Danny Robinson looking to right wrongs in Hungerford Town run-in

Hungerford Town will keep going to the end, despite a play-off spot looking unlikely.

That’s the view of manager Danny Robinson, who praised his side’s resilience to win 2-1 away at Marlow.

Marlow are already relegated, dead last in the league and with nothing left to play for but pride.

They also have nothing to lose however, posing something of a banana skin for a Hungerford side who cannot afford any mistakes.

They held their own in the first-half, restricting the Crusaders to few chances.

The Marlow keeper did well to keep out Joe Shepherd’s shot early on, before Jose Marquez blazed over from inside the box.

Midfielder Louis McGrory then saw his shot saved at close range as Hungerford raised the tempo.

Marquez saw another chance saved on the half-hour-mark, before striker Rafa Ramos broke free and went one-on-one with the keeper on the brink of half-time.

His shot was saved however, as the whistle blew for the break.

The second-half saw Curtis Angell break the deadlock for Hungerford.

The left-wing-back kept calm inside the box to hit a low shot past the keeper for 1-0.

Just five minutes later however, Marlow were back level.

Naheer Omar Nawaf levelled things up to threaten Hungerford with a disappointing draw.

Former Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe returned from the bench, having been participating in the Baller League on Sky Sports in recent weeks.

It was Forest Green loanee Marquez who got the winner though.

Max Ram’s late header to the far post sat up nicely for the youngster, who put Hungerford 2-1 up with four minutes left to play.

“We should have been out of sight,” said Robinson.

“If we were a bit more ruthless in front of goal it would have been easier.

“We ask that our players are mentally tough, so we’re chuffed with everybody.

“But full credit to Marlow, it was a tough game, but our quality prevailed and we fully deserved three points.”

Hungerford now face a tough run-in, eight points off the play-offs with nine still up for grabs.

They’ll face eighth placed Wimborne Town, champions elect Merthyr Town and fifth placed Dorchester Town to finish the season.

“The Merthyr game won’t mean anything unless we beat Wimborne,” he said.

“That’s the way we look at it.

“Boring, boring, manager cliche, one game at a time. I know it’s rubbish to say that, but it’s true.

“We have to manage minutes over the weekend, but we have a full squad to choose from.

“All three teams have beaten us this year.

“We want to right those wrongs. We want momentum.”