Stanway boss Steve Ball has challenged his promotion-chasing players to get over their first league defeat in almost four months.

Rovers had gone unbeaten in 12 games before last Saturday's shock 2-1 home reverse to Kings Lynn's second-string.

Ball admits the loss was hard for his players to take, but he said: "If someone had come up to me in September and said we'd go on a run like that, I'd have definitely taken it.

"It was bound to come to an end at some stage and although the lads were disappointed, we've got to start another run now."

Published Friday, January 24, 2003

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