Gary McCann could hardly have been happier with what he saw from the squad at Maidstone in the rain yesterday. "I thought we were well worth a point," he said. "If we had snatched the win, and we really should have scored late on, I don't think anyone would have said it was a smash and grab win.

"I thought the boys were magnificent. It was a complete performance and although there were many good individual performances, it was the overall team display that pleased me most.

"Our style of play is suited by the 3G surface. We have trained on it at The Hive for three years so we are comfortable on it. We want to play a passing game and the surface allows us to do that.

"The red card was the right decision but a complete accident. Jefferson was trying to fend off the defender rather than attack him, and it was unfortunate timing that he caught him so well.