As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end – and that was the case for Newmarket Town on Saturday afternoon.

The Jockeys travelled to the Elite Travel Stadium to face AFC Sudbury in an Isthmian League North Division fixture, unbeaten in their last 15 games in all competitions.

They had won 13 of those matches, and that form had earned manager Michael Shinn the North Division’s Manager of the Month award for October.

However, the impressive sequence was ended by a late 3-2 defeat against the Yellows, who became the first side to beat Shinn’s men since September 8, while you have to go all the way back to August 18 for their last loss in the league.

Sudbury, who themselves are enjoying a recent upturn in form, took control of the contest with goals either side of the break from Charlie Oxborrow and Tom Maycock.

But following quickfire second-half goals from Ben Nolan (71’) and Josh Lee (73’), it appeared that Newmarket were on course to stretch their unbeaten sequence to 16 outings.

Yet, in the second minute of time added on, Oxborrow popped up to score his second goal of the encounter and secure all three points for the home side.

Sudbury boss Phil Weavers, who has seen his team move up to 12th in the table, said: “It was some game of football. They started brightly, they’re on a hell of a run at the moment, so it was important we stuck in there.

“We were probably fairly 1-0 because I think we edged it, and we came out and started the second half well to make it 2-0.

“But what I don’t want to do is make out it was all Sudbury, it weren’t. It was both directions, and Newmarket proper put us under the pump for the last 25/30 minutes. They got their goals in the space of two minutes, which is probably my only frustration.

“But testament to the lads. We’re a young side, and for them to buckle down, go again, and be the ones that fell on the right side of it in the last minute, they deserve everything they get. This one is for the lads.”

Sudbury will aim to stretch their unbeaten run of form to four matches on Saturday when they travel to face Buckhurst Hill (3pm).

As for Newmarket, they head to Grays Athletic in the Velocity Trophy on Wednesday (7.45pm) before preparing to play host to National League North outfit Oxford City in the FA Trophy at the weekend.