Just got back from my first away game of the season. They're actually a pretty decent side and we've got a dismal record at Aggborough, so to come away with the win is superb.
Damian Reeves took his chance exquisitely and then Stuart Coburn kept us in it time after time. Absolutely vintage display from him today and, simply put, he changed the outcome of the game almost single-handedly. Sometimes literally.
We weren't without our luck but every good cup run has a game like that, one where you look back and think on how we were so close to a different outcome. Who knows how far we could go? I'm so optimistic because we seem to now be in the habit of going to places like Aggborough without the small club mentality. The Altrincham side during our last Conference era would have most definitely buckled today, but we showed we have bottle in abundance.
We can't win like that every week but I'll most certainly take it in a cup game at one of our worst hunting grounds. We had absolutely 0 calming influence in the second-half and I don't think we stringed five passes together across the entire 45 minutes, situations like that highlight another reason why we aren't a top-half club at this level. Yet.
Cracking support from us lot today. Always nice to get applause from the opposition keeper. Loved that.