The Bucks enjoyed some luck but the fact that they collected another three points wasn’t so much down to fortune as the hard work that Kevin Wilkin and his squad have made part of their identity.
Montel Gibson scored twice to reach 13 goals for the season and was the benefactor of the bad luck that struck fellow forward Matty Stenson.
Wilkin hadn’t gone overboard about his team’s 1-0 defeat at AFC Sudbury the previous weekend; however, with the Bucks entering what some of their new US investors might call the ‘stretch drive’, or the crucial weeks for contending teams, the Bucks boss was determined that result should be a bump in the road and nothing more.
It did, but it took a while. The first half was entertaining and absorbing, but the chances tended to come from set-piece situations. The Bucks were enjoying marginally better of the exchanges. Stenson gamely made himself available down the middle, whilst a corner in the 18th minute met by Pendley at the near post was kept out by Wallis on the line, aided by his defence.
It was the visitors who ended the half the strongest; Oli Brown-Hill sent an ambitious volley wide and then forward Jack Duffy’s driving run brought a corner, as well as a bit of pain for Duffy, who collided with the advertising hoarding. From the corner, defender James Blunden might feel he should have done better, getting above a Bucks defender at the far post but directing a header wide after making a poor contact.
A counter-attack following a Daniels’ free-kick was launched by the again impressive Walker, who has become an almost indispensable part of Wilkin’s side. He moved the ball on to Byron Moore but the move broke down when Gibson, who thought he had support, deliberately stepped over the ball and saw it run to Stamford to clear.
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