LYMINGTON & New Milton dropped a place to fifth after being held 0-0 at Forest rivals CHRISTCHURCH.
Though the scoreline was disappointing for the promotion-hunting Linnets, manager Ian Robinson was pleased with the way his team bounced back from Saturday's agonising Vase exit at Bury Town.
He said: "We played some terrific stuff tonight but the Christchurch goalkeeper Max Frampton had an inspired 90 minutes and we didn't create or threaten enough.
"But that happens sometimes in football and the pleasing thing is that there was no sign of a hangover from Saturday. We bounced back with a lot of character."
Linnets were forced into four changes with Sam Carter, Ben Thomson and Jimmy Anderson all unavailable and centre-back Paul Towler in bed with flu.
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