November 26, 2024

 

Fans gallery from FC Halifax Town's win over Wrexham at The Shay

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

Watch Match Highlights of FC Halifax Town’s 2-1 win over Barnet on the opening day of the season right now on Shaymen TV

We executed a game plan” – Millington delighted with Town’s resilience after opening day win over Barnet

FC Halifax Town sign former Wigan Athletic and Salford defender Tylor Golden

Chris Millington was delighted with his team’s resilience as FC Halifax Town beat title favourites Barnet 2-1 on the opening day of the new season.Goals from Jamie Cooke and Adam Alimi-Adetoro on his debut got Town off to the perfect start at The Shay.

“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.

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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.”

It was a good decision in the end!" - Defender Golden's journey from South  Carolina to Halifax

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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