Margate player-manager Ben Greenhalgh pleased to see goalscoring duties being shared around between club’s forward players

Player-manager Ben Greenhalgh is pleased to see goalscoring duties being shared around between Margate’s forward players in pre-season.

While Isthmian South East Gate have netted 11 times during their first five warm-up games, scoring responsibilities had been shared out much beyond just strikers Ibrahim Olutade and Lukas Franzen-Jones.

James Bessey-Saldanha netted alongside the boss in a 2-2 home draw against Isthmian Premier Dartford last Tuesday before Margate were edged out 2-1 at National League South side Tonbridge last weekend despite Jordan Ababio’s goal.

“That was one of our main objectives - to get a good frontline with a lot of depth and a lot of options,” said playmaker Greenhalgh.

“We want to entertain and we want to be scoring.

“The good thing is all the attacking players offer something different. Some will hold the ball up, others will run in behind.

“There’s some decent competition already between the strikers and the other attacking players.

"We have got so many different options and all the attacking players have the mentality to push each other - whether they have played 30 minutes, 45 minutes or 90 minutes.

“If we’re all really demanding from each other, that should lead to a really good season.”

Winger Ababio had actually given Gate the lead at Longmead on 26 minutes, although Jay Saunders’ side were ahead just 11 minutes later.

Ex-Angels player Greenhalgh reflected: “First away game for us, it was a really good game to have, playing against Tonbridge Angels and Jay with them being two divisions above.

“Their pitch is such a different pitch. Don’t get me wrong, Margate is a big pitch but it was a good test to see where we’re at.

“In the first 15 or 20 minutes, we pressed really well and probably