After their 9-0 drubbing seven days ago a reaction from the Stags was to be expected and the visitors were certainly made to work, and sweat, for their three points which enabled them to go into October as the leaders of the UniBond North Division One.
It was the visitors who made the early running, with Mike Norton getting a cross in from the right. With strike partner Douglas Pringle coming in at the far post the Stags Tom Clarkson was confident enough to allow the ball to go over his head, wrong footing Pringle as the ball went out of play, and then Pringle almost opened his account for Curzon when he got his head to a Chris Worsley cross, only to see it drift wide of goal.
It was almost an unlucky 13 minutes for Curzon when a ball into the box from a free kick was poorly defended and it was left to David Birch to knock a goal bound effort from Clarkson off the line and to safety.
It wasn't long before Curzon were once again attacking the home goal with Norton turning his marker before getting a shot in on goal which Lee Bracey had to get down quickly to his right to collect.
The home side should have taken the lead on 25 minutes when Mark Redshaw created all sorts of problems for the visiting defence when he turned one way and then the other before the ball found its way to Foy, 18 yards from goal and with no defender in sight. With a clear shot on goal he hopelessly blazed his shot high and wide.
The deadlock was finally broken on 37 minutes as teenager Richard Tait worked the ball down the right before slipping it to Worsley. His driven cross low inside the 6 yard area struck Clarkson, leaving his keeper Bracey beaten as the ball nestled in the inside netting.
Four minutes from the interval and it was the Norton Pringle combination that came close to doubling the Blues as the latter picked up a knock down from Norton but dragged his shot wide of the target.
The second half began in dramatic style as Rhodri Giggs scored within 20 seconds of the re-start.
From the off Curzon attacked down the right through Norton and his cross into the 18 yard area was met with a majestic leap by Giggs as he got his head to the ball to leave Bracey no more than an admirer as the ball went in off his right hand post.
Norton tried his luck from 30 yards out which had Bracey going full length to save, having to take the ball at the second attempt and on the hour mark it was a confident three man move that ended with another shot from Pringle who found Bracey equal to it as he dived at full stretch to turn the ball away for a corner.
Curzon put themselves in trouble when an attack broke down too easily and the Stags went straight down the other end. Redshaw, who had created a number of problems for the visiting defence, got a shot in but a solid block by Paul Riley diverted the danger.
Worsley gave way to Ryan Gilligan on 73 minutes and within 60 seconds of his arrival the substitute brought Bracey once more into action with a shot that forced yet another full length save.
With two minutes of normal time left the Stags were given a life-line after they attacked down the left. Like Curzon's opening goal the ball was driven in low and hard and as he stretched out his right foot to prevent the ball from going across the area, Birch could do no more than turn the ball past David Carnell and into his own goal.

It's cup action for Curzon Ashton at the weekend when they make the trip to the Wirrall to play Cammell Laird in the preliminary round of The FA Trophy and then 48 hours later they entertain Woodley Sports, which will be the third meeting of the two teams with the space of four weeks.