Red card frustration for bosses as Skegness Town are held once more
Skegness Town drew yet again in Saturday's 1-1 home stalemate with Heanor Town with another red card making their task harder.
It is a big frustration for a side playing well as they drew for the third time in four UCL Premier North outings.
Dec Johnson had put the Lilywhites ahead only for Bailey Forth to be sent off just after half-time and Heanor's Sacha Markelic capitalising with an 80th minute equaliser.
Skegness director of football Chris Rawlinson said: “It was yet another draw and it's becoming a bit of the story of our season so far. We are not being outplayed or conceding many goals.
“We just don't seem to be getting over the line and scoring enough goals.
“Saturday's performance was once again very good, following the trend since we decided on this way of playing. We are playing possession-based football and it keeps the ball very well and it's working.
“We have now just got to convert that dominance in possession into chances and goals in the final third.”
He continued: “At 1-0 up on Saturday we were quite comfortable to be honest. Then we go and have a needless sending-off again. The lads then had to work their socks off for 40 minutes with 10 men.
“It really doesn't help the cause and it's something we've really got to look at among the players as the management team can't do it for them. We have to cut down on the number of red cards and incidents over the last few weeks.
“That has made abundantly clear to the lads in training.
“But the point keep us ticking along and keeps us 12th with one eye on the top of the table and one eye on the bottom. But we do need some wins soon.”
Attention now turns to the Lincolnshire Senior Trophy on Saturday with Skegness welcoming Pinchbeck United in the Quarter-Finals.
It represents an opportunity for the Lilywhites to progress further in the competition and potentially build some much-needed momentum.
On paper, Skegness will go into the tie as favourites, with Pinchbeck struggling in the bottom two of UCL Division One. However, cup football rarely follows the form book, and boss Gary King and his players will be taking nothing for granted.
“Obviously we have a break this weekend for the County Cup in which we look forward to seeing some of our old friends at Pinchbeck,” said Rawlinson.
“Hopefully we can put on another good performance and turn it into a win rather than a draw or defeat.”