WOOTTON Bassett manager Paul Braithwaite has held his hands up and taken the blame as he saw his side concede a last minute goal to lose 1-0 away to Holyport.

The visitors had a free-kick in the hosts half with the seconds ticking down on the clock and Braithwaite sent an extra player forward into the box to try and snatch the win.

The plan back-fired however and the home side countered after the set-piece failed to beat the first man and Bassett were sent home with nothing for their efforts.

“It was disappointing to concede the way we did and so late in the game as well,” said Braithwaite.

“It probably falls on me at the end of the day. I probably put one too many players in the box, thinking with two minutes to go we could nab it and win the game and unfortunately the delivery into the box didn’t make the first man and they broke and scored.

“I think the overall performance wasn’t too bad to be fair, we stuck with the same squad that we went and played Ardley in the week and we did well and they did ok.

“There were moments in the game where we weren’t great but overall I think a point would have been fair, three points maybe could have edged it in our second half performance.

“We certainly created more chances than they did in the second half but we couldn’t seem to put it away and their keeper made some really good saves.

“But at the end there we maybe put one player forward more than we needed to and unfortunately it caught us out and I hold my hands up and take the hit on that.

“Sometimes you have got to be a little bit smarter. When you are playing away Holyport is a long way to drive, to come away with a point is not a bad result.

“It is what we’ll learn from, we’re all learning and if we weren’t learning we wouldn’t be where we are.”