Having implored his team to “fight for the right to play football” before Saturday’s win against Albion Sports, Brendon Ormsby has applauded the attitude shown by his players. However, while encouraging them to show the same fighting spirit in tonight’s fixture against Shirebrook Town, he has reminded them that, having fought for the right to play football, they should not forget to do so!

Writing in his programme notes for tonight’s match, Ormsby writes: “Having backed ourselves into a bit of a corner with three defeats, I was really pleased that the players managed to fight their way out of that corner on Saturday. It was good to get a win, although the football was not the best we have played this season. It was a hard-fought game, Albion were a big, strong side, and there were some crunching tackles, plenty of tension and a scuffle or two. In fact, given the nature of the game, I thought that it was a credit to the players that they kept their heads and found a way to win. In truth, it was an ugly game, a long way from the style of football we aspire towards, but we stood up for ourselves, battled hard to keep a clean sheet, and scored the only goal to win it.

“As far as tonight is concerned, I hope that the clean sheet and the win give us some of our confidence back. Before Saturday’s game, I laid down the gauntlet to our players, asking them to show that they had the character to “fight for the right to play football”. To their great credit, they took up the challenge and did exactly that. My one regret from the game is that, having fought so hard, they then forgot the bit about playing football! The performance was still way short of what our lads are capable of, and short of what they have produced a few weeks ago.