Margate player-boss Ben Greenhalgh on their 2-2 Boxing Day home draw against Ramsgate in front of sell-out attendance at Hartsdown Park

Ben Greenhalgh felt Margate’s derby draw with Ramsgate would have been a good match for fans to watch on Boxing Day.

A sell-out crowd of 2,500 saw substitute Max Walsh net a stoppage-time equaliser at Hartsdown Park to preserve Gate's unbeaten Isthmian South East run, which now stands at 12 fixtures.

That came after strikes from defenders Joe Ellul and Jay Leader had sandwiched Margate captain Harry Hudson's goal.

While Margate didn’t get their second goal until the 93rd minute, player-manager Greenhalgh claimed he was slightly disappointed his third-placed team didn’t take maximum points.

Greenhalgh said: “We always said that it was going to be entertaining. It was a game where they came at us - and we came at them.

“For all the spectators, I think it was a good one to watch.

“We had a really sloppy spell from 25 to 45 minutes but it looked like we were going to see that out. Disappointingly, we did let in a goal.

Report: Margate 2-2 Ramsgate

“It was a great time for them to score and a good time for them to score the second when we went and dominated the second half. After we scored, they got one back at us.

“But we showed good character. We looked like the team who were going to win, in my opinion, and we just kept going.

“We had lots of chances. On another day, I think Ibz (top scorer Ibrahim Olutade) scores two or three.

“If I’m honest, we come away slightly disappointed that we haven’t got the three points.”

Greenhalgh was frustrated to see his side concede twice from corners. They did score from a set-piece themselves, though, as Hudson nodded in his second goal this term after Lewis Knight’s initial header from a free-kick.

He said: “We were losing - twice - so to come back twice shows a brilliant attitude.