Leamington boss delighted after first away win in a year
Leamington boss Chris Knott was a happy man after seeing his side secure their first away win in nearly a year at AFC Telford United on Tuesday night.
The 2-1 success ended a run of six straight defeats and came on the same ground where they won promotion back in 2024 – and even with the same referee from that day.
Matt Stenson had put Telford in front early on but Ben Blythe levelled just before the break and Frank Tattum’s close range finish on 65 minutes earned a first win on the road for 363 days – a fine response to a disappointing 2-0 defeat at Worksop Town on Saturday.
Knott told the club’s media afterwards: “It feels good! I didn’t realise it had been that long to be fair. I’m just pleased for everybody involved with the club to be honest, obviously it’s been a slog lately.
"We probably haven’t got what we deserved at times - not necessarily away from home but at home - but to a man you look at the work ethic and the effort the lads have put in tonight and they’ve got their just rewards with two decent finishes, sort of gambling back post which was good, and they defended unbelievably well.
"I’m delighted for Eddie (Brearey), who I thought was exceptional. He dealt with crosses into the box, his distribution was unbelievable. To a man, everyone was brilliant.”
Leamington now prepare for the visit of title-chasing AFC Fylde on Saturday before Hereford, who sit second-from-bottom and seven points ahead of the Brakes having played five games fewer, are the hosts next Tuesday night.
And in praising the Brakes’ travelling support at Telford, Knott looked ahead to the challenge of Fylde by saying: “They’ve stuck with us. Even at Worksop on Saturday where I thought we let them down, so to follow up with this at Telford tonight, I’m delighted for them.
"Keep backing us, fill the ground, and we’ll see what we can get out of Fylde.”