Mike Morris warns Harrogate Railway players following Crowle Colts FC comeback
Mike Morris warned his Harrogate Railway players that they cannot afford to keep giving opponents a head start in games and expect to come out on top.
The Starbeck outfit recorded a first NCEL Division One success in five attempts when they fought back from a goal down to beat Crowle Colts 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.
And although he felt that his side were good value for all three points in the end – and could easily have won by a more convincing margin – the Rail chief knows that it won’t always be possible to recover from the position they found themselves in at the weekend.
“After a sluggish start where we failed to get going and were fortunate not to be two down, Crowle took control and fully deserved their 1-0 lead,” Morris said.
"However, once we got the ball down and started playing, we completely dominated.
"We controlled the remainder of the match and, on another day, could comfortably have scored five or six.
"Moving forward, we must be more ruthless in front of goal. We can’t afford to concede first before waking up.
"That said, the lads showed fantastic character and determination to turn it around, which was great to see.”
Railway fell behind with just eight minutes on the clock when Carlo Midwinter struck for Crowle.
But, the hosts got back on level terms after half an hour through captain Alex Burton, who met Jacob Jessop’s corner at the near post and headed home.
Burton was involved again as Railway took the lead just six minutes into the second period.
Having received the ball from Steve Smith, the big centre-forward rattled the cross-bar with a well-struck effort and Harry Bandeira was on hand to nod in the rebound.
The points were then wrapped up in stoppage time when Charlie Lack hurdled a challenge as he ran into the Crowle box before squaring for Sam Clothier to slot past the advancing Niall Edge.
Victory lifts Railway up to 14th place in the table ahead of this Saturday’s trip to struggling Appleby Frodingham (3pm).