A 2-1 victory at Lowestoft Town lifted AFC Telford United into a five-way tie for the leadership of the Southern Premier Central Division.
And manager Kevin Wilkin felt that the shared experience of achieving something his side failed to do last season, allied to the all-important points, made it a satisfying, albeit long day’s work.
The Bucks failed to turn Eastern promise into anything more tangible on some of their longer away trips last season and lost on each of their visits to East Anglia. However, in both their preparations and the performance, the Bucks went about their task in a way that pleased Wilkin. Unlike the previous week’s FA Cup defeat, where the Bucks conceded within twenty seconds of the game beginning, Wilkin’s troops were primed and quickly took the lead through Byron Moore’s close-range strike. Jimmy Armson added his first league goal for the club with a classy finish, and with less than half an hour played, the Bucks had a two-goal lead:
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