ACCRINGTON will seal promotion to the Football League if they beat Woking on Saturday.
HEREFORD'S 1-1 draw with DAGENHAM & REDBRIDGE opened the door for John Coleman's side to secure promotion.
The Bulls had to keep winning to put pressure on Stanley, who drew with FOREST GREEN on Friday night, and went ahead late on through Robert Purdie's penalty.
But seven minutes from time Glen Southam levelled, also with a penalty, for the visitors.
Hereford boss Graham Turner said: "In our last two matches we've hit a flat spot and not looked very sharp, and it's shown in our results."
HALIFAX strengthened their position in the race for the play-off spots with a 2-1 win over bottom club SOUTHPORT. But it took a stoppage-time goal from Ryan Sugden to secure the points after Steve Pickford's brilliant strike cancelled out Danny Forrest's opener.
STEVENAGE saw off relegation candidates by SCARBOROUGH 2-0 with goals from Adam Miller and George Boyd to move two points clear of sixth placed MORECAMBE - with the top team going straight up and the next four making the play-offs.
Sammy McIlroy's Shrimps beat WOKING 3-1 with first-half goals from Wayne Curtis, Danny Carlton and Gary Hunter.
Player-manager Mark Cooper drilled home from long-range to give TAMWORTH a 1-0 win over CANVEY ISLAND and lift them further away from the drop zone.