HEYBRIDGE Swifts stay above Cheshunt after the two sides came to an impasse despite the home side finished the game with ten men.
In the only talking point of the match Adeyinka Cole was shown a straight red card with just over 20 minutes left but the away side failed to capitalise on the extra man.
Both Damien Green and Aaron Gayle were promoted back to the first team in a number of changes counting the inclusion of Dagenham & Redbridge scholar Kurtis Pykes whilst manager Cliff Akurang named himself on the substitutes bench.
Cheshunt looked more comfortable on the ball in early stages and Ben Andreos was put through on seven minutes where he found space and his deflected shot almost crept into the far corner.
The home side mustered a great chance just after the quarter hour mark when Billy Hunt played a low through ball into Jack West to put him one-on-one but failed in trying to round the goalkeeper.
Both goalkeepers found were nothing more than bystanders for the majority of the first half but Danny Sambridge had to be alert just after half hour mark.
After a good passage of play from Cheshunt Jamie Smyth picked up the ball in space and let fly from 20 yards but his shot was comfortable for the Heybridge goalkeeper in the end.
The remaining quarter of the half consisted of neither side being able to make headway into the oppositions final third with much of the play being done in the midfield.
The second half continued in the same vein as the first half ended with neither side able to create any goal scoring opportunities.
The away side were starting to find space down the wings with the front three often interchanging the game was still being played at a leisurely pace.
Heybridge's afternoon was made more difficult on 68 minutes when Adeyinka Cole was shown a straight red card for an alleged stamp on a Cheshunt defender.
The red card was followed by a reshuffle from Heybridge that left a gap in the midfield encouraging Cheshunt to push forward but their defence stood strong to keep out their threat.
Captain Billy Hunt almost won the game for Swifts in stoppage time when he broke the offside trap to go one-on-one but lacked the composure to finish with his shot going well wide.
Heybridge starting line-up: Sambridge, Green, Barham, Gayle, West, O'Caeruill, Cole, White, J. West (Ashford 80), Pykes (Pedulu 64), Hunt.
Unused subs: James, Akurang, Olafunmishe.