Mark Beesley admitted to mixed feelings after the 2-2 draw at Weymouth.

The U's striker got off the goalscoring mark for the season by scoring the second goal, but saw his side pegged back to 2-2 by the ten-man Terras, and was denied the winning goal in stoppage time by a controversial handball subsequently admitted by former U Stephen Reed.

Beesley revealed that he was under pressure to score before the game: "The Gaffer had a word with me on Friday and said my performances have been OK but I needed to start finding the net, which is fair enough. I've made a few goals but being a striker is all about scoring goals so that one was needed.

"I should have had a second late on, but the point is we shouldn't have been in that position having been 2-0 up against ten men," he added. "As it is, it was a blatant hand ball and it was over the line, and before that their lad brought Challinor down. For the life of me I can't see why things like that are not given - it's ridiculous.

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"The officials missed the handball that should have given them a penalty and I think after failing to give them a penalty he couldn't give us one, rather than doing the right thing in the first place."

Beesley now hopes the team can bounce back at Ebbsfleet on Tuesday, after taking maximum points from our first four games but only one point from the last two matches.

"The lads are really frustrated, especially having been 2-0 up against ten men, and the only good thing is that we have a game on Tuesday," he concluded. "We should never have let ourselves get in that position so we have to bounce back on Tuesday - it's vitally important after the last two games to get a result."

Interview by David Gray

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