The 1-1 scoreline barely does justice to the statistics of the game in which Newport had 21 shots as they built on their first win of the season at Portsmouth the previous weekend.
"It was the least we deserved tonight," said manager Edinburgh as his side now prepare to host Northampton on Saturday afternoon.
"Our performances are getting better all the time, I thought we were outstanding and to have come away with nothing would have been a travesty."