Moors Are ‘Mentally Stronger’ One Year On

Jason Ainsley believes there is a totally different mentality at Spennymoor to the one that threw in the promotion towel last season.

A sixth win in a row on Tuesday night saw them keep the heat on at the top of the National League North.

The Moors are four points away from the leaders and have games in hand after a 2-0 success at Altrincham.

But they had matches on their rivals last season and totally blew up and ended up missing out on the play-offs all together.

Manager Ainsley thinks lessons have been learned and his team are mentally stronger this time around.

“We didn’t do ourselves any favours in the final few games of last season,” he told the club’s YouTube channel.

“We had matches to make up and let ourselves down. This year we have picked up nine points from ours games in hand - we didn’t do that last year.

“That’s the different thing this time. We have a great group with a real togetherness.”

Are Moors in the title race? The manager is dropping hints.

“What we have done is put ourselves in a really good position,” he adds.

“Altrincham, I think, are the best footballing side in the league. We weren’t really at it in the first half even though they didn’t really get in behind us much.

“Second half we were comfortable and we were a threat.

“I have said to the players that any side who wins promotion or goes on to have success finds different ways to win matches.

“Mentally it was a really tough match for us but I thought our organisation was exceptional.”

Where next?

Revealed: The National League North Attendance Table National League North fans are flocking to see their club as we head towards the season's climax.
Alexander: Salford Talk Must Stop Now Graham Alexander says all the talk at Salford City must now stop.

Spennymoor Town Video playlist

Match centre

Vanarama National League North
Vanarama National League South

Latest photos

Banbury United 0 South Shields 3
46 photos
Curzon Ashton 4 Banbury United 1
82 photos
Curzon Ashton 4 Banbury United 1
44 photos