Hurlford Utd 0 Irvine Meadow 1 as managerless Meadow triumph in face of adversity
dailyrecord.co.ukKevin Deeney hailed managerless Irvine Meadow's all-for-one attitude after they ground out a priceless three points at Blair Park this afternoon.Callum Graham's first-half penalty ensured a happy ending to a dramatic day for Meadow that began with the shock news George Grierson had stepped down from the hotseat for personal reasons..Assistant boss Deeney - Grierson's long-time right-hand man - took charge of team affairs at the 11th hour and admitted he was greeted by a stunned dressing room.But he reckons a band of brothers spirit fostered by Grierson helped his players triumph in the face of adversity.He said: "None of the boys knew.
They pretty much just found out this morning."We spoke about it and I said, I need you all to step up today - we go together, nothing changes.
The attitude was, we're just going to truck on."I don't know how other teams are but we've got no cliques in the dressing room."We just go as one -and that's what we did today.
Credit to Geordie - that's the kind of characters he gets and the teams he builds."To a man, I can't fault them. I genuinely thought we cruised through the game.
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