Rangers went in at half time a goal to the good, after Martin Rowlands and Kevin Gallen had shot Rangers ahead.
However, a late first half header by Brighton’s Danny Cullip set up an intriguing second half contest, but neither side could find a way through the opposition defence in the second term.
“We knew we needed to show that kind of quality today, obviously they are a very big strong organised side. They have got an awful lot of dangerous players.
“If I’ve got any gripe it’s that we conceded a goal from a set piece, and I don’t like conceding goals like that – a free header.”
And, according to the Rangers boss, his side was fortunate to get ‘the rub of the green’, after early appeals for handball by Clarke Carlisle were waived away by the referee.
“To be perfectly honest before all that it looked like a handball - the day went for us. The ball hit Clarke Carlisle by the look of it. But we still had to dig in and work hard.
“We didn’t quite get our organisation right in the second half – but that stuff is for the training ground – you aren’t going to get any negatives out of me today.
“Those were an absolutely vital three points for us today.”
In what was a highly entertaining battle, neither team seemed able to either - seal the win, or make up lost ground. But it was a game that Ollie thought worthy of the support that it drew.
“Your always on a knife edge in football – and that’s what’s great about it. It wasn’t the prettiest game for the purest but it was entertaining.
“If we’d had got another goal my boys would have relaxed a little bit and so would have the crowd.
And looking ahead to the LDV Vans Area Semi Final against Southend on Tuesday night, the Rangers manager still has too many injury doubts to be clear on the type of line up he will be able to select.
“I don’t know who will be fit and who won’t be, so I don’t know the team yet. But I want to win the game – I know that much.”
Finally, the Rangers boss was quick to recognise the relation between the hard work his team was doing on the field and the hard work of their supporter off it. And, according to Ollie, it is helping to instil a belief in his players.
“The fan’s have been such a massive part of this – turning up in their number to the Second Division.
“They’ve out done anything we did in the Premier League, we’ve got 9,000 Season Ticket holders – and I’m so proud of what we’re doing down here.
“The more you’re winning the more you believe, and our lads, I think, are looking like they believe. But we’ve still got a long way to go.”