Not much to report this weekend with a number of players on international duty. Another ninety minutes for Kieron Evans as Newport went down to a 1-0 defeat at Harrogate due to a goalkeeping blunder (I think it's de rigueur to use 'howler' but I plough my own furrow on here). Kieron set up a couple of chances for teammates but it wasn't their day.
Raheem Conte played 51 minutes as Woking edged past Slough in the FA Cup. Malachi Fagan-Walcott missed York's win with injury and Ewan Griffiths missed Plymouth Parkway's 4-0 defeat to Worthing as he was with Wales under-19s. Ewan was the only squad member not to get any pitch time in the game with Italy on Thursday. Maybe he wasn't registered, it happens.
A first start for Josh Beecher today as Barry beat Briton Ferry 3-1. An early assist too, a burst up the left wing led to a goal for Keenan Patten. I've heard it said that Beecher could end up as a full back or a winger and if that's true he's got some thinking to do here with Luey Giles ahead of him at club and international level. Any hopes he had of making progress in a more advanced role may have been dashed when we signed El Ghazi and Willock in the summer with O'Dowda already here but now he's seen them all play he should feel more confident.
Luke Pearce's Sligo are at Derry on Monday night, no games for Millwall or Kortrijk this weekend.