PRE-SEASON title favourites Barnet were given an early wake-up call as they went down to an opening day defeat at FC Halifax Town.
Second-half goals from Jamie Cooke and debutant Adam Adetoro sandwiched Ben Coker’s leveller for Barnet inside a ten-minute flurry as Chris Millington’s young Shaymen side racked up an impressive, yet
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We executed a game plan” – Millington delighted with Town’s resilience after opening day win over Barnet
“Delighted for the lads, given the context of the game and some of the challenges we’ve had to face in the last week or ten days,” Millington told the”It took some resilience and, I’m sure I’ll say this plenty of times this season but we’re a young group, but what they are is a group of good learners.
The debutants today – Will Smith, very good, Tom Pugh worked his socks off and gave us a bit of quality when we needed it, and Adam Adetoro I’m really pleased for because it doesn’t get much tougher as an introduction into National League football, playing against , Stead and Brunt, they’re not going to be many better than them.
“And I thought he showed some real grit and determination. We know he’s a good footballer but what we needed to see evidence of was how much heart he’s got and he showed plenty of that today.”
Asked if he had seen the result coming this week, Millington said: “Always, I always expect us to win. In my time here, we’ve never played a team where I’ve not believed we’ve had enough to win, as long as we execite our game plan.”And I thought he showed some real grit and determination. We know he’s a good footballer but what we needed to see evidence of was how much heart he’s got and he showed plenty of that today.”
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