Ebbsfleet United manager Danny Searle reacts to 1-0 National League win over Woking

Ebbsfleet manager Danny Searle praised the club’s fans after grinding out a tense win over Woking on Tuesday night.

Dominic Poleon’s first-half goal proved the difference as the Fleet lifted themselves out of the National League bottom four.

Searle was keen to point out the role that the Stonebridge Road faithful played in getting their team over the line.

“When I first came in, I said it was our responsibility to get the fans going,” said Searle. “Then if we do get into a situation where we need to get picked up, they pick us up, and they did that tonight.

“I don’t think they realise how valuable that is because the boys were buzzing off it. They were cheering every time we pressed or made a tackle and that’s the relationship we need to have.

“We need to be consistent with that because I have no doubt that this team is good enough to do what we need to do, along with the support of everyone around us.

“They make so much noise. We’re not the Chesterfield or the Notts County and Wrexham of last year getting eight, nine or ten-thousand, but they make a lot of noise for a group of fans.

“If they keep doing that then we’ll keep running through brick walls for them.”

It was the first time that Ebbsfleet have won successive league matches this season - and since they were crowned National League South champions last April.

But Searle revealed that stat wasn’t a part of their pre-match preparations.

“I banned the mention of it from the staff to the players,” stated the Fleet boss. “I spoke to some of the senior players and said I don’t want it mentioned about back-to-back wins.

“As soon as you put that element of ‘we haven’t done that this season’ suddenly other things can creep in. The way we started the game, you’d have