Ramsgate interim manager Ben Smith happy with attacking style of play as his side maintain perfect Isthmian South East start with 4-2 win at Deal Town

Ramsgate’s Ben Smith is more than happy with his side’s attacking style of play.

The Rams have maximum points from their first three Isthmian South East fixtures of the season, behind early Isthmian South East frontrunners Sheppey on goal difference, after their 4-2 victory at Deal on Bank Holiday Monday.

It was a second successive 4-2 win for Smith’s side, who saw off Sittingbourne through goals from Benedict Bioletti, Tom Carlse, Joe Taylor and TJ Jadama last weekend. They already have 14 goals from four competitive matches this term.

“We like a game to be open,” explained interim manager Smith. “We will always try to put our imprint into a game and I felt that, in spells, we did that quite well on Monday.

“Sometimes, you do leave yourself exposed but I’m certainly of the mindset that we will go and score more than the opposition.”

Hat-trick hero Taylor led the way for Ramsgate in front of Deal’s club-record attendance of 1,895.

The Hoops struck first through Ben Chapman and they won a penalty, which Jack Paxman missed against his old club, before Taylor converted the first of two spot-kicks in first-half stoppage time.

Report: Deal 2-4 Ramsgate

Provider turned scorer for the Rams as midfielder Jadama netted, only for Tom Chapman to level the scores in the second half.

But Rams captain Taylor had the last laugh in a derby which lived up to its billing. He put his team back in front before he scored another spot-kick late on.

Smith reflected: “That was probably how I saw the game going.

“We knew that they would come out in a sort of ‘blood and thunder’ kind of way because there’s a lot of ex-Ramsgate players in their team. I know Kingy (Deal boss Steve King) really well, he knows me really well, so we knew how each