2 weeks Ago
The pair, signed less than an hour before Thursday’s deadline, scored a goal apiece, and provided some much-needed experience. The pity is that Quakers are still seven points behind the play-off places with games running out. If it wasn’t for King’s Lynn scoring a late winner, they would have had more encouragement going into the last five matches and be just five points adrift of the play-off spots.
Manager Steve Watson said: “Neither of the lads have played a massive amount of football recently, but I thought Louis took his goal really well, he judged the flight of the ball just right. “Will’s goal was typical of him - he got himself into a pocket and provided a clinical finish. “I thought we controlled the game really well in the first 15 to 20 minutes.
Maybe the final ball needed to be better, but we scored two good goals. But then we made some strange decisions with the ball and put the ball at risk before half-time and ended up conceding. It was a very open game and not enjoyable to manage.
“We’re relying on other people to reach the play-offs, all we can do is keep winning and see where that takes us.” Quakers started brightly with McGowan, in his second loan spell, prominent, and they nearly took the lead on nine minutes when Cedric Main headed against the bar from a Matty Cornish cross. The visitors took a deserved lead on 21 minutes.
Ben Hedley controlled a cross-field pass from Caden Kelly and squared the ball for McGowan, who ran forward unchallenged and hit a left-foot shot into the top corner of the net. He also scored on his first loan debut, against Southport. It was 2-0 on 34 minutes when McGowan, Scott Barrow and Kelly linked nicely for Kelly to set up Main, who side-stepped a challenge and fired into the bottom corner for his tenth goal of the season.
MORE SPORT : Warrington pulled a goal back just before half-time when Lee Williams headed a deep cross from the left past Peter Jameson, who had caused panic on the morning of the game when he reported sick, but he decided to travel anyway. The keeper then made a good one-handed save from a low shot by Joe Rodwell-Grant, who caused problems down the right side. Warrington kept the pressure going and Toby Lees made a goal-saving tackle on Devarn Green ten yards out.
Quakers gave themselves some breathing space on 58 minutes when Storey, who had an excellent game at centre-half, chested down a Kelly corner kick and volleyed the ball into the bottom-right corner. McGowan was denied a fourth by a good save from Dan Atherton, then Hazeem Bakre raced through but pulled his shot wide. Encouraged by those let-offs, Warrington pulled a goal back with a clever effort by Green over the head of Jameson from a corner.
Quakers could have made the game safe. McGowan had a deflected volley well saved by Atherton and then Main sent him racing away with just Atherton to beat, but the ball bobbled and he shot wide. Warrington rallied late in the game, and Josh Amis, who scored twice in the reverse game at Blackwell Meadows, fired into the side-netting.
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