KJM SPORTS REPORT Clevedon Town 3 Saltash Utd 1
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- Created on Sunday, 13 August 2023 17:38
- Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 August 2023 10:01
- Published on Sunday, 13 August 2023 17:38
- Written by KEVIN MARRIOTT Cornwall Football's touchline ace
The Ashes - who host Cornish rivals Falmouth tonight - were pushing for an equaliser when Clevedon grabbed their third goal in the third minute of stoppage time.
It’s now three successive league defeats and 10 goals conceded for Saltash.
Ashes boss Macca Brown said: "We are just falling the wrong side of a very fine line... and Saturday was another example of that.
"The performance was solid again, if I take the Helston game out of the mix when we were horrendous, the other three games we’ve played really well, particularly in the first half and found ourselves in leading positions in all three.
"Yet we’ve taken nothing in terms of points and that’s where we have to improve because in my experience in this league the team that goes ahead is notoriously hard to beat, but that’s not the case at the minute.
"It was the same story on Saturday, we started so well and dominated the early stages and deservedly went ahead. Clevedon weren’t really at it but the momentum swung after about half an hour when we conceded two cheap corner kicks within a minute and that put us on the back foot a bit as Clevedon stepped up their levels.
"I felt we could have gone for it a bit more in the last 15 minutes or so after going behind, maybe we lacked a bit of belief but we still created some good chances.
"With five minutes to go Jake (Foster) had a great chance as he goes through one on one and lobs it just over the bar and then they break and kill the game off in injury time."
The Ashes are still searching for their first points of the season with Brown saying: "We won’t feel sorry for ourselves, we are looking at the results with perspective in mind and we have a brilliant game to look forward to on Tuesday at home to Falmouth.
"The lads have been brilliant; this past week the focus in training and effort has been superb so we are working hard to get that first win.
"It’s been a tough start, three long away trips and a home game against the title favourites, but all of the games are tough and we can’t sit back and wait for an easy one to come along because they aren’t out there.
"We can feel a little hard done by in some cases but are also not necessarily helping ourselves and have to make improvements in certain areas.
"But there’s a lot of positive signs that we can build from and it’ll fall into place, I’m sure of that, and when those first points come it’ll taste even sweeter."
Full report and Macca Brown reaction at KJM Sports
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