Margate manager Mark Stimson urges players to use 1-1 home draw with promotion-chasing Enfield Town as springboard in their Isthmian Premier survival bid

Mark Stimson is calling upon Margate’s players to use their draw at home to promotion-chasing Enfield as a springboard in their Isthmian Premier survival bid.

Fourth-bottom side Gate ended a four-game losing run with a 1-1 draw against the play-off occupants - despite playing most of the match with 10 men after debutant Destiny Oladipo had been sent off.

Margate moved further away from safety despite the point, with fifth-bottom Cheshunt earning a third successive win 1-0 against Carshalton on the same day.

Boss Stimson, whose side are due to visit Cheshunt tonight as skipper Sam Blackman returns from suspension, said: “In football, the hardest thing is to do it week in, week out.

“It’s all right doing it once every few games. We have shown it. Unfortunately, we have shown it in halves of the games.

“But Saturday, we were good for 90 minutes. We got the result from that.

“I said to the players on Saturday ‘Well done. Now, let’s do it again for seven games’ - we’re not asking them to do it for 27 or 37 games. It’s just seven now.

“I don’t think that’s a big ask.”

Big striker Oladipo, a recent recruit from Dover, picked up his two cautions inside just five minutes.

Stimson’s side then went behind 11 minutes later. But they levelled through a penalty by top scorer Steve Cawley in first-half stoppage time and there was to be no winning goal, despite both teams having chances.

Stimson reflected: “It was always going to be a tough game, playing Enfield, who are third.

“Unfortunately, it was made a little bit more difficult, having someone sent off after five minutes. I felt for Destiny.

“He’s played for me before and he’s not an aggressive type of player, even though he’s a big lad. I thought it was harsh - I can see one