Oct 15, 2009
Rushall Olympic 4 Market Drayton Town 0
Mick Murphy, Market Drayton Town's "interim manager", remained upbeat after his first UniBond League South game in charge ended in 4-0 defeat at Rushall Olympic.
"Despite what the scoreline might indicate, we did really well," said the club coach, given the title "interim manager" because club officials don't like the the post being referred to as a caretaker job.
"It was one of those quirky matches that come along a couple of times a season when the score bears little or no relation to run of play," Murphy added.
"We missed six or seven clear chances we'd normally put away easily and gave them all four goals with individual errors that gave keeper Andrew Pryce no chance - again something we're not normally prone to."
Victory took Rushall to the top of the league and sent Drayton spiralling down to seventh in the table. But Murphy, who has told Town that personal commitments prevent him doing more than coaching, was quick to point out that there's so little between the leading clubs these positions could easily be reversed.
"Three points on Saturday would have made us the league leaders instead of them," he said. "The team spirit was great, we played well and, as we still have three or four games in hand on the teams above us, we can quickly climb the ladder again.
"In a few days, we've lost a match and a manager and player (Simon Line and Grant Goodhead who have joined Hednesford). That's obviously a blow but I honestly don't think Simon or Grant could have made it different on Saturday.
"It was one of those days - and that certainly does not make us despondent.
"We went out and murdered Olympic for the first 35 minutes.
"Unfortunately, the way our luck was going, I think we still wouldn't have scored if we'd played all weekend."
Nicky Porter, who had an outstanding game, Tom Rogers and Tom Ward all finishers of proven ability, missed a crop of chances that would have made a world of difference for Town.
In contrast, Olympic snapped up their gifts with glee - and they could not have been more badly timed from Town's viewpoint.
Levi Ramsey accepted the first in 37 minutes and added another on the stroke of half time.
And just when it looked inevitable that Town's second half efforts would bring results, Harry Harris accepted what was effectively the decider on 53 minutes, going on to add a cruel fourth a minute from the end.
"Despite what the scoreline might indicate, we did really well," said the club coach, given the title "interim manager" because club officials don't like the the post being referred to as a caretaker job.
"It was one of those quirky matches that come along a couple of times a season when the score bears little or no relation to run of play," Murphy added.
"We missed six or seven clear chances we'd normally put away easily and gave them all four goals with individual errors that gave keeper Andrew Pryce no chance - again something we're not normally prone to."
Victory took Rushall to the top of the league and sent Drayton spiralling down to seventh in the table. But Murphy, who has told Town that personal commitments prevent him doing more than coaching, was quick to point out that there's so little between the leading clubs these positions could easily be reversed.
"Three points on Saturday would have made us the league leaders instead of them," he said. "The team spirit was great, we played well and, as we still have three or four games in hand on the teams above us, we can quickly climb the ladder again.
"In a few days, we've lost a match and a manager and player (Simon Line and Grant Goodhead who have joined Hednesford). That's obviously a blow but I honestly don't think Simon or Grant could have made it different on Saturday.
"It was one of those days - and that certainly does not make us despondent.
"We went out and murdered Olympic for the first 35 minutes.
"Unfortunately, the way our luck was going, I think we still wouldn't have scored if we'd played all weekend."
Nicky Porter, who had an outstanding game, Tom Rogers and Tom Ward all finishers of proven ability, missed a crop of chances that would have made a world of difference for Town.
In contrast, Olympic snapped up their gifts with glee - and they could not have been more badly timed from Town's viewpoint.
Levi Ramsey accepted the first in 37 minutes and added another on the stroke of half time.
And just when it looked inevitable that Town's second half efforts would bring results, Harry Harris accepted what was effectively the decider on 53 minutes, going on to add a cruel fourth a minute from the end.
