Town’s ruthlessness pays off in rout of Wealdstone
FC Halifax Town manager Chris Millington admitted he was ‘really pleased’ at his side ‘taking their chances’ in the 5-0 demolition of Wealdstone.
In a result - and performance - that many Town fans would not have seen coming after only one win in their past 11 league outings, the Shaymen swept aside a
Wealdstone side who had only lost three of their own last 16 games thanks to a brace from Jamie Stott, as well as goals from Jamie Cooke, Milli Alli and Tylor Golden.
Alli could even afford to miss a second half penalty.
Asked if it was a perfect evening for his side, Millington responded:
“It wasn’t perfect as it could have been seven or eight! If it was perfect we would have probably taken those other chances and scored the penalty.
“The really pleasing thing is the workrate, organisation, the commitment to the game plan and the tireless running. Those are the really pleasing features.
“We have had a number of performances that haven’t been far short of that but they have felt a long way short of it because we haven’t finished off our chances and we haven’t finished teams off.
“So the most pleasing aspect is that we have taken our chances and the lads have got what they have earned.”
After a dominant first half performance, Town looked like they would have to settle for a goalless scoreline at the interval, until Stott popped up for his first of the evening in added-on time.
And Millington was happy with the timing of Town’s opening goal.
“We have created chances and had pressure and we’ve controlled halves of football before and not come away with the lead.
"So coming towards half time, that was a slight worry that again we had controlled a half of football and there was a clear danger we could come in at half time without the lead.
“It was really pleasing to score when we did because it rewarded the lads for the work they had done but it also sent the opposition in with the wind taken out of their sails.”
The second half produced an avalanche of goals as Town scored four more but they could, quite easily, have had more.