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Margy calls on FC United faithful to roar Reds to play-off victory

Margy calls on FC United faithful to roar Reds to play-off victoryManager Karl Marginson says Saturday presents the best chance yet for the Reds to win promotion to the Conference North and has urged as many supporters as possible to get to Keys Park to roar the Reds on to victory.

Speaking after United’s tremendous victory over Witton at Gigg Lane on Tuesday, Margy said his squad was ready for Hednesford in the season’s finale. He said: “Hednesford are one of the teams I predicted in my programme notes at the start of the season would be up there challenging for the title.

“It proved correct as they only just missed out on goal difference.They will be hurting from that and desperate to make sure their efforts this season weren’t in vain. That said, we feel the same too. We finished third and, apart from a bad run in March, we could have been challenging for automatic promotion too, so we are keen to prove how good we are.

“It will be a great occasion and after issues in the past couple of seasons with allocations it is good that as many of our fans as possible will get to see it this year. We are ready for it and with our supporters roaring us on once again, we have our best chance yet to get out of this league.???

Margy has another headache regarding team selection: “I keep banging on about our strength in depth, but it was shown in the quality of the bench on Tuesday. To be able to select from such a good set of players was a big advantage for us and one that will stand us in good stead in the final on Saturday.

“It will be hard once again to choose a team but it is a great situation to be in, having so many players to choose from and so many options.???

Margy also noted the part the fans can play on Saturday. He said: “Our fans have been magnificent again this season and I really do struggle to find words to describe the backing they give us. It is a real advantage for us, especially away from home when we can outnumber the hosts. The noise not only helps our team, it unsettles the opposition.

“I think in our last two semi-finals at Chorley and Bradford, our fans had a huge impact on the results. They created an amazing atmosphere that drove our team on. Let’s hope that is the case again on Saturday. Do your best to get there and roar us on.???


First Posted ~ 00:03 Fri 10 May 2013
News ID ~ 4902
Last Updated ~ 16:00 Fri 19 Feb 2021