St Neots Town v AFC Dunstable

Match Video Highlights

Sloppy goals cost Saints dear as they outplay league leaders yet still lose.

For the third time this season St Neots let in five goals in a home league match – and that was after taking the lead in 40 seconds of the start and dominating the second half! Once again it was a tale of the shoddy first half defending that left them chasing the game after the break at 4-1 behind, and although the improvement in the second half was significant, the deficit conceded in the first 45 minutes proved pivotal.

AFC Dunstable came to town as league leaders with only one defeat in their six completed matches and it will be little comfort to St Neots to know that they were able to compete on level terms when they were not conceding sloppy goals. They must now take away the positives from the performance and improve their defending.

To rub salt into the wounds the first two Dunstable goals came from former St Neots players and two more were set up by another former Saint.