Micheal Everitt dedicated Folkestone’s win on Saturday to “Mr Folkestone” Neil Cugley as they progressed in the FA Trophy.

With penalties looming towards the end of the First-Round tie at Cheriton Road, substitute Ibrahim Olutade netted in the 87th minute before 12-goal top scorer Ade Yusuff sealed their 2-0 win to give Everitt and Roland Edge, now in charge of Invicta, a winning start.

It has been quite the week for Everitt and Edge since the club on Wednesday announced 65-year-old Cugley had stood down from his role in the dug-out.

Everitt said: “My phone hasn’t stopped ringing to be fair! But I was looking forward to today, not for me or Edgy really, just for Cugs.

“There’s so much positivity about what he’s done for this football club and he deserves all the praise and plaudits that he gets. He won’t want them, by the way.

“He’s very humble but we said in there that this was for him. He’s ‘Mr Folkestone’ - he does so much for this football club and we just wanted to do it today for him and reward all the hard work he’s put into this football club.”

Yusuff’s goal saw the striker celebrate by hugging Cugley in the crowd.

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“He has a great relationship with all the players we have in this team,” said Everitt on Cugley, who took charge of 1,299 Folkestone matches.

“He genuinely cares about them, not just in football but outside of football as well. If I was playing - I don't run that often - but I would have run over and joined in with them!

“It just goes to show how much he means to us.”

Yusuff’s goal came after former Tonbridge frontman Olutade had broken the deadlock with his sixth goal this campaign.

Everitt said: “Ibs has had a massive impact off the bench for us this season.

“I think, if you look at the games, he has had a real impact and scored some really important goals. That was a massive goal.

“It’s something we haven’t been doing enough this season. We’re probably at our best when we are counter-attacking teams and we have been conceding the first goal quite a lot, which means we are finding it hard.

“But as you can see today, we went 1-0 ahead and, in fact, we created a couple more chances after we scored.

“I think we have to be more clinical. Get that first goal and I think we’ll be really hard to play against.”

In contrast to the first half, the second period in front of a crowd of 662 struggled to have much tempo about it until the latter stages.

Reflecting on the game, Everitt said: “First half, I thought we were excellent at times. We created some really good opportunities, which is sort of how our season has gone so far.

“I think we have played some really good stuff, created the opportunities, but we have not scored at the right moments.

“Second half, to be fair, they came out and had a good 20 minutes but the lads dug deep really. In a difficult spell in the game, we didn’t give too many chances away and dug deep and then, obviously at the end, I suppose football is about moments.

“They break - I think it’s four on two - and Callum Davies does excellently. We go to the other end and score, and we pick them off for the second one.”

Everitt also gave a fitness update on right-back Josh Vincent (hamstring) and frontman Ira Jackson who is struggling with a knock.

“With Ira, we are hoping it will be short-term. He was involved on Monday [at Carshalton], but started off as a substitute, and it’s not gotten any better,” he said.

“We’re hoping maybe next Saturday. To be fair, JV is a bit of a warrior, really.

“He plays through different types of injuries and, his one, we’re not quite sure on the length of time he will be out.

“But he’s a tough lad and, if you saw him play or he were involved next Saturday, you wouldn’t be too surprised. He’s one we really need to keep on monitoring.”

Ahead of Monday’s FA Trophy Second-Round draw, when Step 2 clubs enter the competition, Everitt also used a cliche used by his predecessor when asked who he would like to face next in the competition.

He said: “This is a Neil Cugley cliche… Anybody at home would be great!”

Invicta on Tuesday will host Isthmian South East strugglers Faversham in the Velocity Cup.