Barnet specialise in taking it the final day. The Bees’ Football League status hung on it like clockwork until they finally succumbed in 2013. Two years after leaving it too late, Barnet can seal their return at The Hive on Saturday.

A dramatic afternoon at Aggborough concluded with a 1-1 draw. In Kent, Ricky Modeste was the toast of all Bees supporters after his 88th-minute equaliser denied Bristol Rovers top spot and ensured a dramatic final-day shoot-out next weekend.

The equation is simple. A Barnet win will see Martin Allen’s men crowned champions and clinch their return to the League. But as long as the Bees match Bristol Rovers’ result against Alfreton Town, they will make sure of their return.

Danny Wright put Kiddy ahead but Luisma Villa came off the bench to secure a priceless point 15 minutes from time.

Head coach Allen stuck with the same XI which swept aside FC Halifax Town 3-0 a week ago. That meant an Aggborough return for Michael Gash and a second consecutive start on the left-hand side of midfield for Conor Clifford.

Lee Cook was again left out of the matchday 16, whilst backup goalkeeper Sam Cowler came onto the bench.

On a dry and dusty pitch and in windy conditions, the first-half was low on entertainment but with the Conference title in sight, nerves doubtless played their part in a fractious, scrappy, low-quality affair.

It took until the 15th minute for Barnet to carve out any semblance of a chance, John Akinde deftly flicking the ball into the path of Gash but the former Kidderminster man was unable to slip the ball through to the overlapping Clifford on his left.

Former West Bromwich Albion hitman Lee Hughes was adamant he should have been awarded a penalty 15 minutes later after going down in the penalty area but referee Nicholas Kinseley disagreed with the veteran striker and booked him for his protests.

Barnet’s best chance of the half arrives 60 seconds later.

Sam Togwell stole possession well and allowed Mauro Vilhete to play in Andy Yiadom. The full-back found enough space to get a shot off but his low effort was cleared off the line. Akinde slammed the loose ball towards the far post but Gash could only stab wide as the ball flashed across goal.

However, six minutes before half-time and very much against the run of play, the home side took the lead.

A free-kick from the left-hand flank was flicked across goal by Hughes and Wright was in the right place at the right time to loop a head beyond Stack from close range.

Neither side had truly deserved the lead but Harriers, shorn of any pressure, had put on a marginally better first-half showing.

Barnet unsurprisingly began the second period by committing men forward in search of a precious equaliser.

But the Bees were nearly caught out when a long ball forward found Wright on the charge. The striker looked to flick the ball into the path of the onrushing Hughes but a brilliant interception by David Stephens cut out the chance at the last second.

Yiadom had gone agonisingly close just minutes before when he met an Elliott Johnson cross but found an agile Lewis in his way.

Substitute Keyon Reffell almost marked his introduction with an immediate second for Kiddy, only firing wide at the far post after Wright’s cross to the back post had picked out the winger in space.

Goal-scorer Wright ought to have doubled Kidderminster’s lead with 20 second-half minutes gone but after sprinting through to face Stack one-on-one saw his effort blocked superbly by the Bees player-coach.

With the game becoming increasingly stretched, it was Barnet who twice came within a whisker of equalising as first Akinde flicked a header against the bar from Vilhete’s centre before Weston strode forward and slammed wide of the far post.

But Barnet were almost punished for switching off seconds later as a long ball forward was claimed by Stack outside the penalty area. After consultation with the linesman the Bees gloveman was only booked.

And, in the ensuing confusion, news seeped through of a Bristol Rovers’ goal at Dover, meaning the Bees had been deposed at the summit.

With 15 minutes remaining Luisma dragged the Bees level in a rare moment of quality.

Clifford’s superb through ball picked out the run of Weston and the captain’s cut-back found the Spaniard and the coolest man in the ground controlled and directed past Lewis into the bottom corner.

Akinde looked to have sealed a win and potentially the title when presented with the kind of chance you would put your house on the big number nine scoring.

But as he raced through, the Conference’s 31-goal-top-scorer could only stab straight into the midriff of Lewis.

With Rovers on the verge of seizing first place ahead of the final hurdle, Dover grabbed an unlikely equaliser against Darrell Clarke's side, sending Barnet back to the top ahead of next weekend’s visit from Gateshead.

Barnet: Stack; Yiadom, N’Gala, Stephens, Johnson; Vilhete (Gambin 67), Weston, Togwell (Luisma 72), Clifford; Akinde, Gash (MacDonald 62).

Subs: Cowler (GK), Saville.

Kidderminster Harriers: Lewis; Hodgkiss, Grimes, Tunnicliffe, Nicholson; Green (Reffell 57), Byrne, O'Keefe (Maxwell 82), Kelly; Hughes (Reid 65), Wright.

Subs: Obeng, Asante.

Referee: Nicholas Kinseley.

Attendance: 2,540 (868 away supporters).