Camaraderie pleases York City boss after contested Oldham draw
NEAL ARDLEY praised the performance of his York City squad after a tightly-contested 1-1 draw with Oldham Athletic.
Despite going into the match as clear underdogs, Ardley’s side were able to earn an important point against play-off bound Oldham as York continue to fight against a potential relegation from the Vanarama National League, with City now just one point clear of the drop zone.
Mike Fondop had put the Latics ahead when latching onto an error from City shot-stopper George Sykes-Kenworthy, before Will Davies drew the Minstermen level just nine minutes later from a corner.
Ardley was pleased with the aspects of York’s performance, and explained how he believed that his side were ‘peaking’ after a narrow point at the LNER Community Stadium.
“I wanted the three (points),” Ardley admitted.
“Today I was desperate to get three points even though we knew it was a tough game, but I am really pleased with the performance.
“I am pleased with the effort, I am pleased with the camaraderie and I am pleased with the result.
“They came and showed a bit of respect, they’re a real big and strong team which was my only concern.
“We had diddy men and pace but we knew that the set-pieces might be a problem, but we wanted to try and attack the game.
“We started in a 4-3-3 and at times I thought it worked really well in the first-half, and I was just thinking when they scored that now was the time to put a second forward on to have a proper crack it.
“It was a bit of a one-off mistake, but we have to accept that and move on to bounce back like we did the other day.
“We might ask for a bit more quality at times and this and that, but today in the final third they gave everything.
