A DELIGHTED Barry Morgan praised his young Herne Bay side for snatching three points at the death in Saturday's Kent League opener away to Norton Sports.

With just a minute of normal time remaining, young Jamie Turner, one of three inspired second half substitutions, pounced to give Bay a deserved 2-1 victory.

They had taken a first half lead courtesy of Darren Marsden before Norton's John Emmerson was controversially dismissed for a second bookable offence.

Although down to 10-men, Norton equalised after the break through Ryan Rook's brilliant free-kick before substitute Turner sealed all three points for Bay late on.

Morgan said: "We collected three points at the end of a seriously hard game against a Norton side that was always going to compete against us.

"I thought in the second half, with only 10 men, that their work rate was astonishing.

"But we spoke pre-season about being mentally strong and we showed that for much of today.

"We certainly showed it in the way we saw the game out. I was very pleased."

Full story and match report in this week's Herne Bay Times.