I didn't write a report after Tuesday's defeat against Chorley because I was so downhearted. They weren't very good, but we were worse. It looked like the same story again after the first half today. We were poor and so were Stalybridge Celtic, but they saw their opportunity and scored.
For the opening period we were pinned back. The strong wind didn't help good football, but were hoofing the ball out in panic mode. Their goal came when the keeper spilled the ball and Sim seized his chance.
It looked as if they were going to win until the second part of the second half when we started to battle, although we did get the ball on the roof of the net earlier on in the second half in our best effort up to then. The difference was made by taking off the haples Liam Truslove and bringing on Richard Taundry who was on fire and looked like a footballer. Hicks then replaced Edwards and a further substitutions saw Magunda replaced by Bilal Yafai. It was good work by him and Goddard that enabled Hicks to find the back of the net.
We kept under the pressure in the closing minutes to raise the spirits of most of the crowd of 595, but could not find the back of the net.
Next week's opponents Gloucester City won 2-0 at Solihull Moors, but Brackley lost 1-0 at Colwyn Bay so that puts us one point ahead of them, just out of the relegation places.
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