By Brian Bennett | Photo: Ian Brodie
Ashington’s Craig Spooner has scored some cracking goals over the past few weeks – and the midfielder admitted at the weekend that he believes he has found a bit of form.
The 26 year-old has netted three times in the last four games, his last effort being the winner in Saturday’s match against Silsden and he said: “It’s been a good couple of weeks for me. If I’m honest, the goal last Tuesday against Hallam was a bit of a shank but the one today and the other against Matlock Town were good goals. I just think we are starting to click a bit as a team and get good wins on the table.”
He continued: “Playing up top with Josh Gilchrist has been good for me. I’ve got a bit of a role where I can drop in and run in behind which I think benefits me and the team. I also believe that I’ve just started to find a bit of form and confidence and now I want to kick on.”
Spooner – who is based in Cramlington – was delighted to grab the winner in the 91st minute on Saturday: “Ethan Bewley headed the ball on then Liam Henderson has knocked it down to me on the edge of the box. I was confident to have a go – whereas a few weeks ago I wouldn’t have done that and instead would have tried to take the ball down and play. However, because of the way things are going at the minute I thought to myself ‘just hit it’ – and it came off! To be fair, I thought the ‘keeper was going to save it because I didn’t get the best connection on it but when you’re luck is going your way, it works.”
Ashington-born Spooner says he thinks there is more cohesion in the team: “After going 1-0 down today, thankfully we went on to get the three points,” he added, “We’ve done well with three wins in a week and the team are starting to gel together. We are on a bit of a run which is brilliant and hopefully we can keep that going.”