Gary McCann was pleased with the performance against AFC Hornchurch on Saturday despite the eventual defeat.

"I am very disappointed to have lost the game," he said, "but that was because we played very well against a very good team. If we play with that commitment and application for the rest of the season we will win many more matches than we lose.

"I think we played against the League champions today, and to have kept a very dangerous team to so few chances shows how well we played. They are a very well-organised team and they play percentage football, not flashy, just very effective.

"Our defence was excellent, but we could not get many clear chances at the other end. I thought we should have had a penalty late on and Jefferson Louis twice went very close."