In what was a dramatic final few minutes between Guiseley
AFC and Workington AFC, midfielder Gavin Rothery was delighted to come away
from the Bank Holiday fixture with all three points, thanks to a late Jake
Lawlor header, deep into stoppage time.
The 25 year-old also believes the win was deserved.
He said: “I think overall, yeah. We had to ground it out in
the end, so obviously it wasn’t pretty but the boys dug in well and we got the
win in the end, and especially to what happened to us on Saturday as well, drawing
in the last minute, it evened it out.”
The Lions are now three games unbeaten, since losing their
first game of the season to Solihull Moors and Rothery is starting to feel the
confidence is growing.
“I think a lot of the boys are starting to get in to it a
bit more now, and it gives you a bit of confidence with the win in the last
minute.”
The game lacked spark in the first half, but mid-way through
the second period both sides went in search of that all-important winner.
“They had a couple of breakaways, and we had a few too.
Danny (Ellis) had one cleared off the line with a few balls going in to the box
and when Adam (Priestley) came on, he had a couple of decent efforts. We could
have nicked it earlier, but the boys did well and obviously we got the result
in the end and that is the main thing.”
Despite consecutive play-off heartbreaks, Rothery feels the
Lions are capable of mounting a promotion push again this season.
He said: “I think we need to pick it up to be fair, get back
to playing how we used to, like last season hopefully, get passing the ball
again.
"I think we are going a bit too long sometimes and it’s getting cut out.
If we can pass the ball like we can do, we will murder teams but it’s just
getting in to that habit again.
“If we look after ourselves, we can beat anyone in this
league, we just have to do the business really and put the performances in.”
