Ramsgate manager Ady Pennock praises Eastbourne Borough after 2-0 defeat in Isthmian Premier

Ramsgate manager Ady Pennock took plenty from their performance despite suffering a late defeat at the weekend.

Two late goals from substitute Shay Harrison handed much-fancied Eastbourne Borough a 2-0 home win, their seventh successive Isthmian Premier victory.

But it was a game that could have gone either way with Ramsgate having their chances to have taken at least a point on the road.

“We’ll take loads from it,” said Pennock. “It was a really good game. We’re disappointed with the result but we’ve gone toe-to-toe with them.

“It was just the last five minutes, they scored two very good goals.

“I honestly think that the game could have gone either way. If we’d scored first it would have been game over.

“For 85 minutes, it was a really good performance for an away team. Don't get me wrong, Jonny Henly’s made a couple of good saves. But we had three really good chances before they scored in the 88th minute.”

Pennock was impressed by the depth of Eastbourne’s squad and acknowledged that they are the best side they’ve come up against so far this season.

“I think they're the best team that we've played so far,” he noted. “They had a lot of pace, their full-backs and wide players had good pace.

“The substitutes bench was very good and they've got a very good squad. You've got players that are not even in the squad who are very good players.

“For 85 minutes I was very pleased and they scored two very good goals.

“The second one, I stood there clapping, I'll be honest with you, I thought it was an excellent finish. He chipped Jonny and it was just sublime, if you're a footballing person, I don't think you can help it.

“But we gave absolutely everything, we had three or four unbelievable chances to score, but it just wasn't our