Clayton pleased as Matlock Town hit four
Matlock Town boss Adam Clayton was delighted by the response from his Gladiators side as they bounced back from a midweek defeat with a comfortable win on Saturday.
Clayton had seen his side lose 2-0 at Bradford (Park Avenue) last Tuesday and put in a disappointing performance, after which he insisted a strong reaction followed when North Ferriby visited the Proctor Cars Stadium on Saturday.
He got his wish, as a 4-1 win was secured thanks to goals from Jake Thompson, Dwayne Wiley, Conor Washington and Cameron Wilson.
And Clayton said the performance was worthy of the points.
He said: “It was a real, complete performance from us and I’m really pleased, because with a couple of injuries picked up in the first-half, the team had to get together and fight and some of the football we played was really good and the pressing was excellent.
"I told our players to be front foot and aggressive – it was about the intensity we set and make Ferriby match it rather than worrying about what problems they might pose.
"The goal we conceded was disappointing as I don’t think they’d been in our half at that point, but from that minute on we controlled the game.”
Matlock now prepare to travel for a top-of-the-table clash at Redcar Athletic on Saturday.
The Teesside club have been in superb form all season having been promoted from step five, and ahead of their midweek game with Blyth Spartans were seven points clear of Matlock with two games in hand.
Clayton added: “The pressure is probably off both clubs in a sense given the lead they currently hold, but all we can do is go there and hopefully repeat what happened against them here. We can’t do any more than beat them twice and after that we just try and keep the pressure on as much as we can.”