Margate boss Nikki Bull said he wouldn't be surprised if Bishop's Stortford's opening goal at Hartsdown on Saturday ended up featuring in a football bloopers compilation DVD.

Stortford striker Greg Cundle - on loan with the Blues last season - was the beneficiary as home keeper Valery Pajetat made an absolute mess of dealing with Johnny Herd's long throw in the 28th minute.

Further goals from Phil Walsh - another ex Margate man - and fellow defender Emmanuel Adebowale sealed a 3-0 win for the visitors which took them off the foot of Vanarama National League South to be replaced by Bull's side, who are seven points from safety.

Saturday's defeat was Margate's 11th in a row and manager Bull admitted the circumstances surrounding Cundle's strike were difficult to take.

He explained: "Mistakes have cost us today. The first one, well you'll see it on a Christmas DVD next year. I'm not sure what's gone on, it was calamitous stuff.

"Valery's tried to read where the throw on is going to go but the ball's bounced over his head. He's then caught it, run into someone, dropped it four yards out and of course it's Greg Cundle who scores.

"I thought our response was good and we finished the first half quite well but then the first time we give away a corner in the second half Val's come haring out to a ball he's just never going to get.

"The third goal is an unmarked set play and I've been saying it for a long time now, at this level you can't afford to be so naive at both ends.

"We've probably had more attempts on goal than them and yet we've lost 3-0 at home. It's just where we are as a club at the moment.

"It's a combination of everything that has gone on and it's extremely difficult because we've lost to a team who were bottom and now we're bottom."

Bull said there was certainly no lack of effort on the part of his players, but conceded the Blues do lack quality in some areas.

He also paid tribute to Margate's long-suffering fans, who have not seen their team win a league match since beating Hemel Hempstead 2-1 at Hartsdown on October 8.

Bull added: "It's so strange for a manager to be saying this (when you've lost 3-0) but individually there were good performances out there.

"Individually there wasn't anyone in my dressing room who I could say didn't put a shift in, didn't try or didn't have an affect on the game but collectively, as a group, and in both boxes again we weren't good enough."

Of the fans he said: "It's unbelievable, there were 450-plus here today. They're clapping us off at the end, they're singing our names. It is phenomenal support and I think what it shows is that everyone now has a clear understanding of the situation we are in."