Town paid the price of a slow start when in the first minute the ball was swung across into the six yard box to give former Peterborough Northern Star forward Karl Gibbs had a free header to give St Ives the lead.

St Ives continued to push the Town back with Gibbs and last season’s UCL joint to scorer Conor Washington always looking a threat.

Town lost Callum Burgess with a knock to the ankle, and he was replaced by Scott Cross. With Town already missing eight of their squad due to Holidays and work commitments, this was the last thing manager Darran Foster needed.

Guy Sanders reverted back to centre half whilst Scott Cross and Ross Oulton were utilised down the left. The enforced changes seemed to spur the Town on and Matty Gearing's low range effort was scrambled away for a corner.

From the resulting corner Trevor McCredie fired a shot goal wards only for it to be handled in the area the official ruled that McCredie had gone in with a high foot and disallowed the goal.

Town continued to push and in the 33rd minute Liam Hynes intercepted a St Ives attack and found Scott Cross who rifled the equaliser past the stranded St Ives keeper.

The game went quiet for the rest of the first half with the only chance falling to Conor Washington and he blasted high and wide.

The second half saw the Town start to control the game and Cross was becoming more impressive down the left. As he drove at the full back he cut the ball back to McCreadie who was unmarked twelve yards out and skied his shot over the bar.

Morris in the Town goal was pretty much redundant but when called upon when Karl Gibbs beat the defence he bravely dived at the striker’s feet to deny him a second goal.

Town looked in control for most of the second half and when McCreadie sprung clear of Will Fordham he burst into the area and was dragged down for what should have been a penalty. Not so as the official again denied Town a penalty when he told the players it was outside the area and it was not a goal scoring opportunity.

Foster introduced four under eighteens for the remainder of the game and Town saw the game out for what was a good performance.

Town will now face Harborough Town at Communications Park on Monday evening followed by the visit of Swindon Supermarine next Saturday.

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