Lowly Newport IOW dropped two valuable points in their battle to beat the Ryman Division 1 drop as they drew 1-1 against Bashley at St George's Park.
However, defeats for Banstead and Ashford mean that John Linington's men have at least climbed out of the bottom-two drop zone into 19th place.
Chris Ferrett levelled with an 80th-minute free-kick for the visitors after Newport had taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when David Greening capitalised on a defensive mix-up.
Bashley boss Geoff Butler admitted: "They had the better chances and will probably feel they did enough to win.
"David Greening could have had a hat-trick but missed a couple of one on ones. We had a very young side and were up against a team with experienced professionals."
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