Daniel Moore makes confidence admission after Hebburn Town’s historic win against Guiseley

Hebburn Town FC manager Daniel Moore admitted his side needed their FA Trophy win against Guiseley after a drop in confidence in recent weeks.

The Hornets were without a win in their last six National League North games and went into their meeting with the Lions looking to avenge an FA Cup second qualifying round defeat they suffered against the Northern Premier League side earlier in the season.

They made a positive start when top goalscorer Jake Charles opened the scoring midway through the first-half and absorbed some pressure from their visitors to edge closer to a place in the third round of the competition for the first time in their history.

It was Charles that secured the win when he scored from the penalty spot in the closing stages - and that allowed Moore to make a frank admission over his side’s confidence levels throughout a difficult run.

He told the club website: “It’s just nice to get a win. We needed it. Performance-wise, we can be better but I’m pleased for the lads. Confidence is a massive thing in football, we’ve been low on it and you could tell that at half-time because we came in and heads were down when we were one-nil up.

“I just said to the players to go out there, be yourselves, be us, show some character. For me, it wasn’t about football or how we played, it was about how we ground the result out. We went back to how we were earlier in the season. Being hard to beat, off the ball, letting them have it in certain areas and until Aidan made a great save one-on-one at the end, he hasn’t had a lot to do. We managed to defend our box very well. I don’t want to underestimate that win because they’re a very good team, they’re flying and good luck to them in the FA Cup in a couple of weeks.”

Hebburn are back in league action on Tuesday night when they make the long trip to Spalding United looking for a win that could lift them into the top ten of the National League North table.

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