Wulfs had to come from behind three times to salvage a point against local rivals Wolverhampton Casuals.
From the start Casuals looked the sharper team and went close when Habbershaw fired wide at the near post and then missed a great chance to open the scoring when an unmarked Tom Maydew headed wide from two yards out.
A pivotal moment came in the 26th minute when Ricky Anslow went down under challenge in the Casuals box. Although the linesman signalled for a penalty, the referee over-ruled and the visitors took advantage to break up the other end where Habbershaw cut a ball back for Luke Tudor to fire home from just inside the area.
Darrell Francis then had a goal disallowed for Casuals before both sides were reduced to 10 men in a tetchy five minute spell. First Tony Russon was dismissed for the visitors for a second yellow card offence and then Richie Palmer followed him down thee tunnel for a straight red offence.
Wulfs needed a positive response and found an equaliser three minutes into the second half when Graham Ashton headed home a far post corner.
Parity only lasted for two minutes as Casuals went ahead again when substitute Daniel Lloyd powered home a header of his own.
Wulfs were further hampered when Steve Palmer suffered a broken collar bone but did manage a second equaliser in the 62nd minute. Tony Collins played a ball over the top of the visiting defence for Nathan Rose-Laing to run on and lob the keeper from just outside the penalty area.
The game was end-to-end and it looked as though Casuals were going to take all three points when they took the lead for a third time in the 81st minute when Adam Morton ran on to a throughball and fired past keeper Marc Evans.
There was still time for another swing though as Wulfs equalised from a 87th minute penalty which Danny Crudgington converted after Simeon Ritchie had been brought down.
This was a proper local derby, end-to-end, plenty of goals, a couple of sending offs but, ultimately, a real lack of quality.
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