IT WAS a case of the late, late show for the Boro on Saturday with their winner coming deep into injury time courtesy of a Nick Reynolds header.
Boro fully deserved their victory which keeps them handily placed just outside the promotion play-off places but as manager Paul Martin acknowledges there's still a long way to go before the end of the season.
Romford dominated play in the first half and were unlucky to go in level at the break.
Matt Toms up for a corner volleyed a shot that hit the outside of the post and went wide on 17 minutes.
Potters Bar went close minutes later when Josh Urquhart shot just over from distance.
On 28 minutes Ryan Imbert set up Hussein Isa but his shot went just wide, before two minutes later Imbert himself forced Potters Bar keeper Ed Thompson into a fine save when his powerful shot.
Romford earned many corners and one of these was only half cleared to Jack Barry who put the ball back in the mixer and Toms header just over.
It was Toms again who nearly broke the deadlock when his shot was blocked yards from goal after Isa's headed was cleared off the line on 37 minutes.
Another Romford chance just before half-time with Isa fizzing a shot just wide of the goal.
Romford started the second half the same way they ended the first half on the attack and Tom Richardson put a great cross into the far post to Paul Clayton but Liam Maewood just got to the ball first to stop the Boro midfielder heading home.
On 50 minutes Isa shot from distance dipped just over the bar with Thompson stranded out of his goal.
Potters Bar counter-attacked and James Gersfield went down in the box under a challenge from a Romford defender but the referee did not point to the spot despite the incident looking pretty clear-cut.
Potters Bar did get a penalty on 63 minutes but this time fortunately when Gersfield went down easily after being challenged by Barry.
Gersfield netted from the penalty spot.
Manager Martin made a change and introduced Lewis Francis and changed formation and it proved successful.
The substitute equalised for the Boro on 74 minutes from the penalty spot after Imbert had been brought down by Billy Witham.
With 10 minutes to go Barry's free header from a Francis corner went wide and a minute later Imbert had his legs clipped in the box when about to shoot from six yards out but the referee gave a corner instead of a penalty.
In injury time Romford scored the goal their play deserved even though it was right at the death.
Richardson picked the ball up wide and ran towards the area before being brought down.
Joe Oates swung the free-kick under the bar and Reynolds and the keeper Thompson both went up but thestriker managed to get a slight touch to find the net.
