NORTH LEIGH | LEARNING PROCESS

First win of the season provides platform to kick-on

There was joy for North Leigh on Saturday as they secured their first victory of the season in the Pitching In Southern League Division One Central.

It was done in dramatic fashion too as they found themselves two goals down at the hands of Leverstock Green with just ten minutes left on the clock until a three-goal blast from Calvin Njoroge, Kyle Chester and Harlee Vozza turned the scoreline on its head and secured the three points.

For Kyle Chester, like a lot of his team-mates, this is his first taste of life in the Southern League and whilst its been something of a learning experience so far, hopes are high that the team can continue to develop and grow together.

“It was amazing that we were finally able to celebrate our first three points together,” Chester told us. “We see this as a great platform now to hopefully kick-on and get more wins under our belt.

“The start of the season has been far from perfect, we accept that, but we’ve managed to develop a tight group of lads who are learning and growing together and the resilience that we have here certainly showed through in the way in which we were able to get back into Saturday’s game.

“This is my first season at this level and it’s the same for a number of the lads. It’s been a learning experience; we’re trying to take on board and absorb everything because we want to progress and prove that we are capable of competing at this level.

“From a personal point of view, it was nice to get my first goal at the weekend. It was certainly an exciting game to be involved in. It was end-to-end in parts but I felt that we were on top for much of the second half.

“When we conceded the second goal with around quarter-of-an-hour to go it would have been easy for our heads to drop and for it to knock the stuffing out of us, but we rallied and managed to pull a goal back, which was the catalyst for us to have the belief to go on and win it.

“As I say, we need to build on this now; we won’t start to look too far ahead, we will continue to take it one game at a time. There will be ups and downs ahead, we know that, but the key is to take something from each of these experiences to help us keep improving game-by-game, week-by-week.

“My personal aim is to have 20+ goal involvements and score as many as I can to help the team. Saturday has certainly given me a taste for it!”

The Millers are without a game this weekend due to Biggleswade FC’s Emirates FA Cup involvement, so their next action is a week on Saturday when they host Enfield.

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