Competition

Date

Tuesday 14th December 2010

Marine's play-off push is held up

Swindon Supermarine’s Southern League play-off push stalled tonight as traffic on the M25 ruined their preparations for the trip to title-chasing Cambridge City.

 

The team arrived late and were duly caught cold, losing 2-0. Manager Mark Collier refused to blame outside influences though, claiming his players simply underperformed. He said: “We arrived late because of traffic but that does not excuse the way we played.

 

“It was 0-0 at half-time so by the second half we should have settled down but we were poor.” Craig Hammond fired the hosts ahead midway through the second period after Marine’s earlier offside appeal fell on deaf ears.

 

The Swindon side pushed for an equaliser and Jamie Gosling squandered a good opening before Cambridge broke and David Kolodynski put the game to bed.

 

Sam Morris had wasted an earlier chance and Nick Stanley and Steve Cook also had openings but Marine scarcely deserved anything from the game.

 

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