[choirboy]

It was a hard fought WIN tonight which earned us a very valuable THREE POINTS to put us right on the tail of the leaders! Another 'Clean Sheet' was a bonus and was well deserved too.
I thought that we played really well for the first half an hour and dominated midfield and the play generally. Scott Brown did particularly well early on but we allowed Morecambe to get a bit of a hold on midfield in the closing stages of the half.
To their credit Morecambe lifted their game in the second half and pushed our midfield into deeper defensive positions. It was the cool influence from Captain Coneely which often disrupted Morecambe's play along with the strong and effective defending from Dunne, Hughes, Donacien and Johnson. Morecambe changed their personnel and kept up their momentum but we continued to defend well and still looked dangerous on the break. In the last ten minutes plus the added 6 minutes our boys worked really hard and kept the ball upfield most of the time and Morecambe were reduced to some desperate 'Hoof ball' but we resisted and held on for the well deserved victory.
Deano did well for Morecambe, apart from the foul for the penalty, and I really think that they were better than quite a number of teams that I have seen in League Two this season. I think that they will survive the season.
STANLEY continue the progress up the League and with Notts County drawing tonight and Mansfield drawing at Lincoln we are in an even better position than this afternoon before the matches kicked off!
GREAT VOCAL SUPPORT FROM THE TERRACES TONIGHT.

Another CUP FINAL at Luton on Saturday and if we can win or even get a draw it will confirm our rightful place up there battling for promotion.

WELL DONE ALL THE STANLEY PLAYERS TONIGHT
ON STANLEY ON
COME ON YOU REDS[/[B]