Southern League. Saturday 30th August
Malvern Town 2-0 Melksham Town
FA Trophy. Saturday 6th September
Portishead Town 4-0 Melksham Town
Melksham Town have found the going tough of late with defeats to Malvern Town in the league and to Portishead in the FA Trophy.
The side travelled to Malvern a week ago with new signing Stan Wyatt in the matchday squad. Town started well but unfortunately a keeper error saw the home side take the lead.
Melksham were reduced to 10 men on 38 minutes as debutant Stan Wyatt was shown a straight red card for a high foot. Town fashioned a couple of decent chances in the half but the ten men then conceded a second goal prior to half-time.
The second half saw a spirited effort however the damage had already been done.
On Saturday it was another disappointing day when Town made an early exit from the FA Trophy to a strong Portishead side at Bristol Road.
The home side roared into a three-goal lead and completed the scoring with a late second-half goal.
“We are short of confidence at the moment and have injuries to key players and that has had a detrimental effect on results,” said manager Mark Collier. “We’re missing key players and it’s important to get those players back as soon as possible.
“This weekend the team travel to Bideford looking for an upturn in form.”
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