Margate player-manager Ben Greenhalgh’s verdict on their 1-1 FA Cup third qualifying round draw against Horsham

Ben Greenhalgh saw enough to believe Margate can finish the job in their FA Cup replay at Horsham.

The sides drew 1-1 in the third qualifying round at Hartsdown Park on Saturday, with the replay taking place on Tuesday night.

Gate led through Ibrahim Olutade but the Isthmian Premier Hornets rescued a draw when Ola Oluwamide struck with 20 minutes left.

Player-boss Greenhalgh was encouraged by his team’s performance, with Margate the last Isthmian South East side standing going into Monday’s final qualifying round draw.

“I’m really positive at how frustrated and disappointed we are that we haven’t beaten a very good team in the league above,” said Greenhalgh.

“Horsham had a very good spell between 55-70 minutes and they got their goal towards the end of that.

“At that point, any team from a league below against a team with the quality of Horsham could crumble, and actually we went the other way.

“We pushed on and looked like we were going to be the team that scored, so there’s a lot of positives to take.

“We’re in the hat, we get to find out what draw we could possibly get and, if we’re being honest, we’re quite confident going into the replay.

Report: Margate 1-1 Horsham

“We’re quite happy with what we did but I think we can offer a lot more.

“There’s lots of stuff we can work on tactically to get those fine margins right but I think if you look at it today, we’ve created the most chances, we’ve had the most opportunities at goal and Tom (Wray, Margate goalkeeper) hasn’t had too much to do.

“Obviously their right winger was the biggest danger, and we’ve played against Ola plenty of times.

“He did cause a problem and that’s what you’re going to get from teams in the league above with such quality, so I think we have