CHERTSEY TOWN | COMEBACK KING CONOR

Champagne moment for Conor Lee

It was one of the stories of the weekend action. Finding themselves three goals down at home to Winchester City with just half-an-hour on the clock, Chertsey Town produced a rousing comeback to earn a share of the spoils from a 3-3 draw.

Conor Lee was the hero with a hat-trick, including a dramatic stoppage time equaliser for the Pitching In Southern League Premier South new-boys.

“I hadn’t scored a hat-trick since the age of seven or eight, so this one was pretty special,” Lee told us with a smile. “Having not lost a League game at home for over a year, even when we went three goals down, we still had the belief that we could get back into it.

“We felt that if we could get a goal back before the break, it would stand us in good stead for the second half, and so it proved, although I must admit that we left it a little bit late to level the scores!

“To comeback from three goals down and get a point shows the character that we have within the group; there’s a never-say-die attitude here which is serving us well.

“This is a new League for us and a new challenge. We’ve started well, apart from that first half-an-hour on Saturday where we fell well below the standards that we have set ourselves.

“The general feeling is that we should probably have a better points return than we currently have. It’s about being more ruthless at both ends of the pitch.

“We have a lot of players who have played in this League before, so it’s nothing new, we came into it with our eyes open as to how hard it is and how everyone is capable of beating each other on their day.

“We’ve won two, drawn two and lost two of our opening six games. Getting into the play-offs is the goal and we know that we’re good enough to do that if we can keep everyone fit.”

Saturday sees Conor Lee and his teammates turn their attention to the Emirates FA Cup with a second round qualifying tie at Hanwell Town.

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