Morpeth Town extend winning run to three with midweek North Ferriby victory

Morpeth Town boss Craig Lynch has lavished praise on his side after they extended their winning streak to three matches with an NPL East victory over North Ferriby on Tuesday evening.

A stunning Danny Barlow free-kick and a quickfire second from Ryan Chater proved enough to seal a 2-0 win at Craik Park, lifting the Highwaymen up to second in the table as a result.

And speaking after the final whistle, Lynch said: “Fair play to North Ferriby, they’ve had two hard travels in the space of four days - coming up here against Blyth on Saturday and then having to come back against us tonight. They’ve come up with a good game plan - they sat 11 men behind the ball, tried to counter us and then play on that.

“First half, we were trying to force it a bit too much because you're trying to get that killer pass when you have a lot of play at the back, and I just said we had to be patient - just try and probe and try and move them. Then we did for the first goal, a little bit of play and when you get Jamo [Luke James] in those positions, there's not many defenders in this league who can get near him.

“He's won a free-kick, and then Danny Barlow... I think it might have only been his second free-kick since he scored his last one, but what a free-kick, unbelievable.

“Straight away, once we scored, that was it. They had to try and come out a little bit, and then we just played through them for the second goal with some great, fast-flowing football. And then they had a go at the end and we sat in well and we sustained the pressure.”

Reflecting on Morpeth’s recent purple patch write large, Lynch continued: “Great run of form, two defeats in our first ten, and I can't speak enough about what the lads have given. Three games in six days at this level, we've got nine out injured, and I know I keep saying it, but teenagers galore... Nine injured, three games in six days, three wins!”