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Robbie Rock reacts to a narrow defeat to Strabane Athletic

4 Apr 2026

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A spirited Town display at a stormy Crystal Park, sees a 0-1 defeat to Strabane Athetic

Q - Talk us through your thoughts on the game. It looked like another very good performance.

A - Yeah, it's a good performance from the boys. It's good to get back-to-back performances on the pitch. I think we were unfortunate to lose the game, if I'm honest.

We got done by a bit of a fluke goal. I think it's a cross that the wind's caught and it's just caught Piotr. So it's that. I thought we were the better team. Stayed in our shape well. And just unfortunately couldn't grab a goal in the end.

Q - There were a few chances to draw a level. You must have been proud of the determination the lads showed today.

A - Yeah, it was excellent. A couple of chances that we had from corners that we've been working on. First from Logan Sands, the keeper's pulled off a great save, and then the second one, Logan again, it's just dropped in the box.

Kind of toe poked it towards the goal and it's landed at the keeper's feet. But all in all, yeah, another positive performance and it's good to start building a little bit of consistency now as a team.

Q - It was a bit of a battle today with a few fellas getting injured. Is there any update on the players?

A - Yeah, unfortunately our captain Adam Hamilton's broke his elbow.

So that will be his season done. We're just still waiting on an update from Luke Povall. But it looks like he was going to require stitches. It was a bad gash that he's ended up with. So as soon as we have an update on Luke, we'll put it on social media and let people know how he is.

Q - So Robbie, one final question. What are your feelings for next week and what can you take from this performance today?

A - Next game is in two weeks time. We actually have a free week next week I think. So just trying to get the lads back together. probably be a little bit lighter in training, maybe a day off somewhere in between and just refocus, go home, analyse the game over the next couple of days, come in and then pick up on our positives and just really keep going and hopefully the next performance that we have here now will match the last two that we've had.