Back to square onefor sad Yellows

For only three days after registering their first point of the season at last, they suffered their eighth defeat in nine games.

Town were beaten 2-0 by fellow strugglers Leigh RMI and are now stranded by five clear points at the foot of the table.

No wonder the bookies are now making them odds-on to be relegated back to the Unibond League.

New manager David Lloyd named the same side that had drawn 1-1 at home to Hinckley United last Saturday.

But they produced an insipid performance against a limited Leigh side in front of a deplorable crowd of only 101, one of the lowest in the history of the division.

And if Lloyd had any doubts about the Goliath task he faces in keeping Town in the division, then they were well and truly banished at Hilton Park.

After a goalless first half, centre-back Bobby Wilson shaved the bar with Town's best chance of the game – a header from a corner.

But then the Yellows gifted Leigh the breakthrough. And amazingly, it stemmed from the umpteenth goalkeeping error so far this term.

This time a good ball put Kieran Lugsden free on the right-hand side of the area and new signing Saul Deeney allowed his scuffed shot to slip through his hands.

Leigh wrapped up the points 14 minutes from time when Lugsden was again released inside the area to slide the ball under the advancing Deeney.

The Lancashire outfit had won only one of their previous eight games and started the match only one place above Town in the table. And they were by no means an impressive side.

However they were still able to expose Town’s inadequacies to the full.

A dour, goalless first half saw Town create no chances whatsoever as they struggled to even pass the ball to a yellow shirt.

In fact, a dour game deteriorated into a contest to see which side could lose possession the quickest.

Even after the goals, Town could not raise their game and Leigh were happy to play ‘keep ball’ as the clock ticked by toward the final whistle.