Good signing, hopefully he'll do well 
January Report - New Heights
This month can easily make or break our season, although we're overachieving, I sense we can push for top spot. 5 Skrill Premier games plus 1 or 2 FA Trophy games depending on whether or not we progress. Now onto our results!
Firstly we faced Cambridge, who are our play-off 'friends'. We dominated possession as usual but they defended superbly. We kept trying to break down their defence but they were very solid and caused us to rush our moves. They countered numerous times but we held out and got the winner when Piero Mingoia smashed the ball towards the centre of the box and Rory McAuley scored an own-goal! We'll take a goal in any way possible!
Next was Braintree, who we have bested before this season however it was at their ground which would make it more difficult. It was a fairly even game with chances at each end but no team could make the breakthrough until the final 10 minutes when we broke from a corner and Jay Harris smashed the ball into the far corner to make it 1-0. And 2 minutes from time our in-form forward Nat Jarvis got another goal to make it 2-0 and take all three points back to Edgeley.
Now onto the FA Trophy 3rd round against Chester. I really want us to progress in this tournament and we were showed that we are capable as Piero Mingoia had the only chance of the game which the former Watford winger did in emphatic style! This win now sends us into the quarter finals of the FA Trophy where we will be facing Alfreton away.
Macclesfield were next in yet another local derby, hopefully this time we'd actually win this game as we drew with them last time. We took the lead through an amazing run from Lewis Hawkins in which he calmly slotted the ball past the keeper. We got the second goal through the experienced John Dempster who headed in from 6 yards. They pulled a goal back early in the second half but we held them off and took three huge points from our local rivals!
We faced Salisbury next at Edgeley Park which proved to be a very exciting game. We start really quickly as Piero Mingoia got yet another goal which a sweetly struck volley into the top corner which even I applauded. 2 minutes later we got the second goal as Aristoe Nsiala got his first goal of the season, heading in from a corner to make it 2-0. They made it 2-1 with a smart finish but Danny Pilkington made it 3-1 to make our lead more comfortable. They struck back to make it 3-2 but we held out to get an important 2 points.
Then we faced Tamworth who we dominated throughout the whole game. We got the lead through Danny Pilkington who had an easy tap in after some great work from Mingoia. We got the second goal through Piero Mingoia who scored another amazing volley into the bottom corner to make it 2-0. They brought it back to 2-1 but we were rarely troubled after that to still keep our 100% record this month.
And finally our FA Trophy quarter-final against Alfreton which was our toughest game this month. They attacked us throughout the whole game to a point where we just couldn't push out of our box. However Danny Pilkington scores the big goals and he did it again when we broke the offside trap and chipped the goalkeeper to send us through to the SEMI-FINAL!
League Table
WE'RE FIRST! It's been an incredible month as we kept a 100% record and capitalised on Grimsby slipping up! Hopefully we can stay at the top come the end of the season! We need to be wary of our goal difference as Grimsby's is higher.
Awards
Player of the Month
Piero Mingoia
Piero has been immense this month! He's scored most of our goals including two incredible volleys! He's also got a couple of assists and is improving everyday! It is VITAL we keep him fit for the latter stages of the league and the FA Trophy.
