Folkestone Invicta travel to Eastbourne Town in confident mood
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by Alex Hoad
Folkestone Invicta manager Neil Cugley
says his side will travel to Eastbourne Town this weekend in
confident mood after snatching a late draw against Godalming last
Saturday.
Invicta came back from 2-0 down in the
final 18 minutes to keep their nine-game unbeaten run going to move
two points off the top of the Ryman Division 1 South. The comeback
came a week after surrendering a 2-0 lead of their own against
Burgess Hill Town.
Cugley (pictured) said: "If it
had been the other way around and we’d followed the Godalming game
with the Burgess Hill result then we’d have felt a bit negative and
it might have had an impact on the whole season.
"When you’re 2-0 down and down to 10
you wonder if the run is coming to an end and what impact it would
have, but with the way it went we came out feeling positive and we
can take that into our next game now."
Despite staying four points clear of
the play-off-chasing pack, Cugley feels his fourth-placed side
could be leading the division had they taken their chances in the
last two games.
He said: ""It keeps us up there and
gives us a bit of breathing space over teams like Godalming who are
chasing, but I think we did enough to deserve to win.
"If you add that to the previous game
then we really should have four more points on our total and be top
of the league.
"I know we can’t dwell on that, we
have to get on with it and try to get the three points when we go
to Eastbourne on Saturday."
Invicta are full-strength for the trip
to East Sussex to face 17th-placed Eastbourne, who have recorded
just two wins in the past 15 league games.
Wednesday, January 18 2012
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