Bromley were left to wait again for their place in League One as Cambridge United held them to a goalless draw at Hayes Lane, preserving the hosts' unbeaten home record but denying them the win that would have sent them up to the third tier for the first time in their 134-year history.
It was an entertaining stalemate between two of the division's best sides, with chances at both ends, an emergency loan goalkeeper standing tall for the visitors and a goalmouth scramble in added time that summed up just how close Bromley came to their big moment.
Cambridge's bright start
The U's should have been ahead inside the opening 15 minutes. Ben Knight was clean through on Grant Smith's goal but poked his effort wide, before Dominic Ball did the same, screwing a shot inches wide from Liam Bennett's cutback.