Buckingham V Thrapston

This was about a reaction to a below par Robins performance on Saturday and to say our preparation was not ideal would be an understatement.

“Due to roadwork’s on the Wellingborough Road and a serious crash on A45 we only had seven players there for 6.45. The rest arrived at around 7.15 if not later. The kit was also caught up on the A45 and Thrapston kindly lent us there away kit to use. The warm up was ten minutes at best. Two players didn’t make it back from Leicester and we went into the game with only twelve players.

“However, once again through adversity the players stuck together, worked twice as hard and returned to the quality levels we have seen this season. Goals from Tony Hill and Dom Marsala gave us a good lead and we continued to stay on top second half without causing too many problems but at the same time never looking under any pressure.

“I cannot say how proud I am of everyone involved, it would have been so easy to have been beaten. The lads who did make it there would have had some very valid excuses as well given the build up. That’s not in their character and they’ve shown the fight we need to win games. All other teams around us won, which makes the win even more important as to lose another 3 points on teams around us would have been a disaster.

“We now go into Saturday’s game with a spring in our step and a great chance to get back to back wins for the first time this season”.

Remaining fixtures:

Buckingham Town v Bourne Town Saturday, 20 April 2013
Buckingham Town v Bugbrooke St Michaels Saturday, 27 April 2013
Northampton Spencer v Buckingham Town Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Burton Park Wanderers v Buckingham Town Saturday, 04 May 2013
Buckingham Town v Northampton ON Chenecks Tuesday, 07 May 2013