Linby boss curses injury woes after heavy defeat at Pinxton

Andy Tring was left cursing his injury woes after Linby were beaten 7-3 at Pinxton at the weekend.
Andy Tring says the wheels came off for his side at Pinxton due to injuries.Andy Tring says the wheels came off for his side at Pinxton due to injuries.
Andy Tring says the wheels came off for his side at Pinxton due to injuries.

Their only other defeat of the season had seen them beaten in another ten goal thriller - a 6-4 loss at Nottingham.

But inconsistency of selection finally caught up with Linby, with too many big players missing , Jack James suspended, Danny Tring and Greg Conn both injured, Ash Foster and Jamie Thomas unavailable.

“We had half the team missing and it was just one of those days,” the Linby boss said.

“We have gone to one of the strongest teams and had to field our weakest side of the season in terms of experience.

“I was gutted Saturday and Sunday, but looking at it, they will drop points and there is a lot of games to play.”

“We need to get the players back and to be able to put out our strongest team.

I had midfielders playing sweeper and a young lad, who had already played 90 mins before the game, playing to help me out.

“It wasn’t ideal. We got back in it at 4-2 but then the wheels just fell off from there.”

It all started well, when they took the lead on five minutes after good work from Rory Smith and Sean Craven set Travis Shooter up with a simple chance to score.

Pinxton’s keeper Adam Jablonski saved well to deny Smith on 12 minutes.

The game was all square three minutes later when Zac Melrose rounded Jack Leverton to equalise ,

Pinxton hit the front when Jay Crumbie turned a 24th minute cross into his own net.

It got worse for Linby, as the wheels started to fall off when Sion Green’s shot from the edge of the area took a wicked deflection past Leverton on 30 minuts.

In the build up to that goal Jack Marsden went down injured and had to limp out of the action .

On the stroke of half-time, the home team added a fourth through Melrose after Linby had failed to clear their lines.

The goals continued to rain in, in the second half, for what was an entertaining game for hardy neutrals and home supporters .

Craven got on the end of a Travis Shooter knock-down to pull a goal back.

But Brad Foley made it 5-2 on 62 minutes after Pinxton hit Linby on the counter.

Ben Jones headed home five minutes later from a Craven free-kick to give Linby new hope.

But Pinxton pulled away once again with Melrose completing a hat-trick on 73 minutes.

Linby’s bad day was rounded off, when the normally reliable Leverton dropped a straightforward cross over his own line.

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