Margate manager Ben Greenhalgh hails contribution of former Ramsgate winger TT Walters since his move to Hartsdown Park

Player-manager Ben Greenhalgh hailed the impact of recent signing TT Walters after his starring role in Margate’s home win over Littlehampton.

Winger Walters set up three of the goals as Gate won 4-1 to consolidate fourth place in Isthmian South East on Saturday.

The ex-Chelsea youth player started the season at Thanet rivals Ramsgate, impressing against Margate in the Kent Senior Cup, before joining Hythe.

He moved to Hartsdown Park at the end of February and has shown why Greenhalgh was so keen to sign him.

“TT’s settled in really well,” said Greenhalgh.

“We’ve kept in touch with him pretty much since he did so well against us for Ramsgate in the Kent Senior Cup.

“We knew he was probably one of the best wingers we’ve played against this season and it was something we were looking to bring in.

“We wanted a bit more liveliness on the wing and a bit of quality at the same time, and he’s added exactly that.

“He got an assist on his first game, a goal on his third game and three assists on Saturday, so his numbers are brilliant and that’s something we’re going to demand out of him because we believe what type of player he is.”

Kai Garande opened the scoring against Littlehampton, with Harvey Brand, Greenhalgh and Max Walsh also on target in a dominant performance.

Greenhalgh brought Sam Blackman and Emmanuel Oke back to the club, at the same time as signing Walters, and feels it’s been a case of existing players adapting to the changes.

“We’ve noticed that we haven’t quite performed in the first half of games and we worked on a lot of things in the week which paid off,” said Greenhalgh.

“We showed a bit better patterns and I think sometimes when you bring new players in it takes a bit of time, not so much for those players,