Chelmsford City assistant manager Steve Smith felt it was a point gained after the Clarets made it four league games unbeaten with a 0-0 draw against Hayes & Yeading United.
The club's pay what you want fixture attracted a crowd of 718, but there were no goals to cheer for either side as the game ended goalless.
But Smith felt it was another step in the right direction for the Clarets, who are yet to taste defeat – other than on penalties in the Essex Senior Cup – under he and manager Mark Hawkes.
"We'd have been happy with a point, but we could have won it," Smith said. "I thought we had the better chances, two clear headers in the first half which we're disappointed we didn't score with.
"But saying that, Carl Pentney's made two or three really good saves as well, and then right at the end we could have nicked it, Christian Smith's got a good shot in and the keeper's saved and the guy [Rory McAuley] just couldn't get his header in. But it's another point gained.
"It's very important to get another clean sheet, we've conceded one goal in three games. As a unit we're tighter, we've got a better shape about us and we're satisfied."
The visitors thought they had won the game in stoppage time when Adam Everitt's 40-yard free-kick beat Pentney and went into the top corner, but the offside flag went up against a forward in the middle and after a lengthy discussion with his assistant, referee Barry Holderness disallowed the strike.
"It's a famous old saying but I didn't really see it," Smith added. "I'm not sure what went on, they feel really aggrieved and think it's a goal but that's football, sometimes they go for you and sometimes they don't.
"We're not worried about what they do, we're worried about what we do and we're happy with what we got today."
