Telford find the going tough
Assistant manager Larry Chambers today highlighted his growing frustration at AFC Telford United's poor record against the top teams in Blue Square North. Assistant manager Larry Chambers today highlighted his growing frustration at AFC Telford United's poor record against the top teams in Blue Square North. Saturday's 2-1 defeat away to rapidly-improving Boston follows on from earlier defeats at promotion rivals Hyde and Harrogate. It means the Bucks are now eight points behind leaders Kettering - and still have to visit the Poppies this season, as well as play-off rivals Nuneaton and Stalybridge. "We're frustrated because I don't think we deserved to lose on Saturday, I really don't," insisted Chambers. Check out our match photo gallery here and read the full story in today's Shropshire Star
Boston's Tony Crane gets to clear the ball ahead of United scorer Lee Moore." class="imageframe alignright" height="130" src="http://www.shropshirestar.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/buckstm.jpg" width="175"/>Assistant manager Larry Chambers today highlighted his growing frustration at AFC Telford United's poor record against the top teams in Blue Square North.Saturday's 2-1 defeat away to rapidly-improving Boston follows on from earlier defeats at promotion rivals Hyde and Harrogate.
It means the Bucks are now eight points behind leaders Kettering - and still have to visit the Poppies this season, as well as play-off rivals Nuneaton and Stalybridge.
"We're frustrated because I don't think we deserved to lose on Saturday, I really don't," insisted Chambers.
"But it's probably the third, fourth, fifth time we've come away to a side that's been doing well - sides in the top half or the top six like Harrogate and Hyde - and we've put in decent performances and come away with nothing.
"The bottom line is that it doesn't matter how well we've done during the game, and there were some good performances on Saturday, if we've got nothing to show for it.
"Any critic from the outside who hasn't watched the games could turn around and say: 'Telford go away from home against the teams in the top six and they come away with nothing,' and I can't argue with them."
A Lee Moore goal midway through the second half had sparked hopes of a comeback at the Staffsmart Stadium after Boston had raced into a 2-0 lead with strikes either side of half-time.
Moore netted with a blistering volley to celebrate his announcement as the league's player of the month for January.
That award came as a surprise to Moore and to the club's management, with Chambers adding: "Lee's not had the best of times recently and he'll tell you that himself.
"He's got the award, but he'd probably say January is the worst month he's had in his 18 months he's been with us.
"On Saturday he was the old Lee Moore though, and he deserved his goal."