AFC Telford United rose to third place in the Southern League Premier Central with a victory over Stamford AFC, increasing the likelihood of a post-season playoff place.
Two goals from striker Montel Gibson raised his tally to thirteen for the season as the Bucks triumphed 2-1 over tough opponents, and manager Kevin Wilkin declared himself “very happy” at the way both the team and Gibson as an individual had responded to the previous week’s setback at AFC Sudbury.
Gibson hadn’t started the game but was introduced when fellow forward Matty Stenson suffered yet another injury blow. Stenson clashed heads with Stamford’s scorer Harry Vince and departed early due to a nasty cut. “I’m disappointed for Matt; his period with this us this time around has been very stop-start. We’re very spot stars and I’m really frustrated for him. He’s done well up until that point and in the short period that he has played and had minutes for us he’s done very, very well and it would be nice to get him out there on a more regular basis and get some minutes under his belt.”
“Montel would obviously be disappointed to come out of the side. I was a little bit frustrated with his performance last Saturday, but yeah, the way he’s knuckled down and gone on there, with a good attitude and application to what was needed was a great credit to him. He’s worked the target on a couple of occasions and we’re delighted he’s got two goals to his name and hopefully, he can build on that moving forward.
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