MALDON & Tiptree overcame the odds to win 1-0 and end Harlow's 34 match unbeaten run despite playing with ten men for the final hour.
Cliff Akurang was sent off on the half hour mark to leave Maldon with an uphill battle for the rest of the match.
But Harlow never looked like capitalising on their man advantage and it was Alderberto Pinto who expertly lobbed Ed Thompson after pouncing on a defensive error.
The opening exchanges were hit and miss from both teams but it was Maldon who looked more dangerous going forward with Nathan Koranteng a major threat going down the left wing.
The strength of Tunde Adewunmi and Akurang was troubling the Harlow defence but their partnership was broken up by a moment of madness from the latter of the two.
Akurang went up for an aerial challenge with Fabion Simms and appeared to stamp down on the midfielder leaving the referee no choice but to brandish a red.
Despite the extra man Harlow never took control of the game with the Maldon players working tirelessly to close down any threat the visitors may possess.
Their work rate to close down players got them in trouble near the end of the half again though when Simon Glover put in an elbow on Simms but the referee opted for just the yellow to the dismay of the Harlow players.
The second half started in the same tone as the first but Harlow were starting to find space especially down their left wing through Shane Stamp but the home side's managed to cope.
On the hour mark the tireless Pinto turned the game on it's head when he pounced upon a defensive mishap and calmly lobbed Thompson to put his side 1-0 up.
Harlow almost immediately brought the game level again when David Cowley found space in the box to shoot but Lewis Moore got down well to save.
The visitors were starting to pile on the pressure but the home side defended valiantly to deal with any crosses coming into the box.
On 81 minutes Glover put his body on the line when Cowley manoeuvred himself some room to shoot only for the central midfielder to dive in front of the shot.
The Maldon players never stopped running to pressurise their opponents on the ball and it was that work rate that saw them go three unbeaten.