This hard-fought victory for AFC Telford may not be enough for Kevin Wilkin to claim that all’s well that ends well after his side’s recent troubles, but it is a start.
On a day when Wilkin’s side had to respond to numerous plot twists, they kept their heads and also enjoyed a slice or two of good fortune to claim an important win over the Bards.
With Styche and Whittall on debut, Wilkin made three further changes; Fox returned at left-back and Ricardo Dinanga came back in after missing last weekend’s FA Trophy loss at Quorn through injury. Match referee Jack Shepherd handled the game in a way that left plenty of spectators puzzled, and his first yellow card of the afternoon went to Orrin Pendley, a decision the Bucks contested to no avail. Dan Lafferty’s free-kick brought no further punishment, the defensive wall holding firm.
The free-kick awarded against Whittall had yet to be taken, and when it was, Lafferty’s strike at goal skidded low and was pushed around his right post at full stretch by Hall. From the resulting corner, the Bards found a spare man but he wasted the opportunity, heading well over Hall’s crossbar. The remainder of the half and the five minutes added for Kerr’s injury saw both sides trying to be positive, and on the stroke of the whistle, Piggott went close with another close-range header, making contact but clearing the bar.
Dinanga found the frame of the goal in the 62nd minute, following a typical Ellis Myles surge from full-back. Dinanga flicked the ball goalwards and it looped over Beresford but bounced to safety off the top of the bar.
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