AFC Telford United are enduring a difficult start to the 2025 season, facing challenges both on and off the pitch.
After the worst possible start to 2025 for AFC Telford United, doubts are creeping in about whether this really will be their year. Most people expected the Bucks to bounce back at the first opportunity last season, despite having to deal with far more turmoil than they have this term. Last season there were more mitigating factors for Kevin Wilkin ’s side. This season those same excuses are not as relevant.
There was not the same level of rebuild in the summer, injuries have not been quite so devastating, and no team has run away with the division like Needham Market and Mickleover did last term. On the pitch, the problem has never been more obvious – Kevin Wilkin’s side are conceding far too many goals. After 22 games this season they have shipped 37. In the 44 league and play-off games they played last season, the Bucks conceded just 35 times. Undoubtedly a big part of that has been the absence of last season’s captain Fraser Kerr, who left the club in the summer to pursue a career opportunity in Dubai with his wife. There is no denying the Scottish centre-back has been missed this term, but even he was not a mainstay in Wilkin’s side due to injuries. He featured 30 times for the Bucks in an injury-hit campaign and was dropped during the run-in as Wilkin favoured current centre-back pairing Orrin Pendley and Sam Whittall. Another key member of last season’s squad who has been missed is top scorer Montel Gibson, who despite Telford’s best efforts joined step two side Hereford in June. He is now back in step three at Matlock on a contract the Bucks again could not compete with. That exit had at least been anticipated, and former EFL striker Dior Angus was lured from National League side Altrincham as Gibson’s replacement. After three league goals – all from the penalty spot – in nine games, he left the club by mutual consent having struggled to settl
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