Exeter City recorded an unlikely 3-2 victory at Mansfield Town on Saturday to move up to eighth in the League Two table and above arch-rivals Plymouth Argyle.
The victory came courtesy of two late strikes from Scot Bennett and Alex Nicholls, from the penalty spot, but Mansfield will have been stunned at the final whistle at how they managed to lose a game that they dominated for almost the entire 90 minutes.
Part of that has to go down to City's stubborn and excellent last-ditch defending as they cleared six efforts off their goal line as the home side kept them constantly under pressure from corners and crosses into their box.
Paul Tisdale made two changes to the side that lost 2-0 at Northampton Town as the injured Christian Ribeiro and out-of-form Danny Butterfield were replaced in the starting line-up by Jordan Moore-Taylor and Scot Bennett. That allowed the manager to switch to a 5-3-2 formation using Craig Woodman and Arron Davies as wingbacks.
Mansfield Town were unchanged from the side that lost 2-1 to Burton Albion last time out, with new signing Matty Blair only good enough for a place on the bench.
City took a 1-0 lead into the break, thanks to Tom Nichols header on 36 minutes, but it was hardly deserved. Mansfield Town created much the better chances in the first-half.
They had two headers cleared off the line by Arron Davies, with the first coming from a corner in the seventh minute as defender Michael Riley sent an effort towards goal.
Davies had to perform the same task in the final minute of the half as Kee sent a close ranger header towards goal. The former Torquay United striker had reacted quickest after James Hamon had made a great save to deny Michael Raynes.
That chance was arguably Mansfield's best of the half but they had plenty of other opportunities. Bennett had to make a goal-saving interception to deny Junior Brown, Hamon produced a great diving save to stop Vadaine Oliver's 28th minute header from finding the top corner and Kee's follow up was cleared off the line by Moore-Taylor.
City weren't without their chances, in the first half, with Liam Sercombe sending a shot from distance into the side netting and Arron Davies having an effort from the edge of the box well saved by Stags keeper Adam Smith.
It was Davies who provided the cross for Nichols' goal as he swung the ball in from the left. Nichols made a great run to the near post to glance a header over Smith and into the far corner of the net. It was a great finish for his 10th goal of the season, but there was little doubt that the goal had come against the run of play.
There wasn't much change in the flow of action in the second half as the home side continued to create chances.
Matt Oakley had to clear two headers off the line in the first seven minutes of the second half, from Riley and Oliver, before Hamon produced an instinctive save to stop Kee from turning the ball home from two yards out.
It seemed at this point that Mansfield, for all their effort, were just not going to score. However, from another corner Kee got his head to the ball and this time there was no defender in the right place to clear off the line.
City's last-ditch defending continued moments later though as Moore-Taylor threw himself in front of a shot from Brown just as it looked as though the 25-year-old midfielder was going to put the Stags in front.
However, Mansfield had their lead in the 68th minute as the ball broke to Oliver in the box and the Crewe Alexandra loanee thrashed the ball past Hamon from 12 yards out.
Mansfield were well on top at this point and visiting supporters' frustration grew as leading scorer Nichols was replaced with 15 minutes to go.
Chants of 'you don't know what you're doing' were aimed at manager Tisdale, before City drew level a minute later – Bennett firing home from the near post from Liam Sercombe's corner.
Nichols had been replaced by Alex Nicholls and it was he who provided the winning goal with six minutes to play. He pressurised Riley into making a poor back pass and Wheeler nicked into steal the ball and forced a foul from keeper Smith to win a penalty. Nicholls stepped up to fire the ball low into the bottom left hand corner and give City an implausible victory.
Mansfield Town (4-4-2): Smith; Sutton, Riley, Raynes, Elder; Lambe (Blair, 62), Clements, Ravenhill, Brown; Oliver, Kee. Substitutes: Studer, Fisher, Rhead, McGuire, Heslop, Beevers, Blair.
Booked: Ravenhill, Oliver
Exeter City (5-3-2): Hamon; Davies, Bennett, Oakley, Moore-Taylor, Woodman; Sercombe, Noble, Harley, Morrison (Wheeler, 30, Cummins 89), Nichols (Nicholls, 75). Substitutes: Pym, Butterfield, Keohane, Nicholls, Tillson, Cummins.
Booked: Nichols
