CHIPPENHAM Town chief Mark Collier says he cannot feel too disappointed after being held to a goalless draw at lowly Burnham in EvoStik League Southern Premier Division on Saturday.

Town had the better of the chances against their third-from-bottom hosts but failed to make the most of them.

The Bluebirds started in the ascendancy but Mark Francis saw two good opportunities go begging.

Town did have the ball in the net before the break after Luke Ballinger’s header came back of the Bashley keeper for Alex Ferguson to tuck home but he was deemed to have stayed into an offside position and the effort was ruled out.

The two sides then cancelled each other out for long periods in the second half and although Chippenham had chances to snatch the points late on through Alan Griffin and Ballinger, again they went begging.

“Overall I think a draw was probably a fair result,” said Collier.

“They were much better than a team near the bottom of the league and I wouldn’t expect them to be there come the end of the season.

“We started well and carved out a couple of chances in the first 25 minutes but you need to capitalise when you’re on top.

“After the break they changed their system and made it difficult for us so it was pretty even after that.

“We had a few more chances at the end but Kent Kauppinen made a couple of decent saves in goal for us as well, so they probably deserved to finish with a draw.”

Town fought back from two goals down to earn a draw at Slough Town in midweek and Saturday’s draw extends their unbeaten league run to five games.

And Collier says things are also taking a turn for the better off the pitch at Hardenhuish Park.

“One win is better than two draws but I’d rather be drawing games than losing them. It keeps morale up,” said Collier.

“Another good thing for us is that Alan Griffin got another 30 minutes under his belt and people like Lee Phillips and Toby Osman played for the reserves.

“Having no midweek game this week will be good for us as well because they’ll be able to get another couple of training sessions under their belts.”