Adams vents fury after two offside decisions cost Stratford Town

STRATFORD Town manager Carl Adams was left furious at two offside decisions he believes cost his side victory at St Neots on Saturday, writes Bryan Hale.

Town led twice through Edwin Ahenkorah and Ben Stephens and they were grimly hanging on to a 2-1 lead when Justin Marsden looked to have secured all three points in the 79th minute as he netted from an Eli Bako cross, only for his celebrations to be cut short by the offside flag.

Then, with only four minutes to go, the flag from the other referee's assistant stayed resolutely down as Nabil Shariff scrambled in the late leveller to rescue a point for the Saints.

“Two unbelievable decisions have cost us the win,” Adams insisted.

“It’s beyond me how Justin’s goal can be ruled out as Eli pulled the ball back to him, while for their equaliser the player was only a yard or so from the goal line and he had to be offside.

"But after all that, it was a very pleasing and strong performance from a squad that has been stretched to the limit with injuries and suspensions. I couldn’t ask more from them in terms of effort.”

Town return to action on Tuesday night when they welcome Evo-Stik South Premier title favourites Hereford to the MoodChimp Stadium (7.45pm).