Excited Louth all set for UCL debut after good pre-season
Louth Town signed off pre-season in style as they prepare for their debut game in the UCL Division One at home to Sandiacre Town this Saturday.
A sparkling 3-0 away victory at Wyberton on Friday has filled boss Carl Martin with much optimism and he said: “I was really pleased – Wyberton is a tough place to go. They have been one of the standout sides of recent seasons.
“But we were brilliant and it was probably our best performance of pre-season.
“We now have one more training session and we are ready to go on Saturday.”
Martin had been looking at trialists and had one or two irons in the fire but said: “There is nothing doing at the minute – we've hit a few dead rubbers.
“We've had one or two people come in to have a look at us and us to have a look at them and it just wasn't to be at this moment in time.
“So we go with the squad we've got for now which should hopefully be enough to start the season well.”
He added: “It's a different league with different teams and different venues so we are quite excited and looking forward to it.
“We know a few of the more local teams to us, but not a lot else about the others.
“We have seen Sandiacre finished 10th last year so they're no mugs and we know it's going to be a tough campaign.
“As long as we give our all, hopefully it will be a successful season.”
At Wyberton a great crossfield ball from Paul Coulam allowed Cole Nelson to play in Cal Martindale to beat the offside trap and give Will Pennell an easy tap in on 20 minutes.
Cole Nelson put a super cross into the box on 54 minutes and Theo Kitt-Bushell sent a great header back across the keeper to make it 2-0
And great passes from the White Wolves in the final third saw the ball eventually fall to Kitt-Bushell to tuck it nicely past the keeper with eight minutes to go.