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Heathcote not surprised by 'shock' result
By Connor Murphy
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ALTY sprung exactly the kind of surprise they needed after claiming a 1-1 draw at Torquay United on Tuesday night.

Manager Graham Heathcote had called on his side to secure a couple of shock results after claiming just five points from their recent run of four games against lower table opposition.

And they did just that, holding second-placed Torquay to a draw on a nightmare Tuesday night trip to Plainmoor.

 Despite coming under some heavy first half pressure from the home side and falling behind to a Chris Zebroski goal, they stayed in touch and equalised through a Warren Peyton penalty on 72 minutes.

Now Heathcote is looking for his team to match that level of performance when they make the equally difficult trip to Exeter on Saturday.

He told SAM Sport: "We did very well against Torquay and got our reward for a lot of hard work.

"I know these kind of results are in us, it's just about everyone maintaining the focus for the full 90 minutes, which is exactly what we did.

"There was a lot of action in our penalty area but Stuart Coburn didn't really have that many saves to make and we defended extremely well. Generally since New Year's Day we've looked solid and that's pleasing.

"But we saw that Stafford scored goals in the 89th and 90th minutes to get a point on Tuesday night too, so there'll be a few more of these shock results before the end of the season and we need to get our fair share.

"We'll go to Exeter with a bit of confidence but we'll have to put in another good performance."

1:16pm today