Holbeach United missed the chance to move within two points of the play-off race in Division One North of the Thurlow Nunn League on Saturday.
They fell to a surprise 1-0 defeat at bottom club Needham Market Reserves, who had won only once, and slipped into the lower half of the table.
Despite that, the Tigers remain only three points behind the top six in a tight division.
The only goal came after 10 minutes when a 25-yard bobbler bounced past goalkeeper Jack Sellars to land just inside the far post.
Holbeach’s misery was completed with the sending-off of Oliver Williams.
Tigers: Sellars, Cornbill, Wilkshire, Barsby, Oldham, Williams, Chouchane, Ahamed, Jammeh, Kacirek, West. Subs: Melson, Coelho, Hyde, Cole, Bodibe.
Attendance: 33.
