Hythe Town manager Nick Davis rallies players for Isthmian South East survival fight as defender Dexter Peter moves to Reachfields

Nick Davis is feeling more positive than ever about the challenge of keeping Hythe in Isthmian South East.

The Cannons conceded twice in added time to lose 3-2 at home to promotion contenders Margate at the weekend.

It was a sixth successive defeat, leaving them seven points from safety, but manager Davis took great heart from the performance going into a big game at relegation rivals Littlehampton this Saturday (3pm).

“There are so many positives to take from the Margate game,” said Davis, whose side led 2-1 through Javaun Splatt and Anthony Adesite.

“If we take that approach in every game then we believe we’ll hopefully get the points and the wins we need to get us away from the bottom.

“We’ve got Littlehampton this weekend and there’s a six-pointer if ever there was one.

“We need to go there and win and that’s what we’ll try to do. We’ve got to approach every game like that.

“We can’t ringfence a handful of games, saying these are the ones we’ve got to win.

“We’ve got Ramsgate and Sittingbourne to play and we’ve got to think we can get something from those games.

“We can’t just say we’ll pick up wins against Lancing, East Grinstead or Littlehampton, whoever it might be.

“Let’s embrace this challenge because everyone’s writing us off, everyone thinks we’re down but if we put that performance in that we showed against Margate, we’ll be close to staying up.

“Even though we were massively disappointed we didn’t get something, with the manner of the performance, there was a buzz around the place afterwards.

“There’s a lot of football still to be played - 18 games.

“Nine at home and nine away.

“Funny results happen at this time of year.

“We can do this. We can stay up. Let’s make a challenge of it and if we do stay up, what