Bradbury heaps praise on Havant & Waterlooville's spirit after last-minute draw against EastleighÂ

The Westleigh Park outfit trailed their rivals 2-0 with 10 minutes remaining of the National League derby.

Paul McCallum had bagged a quickfire double for the visitors in the first half. 

But a header from Andreas Robinson and Dan Strugnell's stoppage-time strike snatched the Hawks a point. 

Bradbury admitted the hosts' defending wasn't good enough before the interval.

But the manager heaped praise on the determination his troops displayed to earn a draw.

And with the Hawks sitting just two points above the relegation zone in 18th place, Bradbury knows the result could be massive come the end of the season.

'˜The difference between the two halves was evident,' he said. 

'˜In the first, we were sloppy, not on it and it didn't seem like a derby.

'˜The experience in their team showed but that experience costs money.

'˜We gave two poor goals away because firstly we have to stop cross from coming in and then we have to mark our men

'˜The second half was much more competitive and got our reward for not giving up.

'˜During that period, we displayed that when we stand up to people we could deal with the best of them. 

'˜In the end, we could have gone on and won the game. 

'˜It's going to be a dogfight at bottom of the table and this is a big point for us.

'˜They will all add up at the end of the season.'