Town midfielder Liam King believes that the Shaymen showed resilience as they came from behind to earn a 2-1 victory away at AFC Telford United on Saturday.
Goals from Nathan Hotte and a screamer from Richard Peniket on his return to the New Bucks Head Stadium ensured that the Shaymen left Telford with all three points secured, and it was this resilience that allowed the lads to overturn their hostβs lead.Β
βYeah thatβs what Billyβs teams do, they never give up. I always thought we were in the game even when they got off the mark. It was a poor goal from our part but you just keep going. It was early doors but, like you said, I think we fully deserved the result today. Credit to the lads for getting together and we push on nowβ
βObviously when youβre away from home you have got to try and soak it up a bit. The lads defended well at the end, I donβt think they had any clear cut chances at the endβ
The game had a scrappy overall feel to it as both sides struggled to keep hold of possession for long periods of time. This was understandable as Town came into the game off the back of two straight defeats, although King says this didnβt have too much of an impact on the dressing room.
βI donβt think it has a massive impact but sometimes when youβre on that pitch you feel that things are going against you. The lads have got together today and got the result. It was never going to be pretty, itβs just important to get those three points and weβve done thatβ
βObviously (it was) a very scrappy game and we needed that win. Sometimes when you have two defeats you do whatever it takes to get it over the line. You say itβs a scrappy game but weβve got over the line and got the win so now we can push onβ
Despite possession changing hands numerous times, Town managed to create plenty of chances which could have easily seen the game out sooner.
βTo be fair we had a fair few chances in the game as well when βDentsβ hit the post at the end and then it just hasnβt dropped to Denton in the box again. I think we deserved the win, that pressure is expected and the lads coped with it really wellβ
The Shaymen can now turn their attention to Tuesday nightβs game, where they travel to Salford City.
Salford, subject of the BBC documentary βClass of 92: Out of their Leagueβ, currently sit top of the National League North and have impressed so far in their first season of seventh-tier football. However, King knows that todayβs win will inspire Heathβs men to produce another promising performance. Β Β Β Β Β Β
βWe can take confidence into the next game now weβve got that result. Donβt get me wrong, if we had been beaten today it would have been a tough one on Tuesdayβ
βWeβve got the win now, we can go and play our own game and they are a good side but so are we so letβs see what happens. Hopefully it will be a good gameβ
You can watch the full interview with Liam along with more post-match reaction from Heath and goal scorer Peniket over on Shaymen Player HD now!Β
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