FC Stratford can be proud of performance despite Hellenic League Challenge Cup exit, says Ian Cooksey

Published: 12:32, 29 March 2022

| Updated: 11:33, 31 March 2022

JOINT head coach Ian Cooksey could not have been any prouder of the way FC Stratford performed in their 2-1 defeat to Littleton in the Hellenic League Challenge Cup on Saturday, having spent more than 80 minutes with ten men.

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Action from the game between FC Stratford and Littleton on Saturday. Photo: Mark Williamson F21/3/22/7956

Action from the game between FC Stratford and Littleton on Saturday. Photo: Mark Williamson F21/3/22/7959

Action from the game between FC Stratford and Littleton on Saturday. Photo: Mark Williamson F21/3/22/7961

Action from the game between FC Stratford and Littleton on Saturday. Photo: Mark Williamson F21/3/22/7963

Goalkeeper Louis Beresford saw red for a foul in the box inside the first ten minutes, with midfielder Dean Poulson stepping up to the task of wearing the gloves for the ensuing penalty that was scored by Aaron Xavier.

David McQuaide then doubled Littleton’s arrears, but FC would not lie down and an Oliver Taylor goal in the second half gave them some hope.

FC Stratford Football Hellenic League Stratford-upon-Avon Sport Craig Gibbons