Defender Brad Smith reflects on yesterday's win at Swaffham Town for the Reserves.
DK: Congratulations on a massive win away from home, you must be buzzing with the result and team performance?
BS: Thanks mate, yeah buzzing with the result it was a huge game for us and a very much needed 3 points, it was a different type of game for us lads we had to adapt to playing a more direct style of play on a poor surface so the team did really well to adapt in that sense.
DK: Equally a brilliant day for you, keeping a clean sheet as part of a CB partnership with your brother?
BS: Yeah it’s always a lovely extra to keep a clean sheet on top of 3 points and to do that playing next to your brother is always going to be special and I feel like with a few players out the whole back line upped our game massively and showed we all have the versatility to play in slightly different positions to what we might normally be so it was a great clean sheet.
DK: Having played a few games together already in defence, where does this rank in your personal footballing achievements so far?
BS: Yeah it’s a good achievement a nice moment for my family personally sure mum and dad would’ve loved seeing me and Ben playing next to eachother so as a personal achievement it’s high up the order.
DK: After scoring 12 unanswered goals in a less than 48 hours, both personally and as a team you must be full of confidence?
BS: Yeah its been a great week for the lads again putting a statement out on Thursday night in the 18s league and then today showing we don’t deserve to be in the position we are in the league and that we’ve still got a lot left to play for in the second half of the season.
DK: Another massive game next week, at home to Haverhill Borough, what type of game are you expecting?
BS: Another huge game for us in a lower half of the table scrap a game that we need to win to get ourselves out the situation we are in at the moment. I’m expecting a similar sort of game to today and hopefully the lads can put together another good performance and get the result we need.
Hat-trick hero Evan Gledhill discusses yesterday's win on the road.
DK: Congratulations on a massive win away from home, you must be buzzing with the result and team performance?
EG: Yeah absolutely buzzing with the result, we knew that we needed to get a result today to carry on our good form. The lads had to dig deep at the start of the second half but once we weathered the storm the goals start flowing.
DK: Equally a brilliant day for you, netting an important hat-trick, you must be proud?
EG: Yeah really good feeling getting my first hatrick in men’s football and it’s a real confidence boost and hopefully can take that into the next game.
DK: Talk us through your 3 goals today, and what was going through your mind when you completed your hat-trick?
EG: I feel like the 3 goals where at very important time the first one came when we was applying a lot of pressure in the first half and we creating chances so was good to get the first goal in the game. The second I thought was the most important one as it was a quite nervy game at this point as it was only 1-0 and Swaffham were creating some chances and so was good to get the 2 goal advantage after a great cross from Adz and the third goal was like the cherry on the cake making it 4-0 and sealing the hat-trick.
DK: After scoring 12 unanswered goals in a less than 48 hours, both personally and as a team you must be full of confidence?
EG: Yeah 2 great results for the lads in the last 48hours and will give us loads of confidence going into the next week of games with a tough game against Wanderers for the u18s on Wednesday and a must win game against Haverhill on the Saturday.
DK: How have you found this season, personally?
EG: Personally for me this season playing for the reserves I have really enjoyed the challenge of men’s football and I feel like me and the lads have learnt so much and are now deservingly getting results.
DK: Another massive game next week, at home to Haverhill Borough, what type of game are you expecting?
EG: Yeah, I think Haverhill will be a tough game but being at home which is where I think we play are best football I think we will be able to get the job done. We know that they aren’t a bad side and very young team like ourselves so will be a very energetic fast paced game but hopefully we can pick up another 3 points.
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