Bitter pill as late goal for leaders Boston Town sinks battling Kimberley MW
Kimberley MW had a bitter pill to swallow on Saturday after a 90th minute looping header gave title-chasing Boston Town a narrow 1-0 win in the UCL Premier North on Saturday.
It was a sixth league game in a row without a win and, after a fine run of results had pushed them up into the play-offs, they are now in the fifth and final play-off place on goal difference only.
Matthew Cotton's late goal snatched all three points for the table-toppers and Kimberley boss Ant Ward said: “It was a sucker punch really as we had defended brilliantly all game.
“Boston will certainly be there or thereabouts come the end of the season and to say we deserved a win would be a complete injustice to them. But we generally deserved a point from the game as we had been excellent for 90 minutes, and had created chances of our own.
“Before the goal we had rode our luck and had to rely on two brilliant saves from Ben Allsopp and a goalmouth scramble to keep the ball out.
“When the ball falls to a player like Matt Cotton at the back post and his looping header drops in off the post it’s a bitter pill to swallow but that’s what good players do.”
He added: “Despite the late goal we still created one last chance but when your luck's out, it’s out as their keeper pulled off two point blank saves.
“At the start of the season those goals would have gone in but it’s just not falling for us at the moment and the injury list just keeps on growing with another long term injury picked up Saturday to compound the day.
“We now move on to Heanor Town on Saturday which is another tough fixture.”
The defeat followed a 2-1 loss at Belper Town in midweek where Sacha Markelic's late goal proved to be nothing more than a consolation.