Faversham Town boss Sammy Moore on their 2-2 Southern Counties East Premier Division derby draw at Whitstable Town

Frustrated boss Sammy Moore admitted Faversham should have seen out a derby victory at promotion rivals Whitstable on Saturday.

First-half goals from midfielders Billy Bennett and Matt Newman put them into a 2-0 half-time lead at The Belmont in front of a big crowd of 1,112.

Left-back Matt Parsons nearly added a third shortly after the break with a cross-cum-shot but, after that, winger Josh Williams pulled one back and a stoppage-time own goal by Faversham defender Josh Vincent meant it finished 2-2.

Indeed, in the end, Town were perhaps slightly fortunate to leave with a point as substitute Tyler Anderson had a last-gasp shot strike the post for the Oystermen.

Moore reflected: “Obviously, we’re frustrated because we were 2-0 up and pretty much in control, to be honest, up until 70 minutes.

“Then, it’s our mistake for their (first) goal. Jake McIntyre gets underneath the ball and it ends up being a footrace.

“We knew Josh Williams would cut inside but we have allowed him to, I think it took a slight deflection and it goes past Briggsy (keeper Lewis Briggs). Up until then, we were pretty comfortable.

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“Football is about fine margins because Parsons goes through on the left, smashes it across the box and it just goes past the post. If that goes in, I think it’s game over.

“We have got to see those games out with the experience we have got. But credit to them.

“Second half, I think we stopped what we were doing from the first half in terms of passing the ball. We didn’t do that well enough in the second half.

“Goals change games, momentum changes and that got their crowd up - and it ended up being a difficult last 20 minutes.”

Faversham were without banned Billy Bingham at Whitstable,