ABBEY VALE GAFFER BLAST SIDE'S 'COLLAPSE' AGAINST CREETOWN AFTER 5-0 DEFEAT

Abbey Vale gaffer Allan Clark blasted his side’s “collapse” against Creetown.

Vale lost 5-0 at home on Saturday, with Clark believing four of the goals would have been prevented without mistakes.

He said: “We were OK for the first 30 minutes, then have away a penalty, conceded a second and then the third was a mistake.

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“We made five changes for the second half, got a hold of the game and gave another two cheap goals away.

“It’s four goals from mistakes and it’s unforgivable.

“We absolutely collapsed, there’s no sugar coating it, which is no good.

“Once we lose that first goal the heads seem to go down and things don’t go our way.

Creetown were 3-0 to the good thanks to a penalty from Robbie Adair and goals from Dean Fyfe and Davie Hughes.

And they kept up the scoring in the second half thanks to Richard Jones and Joe McMillan.

Clark added: “There were a few choice words at half-time. It wasn’t five changes because we had to make five changes. We’ve only four games until the end of the season so we want to get boys game time and keep as many boys happy as we can.

“The younger boys came on and we definitely got a reaction and a bit more energy. They were silly, naïve goals to give away.

“Four of the five were avoidable, if you don’t make those mistakes it’s a completely different game.

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“Creetown are an experienced team and if you give them a goal start you’re up against it.”

Vale now have three games left this season, with Newton Stewart visiting Maryfield Park this weekend.

Clark said: “They’re flying just now, it’s going to be a tough one. There’s no getting away from the fact it’s going to be very hard.

“We’ll need to avoid mistakes, get a goal at the opposite end and try to get something out of the game.”

2025-03-24T15:34:00Z