I went to The Belmont on a one-man protest: by not taking my camera and deciding instead to make use of my season ticket from the stands. Maybe this is the way forward because Whitstable played really well for the first time this season. I gather some words were had after the Eastbourne game, and whatver was said seemed to have had the desired result!

There is very little to add to what has already been said about the game. In the first half, Whistable was in complete control against a team that was lying third in the table. Munday and Gooding in the middle of the park dominated creating some good chances. Twenty minutes in, Munday slotted a through ball to Jack Tanner whose cross cum shot deflected off a Folkestone defender narrowly missing the post. Five minutes later Whitstable played to the whistle after a potential foul in the middle of the park. Dave Cory and Clint Gooding played some good one-two football (when did we last do that?) - Gooding was clean through on goal with Munday backing him up. Clint tried to place his shot in the bottom right hand corner forcing a good save from the veteran Folkestone stopper.

The attacks kept coming. On 22 minutes Jack Tanner again broke down the right after Gooding intercepted a pass from deep, but Tanner's reward for breaking through was to be subjected to two crunching tackles in quick succession that sounded painful from the stands. The referee saw nothing wrong and allowed play to go on. Probably the only bad decision the referee made all night. he may have been relying on his assistant who was yards away, but everyone could see the second tackle was terrible.

At the other end Kevin Fewell made a great save in a goal mouth scramble following an Invicta corner on 32 minutes.The attempt motivated Folkestone who had a ten minute spell of control of the game culminating in a good attack down the left. The cross narrowly missed an incoming attacker. But a minute before half time, Folkestone again attacked down the left. Rob Thomas was outmuscled by a Folkestone player who fired across the box for an easy tap-in on the far side.

It's not always good to go in at half time having just conceded, but given Whitstable's recent form, it may not have been that bad as it meant that heads would not drop. In fact, Whitstable came out in the second half firing scoring almost from the off. The ball moved swiftly from Liam Quinn, through Dan Wisker, who crossed to Jake Gess in space on the left hand side of the area. His header was placed in the top right hand corner looping beautifully over the Folkestone keeper.

A couple of minutes later, Dave Cory almost replicated Maradonna's Hand of God goal from a Jack Tanner cross. The referee failed to spot the handball!

Tanner must have been carrying a knock because he was replaced by Marcos Perona twenty minutes into the second half. After Tanner's withdrawal, Whitstable started to lose their shape and Folkestone were right back in the game. It felt as if it were only a matter of time before they scored again. Fewell was forced to make yet another excellent save on 75 minutes and Rob Thomas made at least one goal-line clearance making up for his first half mistake. With further substutions (Parker and Pulman), the shape disintegrated further, not helped by the fact that Gooding's passing suddenly fell to pieces.

But Whitstable held on and a point was an excellent result given recent form. The sting in the tail is that Whitstable still go bottom of the table. But it is tight down there and if The Oystermen can replicate this performance, they should start climbing the table. That said, this is no time for complacency. It was one result, one point, and there is much football to be played.

Oysterman of the match may well also be a tight affair given a number of impressive performances. It made a huge difference to the team with Tipple back in the left back positiion and given that Gess is the only scorer in the league so far, he almost has to be an automatic choice until someone else starts scoring.

I won't be at the Leatherhead game for reasons unconnected with football. I hope to hear good news of continued improvement.