MAN of the match Craig Holloway said after his side's 3-0 win against Faversham that he was very happy with his own personal performance but also paid credit to Faversham for the way they played.

Holloway produced a string of fine saves, especially in the second half, to keep the score at 2-0 before Gate wrapped the game up late on.

Sat 11 Aug 2012. - Football - Margate FC 2012-2013 Squad Photo Shoot. - Hartsdown Stadium, Hartsdown Road, Margate. - Craig Holloway.

Holloway said: "It's good feeling to get man-of-the-match. A couple of the saves I would have expected to make, the one from Wayne Wilson's effort was not too bad and then my mate Danny (Hockton) as well. He text me earlier in the day saying he would score so I had to keep him out.

"They came at us and it became very open in the last 20 as they had nothing to lose, they were throwing bodies forwards. Our centre halves and full backs put their bodies on the line and kept them out, it was a great performance from them.

"Our second goal was a special goal, it was a great counter attack. Rooky did well but I think Longy (Sam Long) gave him some info to let it go before he smashed it in.

"There is a good team ethic here at the minute. We are very organised and when we go into games we don't want to lose, we must be hard to beat and express ourselves."

Carl Rook was also on target on Tuesday but also had a contender for miss of the season when he scooped over from about a yard out with the goal at his mercy.

He said: "How I missed that I'll never know. I was on the line and I took a lot of stick off the fans which I deserved for that one, it was shocking. God knows how it went over the bar but it was harder to miss than score.

"We want easy draws but Aveley is not a very nice pitch. Faversham's pitch was OK but the last time I played at Aveley it was awful. It's the beauty of the FA Cup, seeing non-league teams go far."

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