ELLIOT Lee scored a 96th-minute equaliser as Swindon Town drew 5-5 with Wrexham in one of the most remarkable games in either club’s history on Saturday.

Town had taken a 4-1 lead into the break at the Racecourse after two goals from Jake Young and one each from Dan Kemp and Charlie Austin far outweighed Jake Bickerstaff’s solo effort.

But Lee netted the first of his brace from the spot shortly after the restart and Jones scored one of his two minutes later to begin the comeback.

Kemp thought he might have won it with 20 minutes to play as he struck Town’s fifth, but a Hollywood ending for the club owned by movie stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McIlhenney ensured that would not be the case.

Jones bundled in from Jacob Mendy’s mis-hit shot two minutes into stoppage time, and Lee blasted past Murphy Mahoney with the final kick of the game.

Swindon maintained their unbeaten run in the league, but the manner of the result will feel like a stinging defeat for Michael Flynn’s Robins.

Flynn made one change to the side which started Tuesday night's 2-1 win against Forest Green. Liam Kinsella dropped to the bench and was replaced by Saidou Khan - who had recovered from illness.

Rushian Hepburn-Murphy was still not fit enough to make the match-day squad, but Jacob Wakeling was and added to Town's attacking options from the bench.

Wrexham named former Premier League and England goalkeeper Ben Foster in between the sticks. Ex-Town defender Ben Tozer captained the Red Dragons.

An astonishing afternoon began with a superb save from Mahoney, maintaining the 0-0 scoreline in the ninth minute. A mis-timed clearance from the Town defence put Bickerstaff through on goal down the left side of the box, but Mahoney spread himself well to tip it wide.

Swindon took the lead in the 17th minute through Young’s second goal for the club. Austin met Romeao Hutton’s cross at the far post and nodded back into the middle for Young to meet six yards out and head down. Tozer tried to stop it on the line, but he only succeeded in diverting it into the side netting.

In the 27th minute, Town doubled their lead via a brilliant team goal moments after another good Mahoney stop from Ollie Palmer. Hutton spun past Jacob Mendy and cut a through ball into the path of Kemp in the right channel. The attacking midfielder curled a tempting ball into the middle which Austin stuck his toe out at poked into the corner.

The hosts pulled one back just three minutes later, though, after Hutton and Frazer Blake-Tracy tried to shift Bickerstaff off the ball in the bottom left corner. The Wrexham striker managed to burrow his way through anyway before slotting into the back of the net at the near post.

Yet, with the very next attack for either side, Swindon had a third to restore their two-goal advantage. Kemp shifted the ball onto his left on the edge of the area and curled into the bottom left past the despairing dive of Foster.

Delight for the travelling Town fans morphed into delirium 10 minutes before the break when Young netted his second and Swindon’s fourth. Wrexham gave the ball away cheaply in midfield and Town sprung forward. George McEachran was tackled near the edge of the box, but such was Swindon's luck at that time, the ball fell straight into Young's feet inside the box. He spun and smashed a shot past Foster from 12 yards out.

While there was no more goal-mouth action before the break, it did not take long to resume once the sides switched ends. Following a couple more Mahoney stops from Palmer, Blake-Tracy’s foul in the area for a hold allowed Lee to slot home a penalty and make the score 4-2.

The extraordinary contest continued with a seventh goal in the 55th minute, this time by Wrexham. Too many over-committed challenges from Swindon’s defence allowed a through ball to find Jones one-on-one, and he poked past the on-rushing Mahoney to raise belief levels among the home fans to new heights.

Palmer missed a sitter at one end midway through, and Tozer almost scored Town’s fifth for them with an over-hit back pass which clipped the outside of Foster's post.

Although a Wrexham equaliser seemed inevitable, Swindon struck the bar through Kemp before restoring their two-goal lead with 20 minutes to play. At the end of a basketball-like passage, Kemp collected on the edge of the box, cut back onto his left, and drove past Foster from inside the area to make it five.

Wrexham set up the tensest of finishes by adding a fourth inside five minutes of stoppage time through Jones, and with the final kick of the game the hosts bagged an equaliser. A dubious handball decision presented Wrexham with a free-kick on the edge of the box which was lashed goalwards, only to be turned away by Mahoney.

The ball ricocheted around the area before falling to Lee, who smashed home to cap a remarkable afternoon of football.

WAFC starting XI: Foster, O'Connell, Tozer (c), Boyle, Barnett, Jones, Cannon, Lee, Mendy, Bickerstaff, Palmer.

WAFC substitutes: Howard, O'Connor, Forde, Hosannah, Young, Waters, Dalby.

STFC starting XI: Mahoney, Hutton, Godwin-Malife, Brewitt, Blake-Tracy, Genesini, McEachran, Khan, Kemp, Austin, Young.

STFC substitutes: Brann, Ward, Cain, Uwakwe, Kinsella, Wakeling, Minturn.

Referee: Charles Breakspear

Attendance: 10,258 (1,153)