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Magpies show true grit
Goals either side of half-time from strikers Ryan Moss and Matt Groves sealed victory for Dorchester in a far from entertaining spectacle at the Avenue Stadium. The triumph elevated the Magpies to the 15th spot in the Blue Square South standings, overtaking Saturday’s visitors in the process and opening up a 12-point gap between themselves and the bottom three. County town boss Vickers was delighted with the outcome. He said: “It wasn’t a good game to watch but I think the pitch played a part in that. We train on the pitch and therefore the groundsman does a fantastic job to get it fit to play. “But it’s so heavy and it’s not proving to be a good surface to play the kind of football we want to play. “It was not a pretty game and Bishop’s Stortford came with a game plan which forced us to change things around after a few minutes. “We were maybe a little fortuitous to get the first goal but over the balance of play I felt we deserved the win. “There were a few enlightening moments at half-time let’s say but we regrouped, took things on board and got stronger in the second half. “Good teams grind out results and that’s exactly what we did. The lads are doing well and producing good play because they’re all helping each other and working hard. “The standard has been set and we’ve got to keep it up. We didn’t play as well as we can in the first half but it’s about digging in and the extra endeavour came through.” Moss celebrated his return from illness with a first-half header while Groves justified his recall to the starting XI by notching his second penalty in as many games. Vickers added: “I wasn’t able to enjoy the first goal, because of the way we were playing, but I enjoyed the second more so. “It was a clear penalty and Groover dispatched it as he does, just like at Welling the previous week. “I’m ever so pleased for Groover to get his place back and score the penalty, and I’m just as pleased for Mossy. That’s not to say things won’t change because we’ve got several good strikers at the club.” Vickers also gave praise to winger Nick Crittenden, who lit up a dull afternoon with a clever flick in the build-up to Moss’ opener. He said: “Critts has got a special quality and that’s what he brings to the team. He gives us that extra dimension and what a piece of skill to set up Mossy for what was a brave header.” Crittenden was forced off late on during Saturday’s win but Vickers added: “Critts has had an ankle problem of late and it was just a knock.”
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