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 Kendal Town went down 2-0 in their opening NPL NW Division game at Prescot Cables.
Manager Chris Humphrey wasn’t able to celebrate his 34th birthday with a win but his young side gave a decent account of themselves.
They certainly tightened-up after last week’s 5-0 home defeat to Bishop Auckland in the FA Cup, yet could have buckled after conceding as early as the sixth minute.
A free-kick was played through to Michael Monaghan who had time to collect, move forward a yard and then curl a sumptious right foot shot into the top corner from the edge of the box.
But they steadied and despite conceding a harsh penalty justice was done when Morgan Bacon, on his return to the side, made a good save.
They played some decent football, too, and in the second-half took the game to the hosts but with no real luck in front of goal.
The game was in stoppage time when Aaron Fleming, a former Kendal player, finished off a decent move.
Kendal chairman Jason Rossi said: “Aaron came tome afterwards and apologised for scoring against us. His brother still plays with our reserves.
“I thought we were a bit unlucky not to get something out of the game because in the second-half we were the dominating side. But overall it was encouraging with some good performances.”
Kendal follow-up now on Saturday with a re-arranged game at home to Workington and ticket details will be announced early in the week.
Picture at the top that prompted an apology from the scorer ,ex-Kendal player Aaron Fleming.
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