Four red cards and a savage facial injury suffered by South Park goalkeeper James Wastell marred  Corinthian Casuals' 1-1 Ryman Division One South draw in Reigate on Saturday.

Kevant Serbony had given Casuals the lead in the eighth minute before Kieran Lavery equalised midway through the second half – his 150th goal in under 300 appearances for the club.

Casuals named a largely unchanged line up to that which had defeated Faversham.

Only Dave Hodges was replaced by Ben King at left back.

South Park, though behind Casuals in the table, had not lost in five outings, drawing the previous four.

Casuals started brightly and took charge after just eight minutes when a  Josh Uzun free kick lofted into the penalty box failed to be cleared and the ball fell invitingly to Kevant Serbony, who smashed home from ten yards.

Shouts for a penalty a few minutes later were turned away after Shaun Okojie looked to have been felled by James Wastell in the South Park goal.

As the half progressed, the home side grew into the game pushing Casuals onto the back foot. James Bracken made a fine save low to his left from Dan Moody’s shot.

Ben King fizzed a shot past Wastell’s right post but aside from that, there was little else of note attacking-wise for both sides.

The second half initially started the way the first had ended, but Casuals pushed on seeking to find that all-important second goal.

Joe Hicks, once again looking strong in the middle of the park laid off a decent incisive ball to Juevan Spencer, but the winger could only blast at Wastell.

The breakthough almost came in the 65th minute.

A goalmouth scramble in the South Park area saw the ball dangerously close to crossing the line.

In the resulting melee, Wastell was wounded with a severe gash to the face, which saw the keeper leave the field of play and head to hospital where he would later need 26 stitches to close the wound.

With no substitute goalkeeper, outfield player Dan Moody donned the keeper’s shirt and gloves.

Casuals' Terry Murray’s hooked shot from yards out somehow evaded the goal, much to the disbelief of the supporters behind the goal.

The task was made even harder for South Park after Alex Penfold was the first to be dismissed for a foul on Spencer.

Despite the setbacks, on 70 minutes, the scores were level.

From a whipped in corner, Kieran Lavery perfectly met the ball at the near post, steering it past Bracken for an unlikely equaliser.

Since they had gone down to ten men, Park looked the more dangerous. Tactical changes from Manager James Bracken changed the impetus with forwards Stef Joseph and Emmanuel Akokhia entering the fray.

Making the extra man tell, Okojie broke down the left and facing Moody one-on-one in goal, the striker dithered before crossing to Joseph, who smashed his effort over the bar.

Minutes later, Okojie missed a free header from yards out, flying just inches over the bar.

In what had been a competitive game which had also seen Casuals assistant manager Dan Pringle sent to the stands, things descended into a farce.

The referee failed to control what seemed to be a minor fracas on the floor.

When it was all sorted out, Bandara had no hesitation in brandishing red cards to seemingly whoever was in his vicinity.

South Park were down to nine men and Casuals’ Brandon Johnson was also dismissed.

It was an unsavoury end to what had ultimately been an entertaining encounter.

The draw leaves Casuals in eleventh place, five points off the play-off places but with games in hand.