Horbury Town looking to get back on track after off day at Knaresborough
Horbury Town dropped down the NCE Premier Division table after losing out to promotion-chasing Knaresborough Town.
After thrashing Keighley Albion 5-0 the previous week it was back down to earth with a bump as Darren Barnes’ men lost 3-0.
They were behind from the 16th minute when former Wakefield AFC striker Ben Gelder netted, but stayed in the contest as they were still only one down at the break.
But Knaresborough doubled their lead through Jack Degruchy 10 minutes into the second half and completed their victory with Alex Ingham adding a third 13 minutes from time.
Manager Barnes changed things up as he brought all five of his substitutes on between the 62nd and 68th minutes, but this was on off day for the team who have struggled for consistency in recent weeks after making a fine start to the campaign.
They will be looking to get back to how they can play when at home to Handsworth in the second round of the NCE League Cup on Tuesday night.
This will be the start of five successive home games as Horbury look to push on back up the table. On Saturday they host ninth-placed Albion Sports who are just two points above them and next Tuesday the opponents are fourth from bottom Tadcaster Albion.