far calmer player than the sometimes hot-headed terrier the Bucks fans remembered, but the adrenaline was clearly coursing through his veins when he lunged in two-footed on Courtney Pitt just two minutes later.

Referee Jerry Simpson was almost indecent in his haste to waft his red card, and Vaughan turned tail and headed straight for the tunnel with a look of stunned despair across his face.

Pitt – who had not even made the bench this season before his shock start here – was booed by the home fans almost every time he touched the ball after that.

But Kidderminster boss Steve Burr was gracious enough when questioned later to concede that the dismissal had been correct.

It looked like it might be costly for Kidderminster too, when Jon Adams clinically fired the Shropshire side in front on eight minutes, making the most of the loose ball after Chris Sharp's header had been flicked on to the bar by keeper Dean Lyness.

Telford looked set to take control at that point but instead disappeared into their collective shell with their defence, in particular, looking at sixes and sevens.

The back-line fragility was exposed on 13 minutes as Harriers drew level, Telford making a hash of clearing a corner and Matt finding acres of space to chip over Young.

Mistakes continued to come at regular intervals and it was no surprise when the 10 men took the lead six minutes before the break.

That came when Sharp needlessly gave away a foul and Young failed to come and collect Callum Gittings' free-kick – Dan Preston inadvertently heading into his own net instead.

Telford boss Andy Sinton replaced the ineffective Carl Rodgers with Greg Mills at half-time and a much more confident Telford emerged in the second period.

Their numerical superiority at last started to tell, and while Kidderminster were hardly hanging on by their fingernails, they were at least asked a few questions.

Lyness appeared to have all the answers – saving superbly off a Mills free-kick and then blocking a goal-bound Sean Newton effort with his legs.

But Telford drew level 15 minutes from time when a Newton corner from the right side was headed home emphatically by a clearly-delighted Sharp.

They came closest to finding a winner as well, Craig Farrell latching on to a long ball from Pitt and forcing Lyness into his third save of the half.

It would be hard to argue, though, that Telford really did enough to win.

They certainly didn't threaten in seven minutes of stoppage time – the lengthy addition needed because of the delay on the hour that saw referee Simpson forced to go off due to illness, with linesman Craig Grundy taking charge in his place.

That was just another eyebrow-raising moment on a night when it seemed just about anything could happen.