Aaron Coyle spot on as Hucknall Town bring point home from Skegness Town

But heavy rain prevented the Yellows building on that in Wednesday's scheduled Notts FA Senior Cup clash with Carlton Town as the game was postponed after an inspection found it waterlogged.

An Aaron Coyle penalty saw Hucknall share the spoils in Saturday's trip to the seaside and Whitman said: “Saturday was a tough test at Skegness, and I felt a draw was probably a fair result in the end.

“The opposition started the brighter, causing us some issues by getting the ball into good areas in our final third.

“We did have moments where we looked dangerous in wide areas but couldn’t quite find the breakthrough.

"In the second half, we adjusted our shape and looked more in control, but went one down after a well-worked move from Skegness.

“That setback seemed to spark our best spell of the game, as we had sustained possession in the opposition half and were eventually rewarded with a penalty.

“After that, neither team really found much rhythm or composure.

"The game became quite transitional and was often broken up by the referee’s decisions.

“So, overall, I’m relatively happy with the result and pleased with the character shown by the players.”

Hucknall had two great chances on 22 minutes but keeper Ben Smith denied both Taylor Jaine and then a follow-up by Brad Wells.

Joey Ashurst fired wide soon after and then had to go off injured.

On 33 minutes MacAuley Parker sent over a cross for the home side and Dec Johnson headed against the post.

Yellows grew into the game, but two minutes into the second half they were behind, Johnson finding the bottom left corner after Alfie Smith-Eccles had saved his initial effort

But Hucknall were level on 63 minutes through Coyle's cleanly-struck penalty after the referee spotted a foul from a corner.

In a scrappy finish with late chances at both ends, Skegness lost skipper Conor Marshall with a broken collarbone in a collision with Smith-Eccles.