Morpeth Town boss Craig Lynch lauds 'massive win' over Guisborough Town

Morpeth Town boss Craig Lynch has hailed his side for their “massive win” over Guisborough Town on Wednesday evening.

Second-half goals from captain Jeff Henderson and Mitch Hancox ultimately handed the Highwaymen a valuable three points on the road against a home side who were reduced to 10 men, moving the Northumberland outfit up to seventh in the NPL East table in the process.

And speaking after the final whistle, Lynch expressed his pride in the manner that Town dealt with a tricky opposition, and a series of injury setbacks.

He said: “It's a massive win, absolutely massive win. I've just been talking to their manager, and I said I think that's the best team we've played this season, especially first half. I thought the movement and interchanging was brilliant.

“But look, we've started with a different formation and then we've lost Millsy [Liam Miller]. Millsy's given everything again - he's another one tonight who wanted to start, but his hamstring obviously wasn't right, and he’s had to come off.

“It was one of them where Will [Dowling] wasn't fully fit, so we've gone with Will and then Will's had to come off at half-time because he wasn't right. I told Mitch he was coming off and Dowers has said he was no good, so he's come off and Mitch has scored the winner. Sometimes that's how football works out, but I thought we were brilliant. We had to change it at half-time, we had a little sit down and had a chat, and I thought [Ryan] Chater was magnificent again.

“The pleasing thing for me is, from a personal point of view, we’ve played against 10 men twice this season and we haven't done enough, and that's on me. Tonight we changed a little bit and it worked. Sometimes you get them nights, and Mitch has gone on to score the winner. So look, again, we've got lads out of position, playing two or three positions - Chater has played right wing-back, right wing, centre-mid, number 10 and he gets on, and that's what you've got to be like in this league. Like I said, I think that's a massive win.”