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John Edwards, joint Press & Media Officer at Altrincham FC writes that “Damian Reeves claimed his first goal of the season as Altrincham survived an early Barrow onslaught, courtesy of some inspired goalkeeping from Tim Deasy, to make it three video games unbeaten in the Vanarama National League. After former Barrow keeper Deasy thwarted his outdated membership with two distinctive first-half saves, Reeves latched onto a 61st-minute James Lawrie by way of ball to safe a hard-earned 1-zero win. ‘Barrow put us beneath strain in the first half and should rely themselves unfortunate after hitting the post and being denied by Tim,’ said manager Lee Sinnott, whose facet are at dwelling to FC Halifax on Tuesday night time. ‘There were a couple of great saves to make sure a second successive clean sheet for Tim, and I’m delighted at the way in which he has stepped up and made essentially the most of his opportunity. ‘That’s what keepers are about. They are a bit like centre-forwards. They want the glory but, when the time comes, it’s all the way down to them to make these saves. Tim did, and all credit to him. ‘I’m happy for Reevesie, the way he stuck that likelihood away. The system we have been playing dictates one up entrance, and, to be fair, Michael Rankine has been doing very well in that function. However we all know what Reevesie is able to, and he demonstrated it once more. Placing is all about confidence, and that can have executed him the world of good.’ Rankine missed the game with a again injury and faces a health test for the visit of Halifax”.