New Brackley Town signing makes immediate impact but debut goal in vain as Saints lose again

Brought in to add some extra firepower to the Brackley front line, striker Campbell made an immediate impact but it wasn’t quite enough for the Saints to avoid defeat.

Andy Whing has now lost all six of his matches in charge, plummeting Brackley to within just three points of the National League relegation zone.

Campbell, who scored four goals in 38 appearances for fellow fifth-tier outfit Yeovil before joining Brackley, will be eager to help Whing and his side right their wrongs.

"He's a proper number nine with an instinct to score goals,” Whing said of Campbell.

“He's now got plenty of experience at this level and that will be valuable.”

Tuesday’s defeat at Eastleigh was a sucker punch for Brackley, especially as Aaron Blair’s winner came in the 94th minute. The Saints could have moved level on 39 points with the Spitfires, but there’s now a six-point gap.

"After the past few games we have played well, and when you think it can't get much worse, football finds a way to bite you in the backside," Whing told @BrackleyTownFC.

"I am absolutely devastated for the boys and the club, as this was another game where we haven't deserved to lose.

"We had chances to win the game comfortably and weren't clinical enough. We have ended up losing the game when we were by miles the better team.

"To concede a goal like that at the death is just devastating."

Perilously close to the drop zone, Brackley must start finding results soon otherwise they will drop down a division. And we all know how hard it is to get back up again.

"We just have to keep going," Whing added. "We have keep playing like we have done in the past three games, because they have been excellent and we should have got a lot more.

"We can't feel sorry for ourselves, nothing has been lost on Tuesday night, and we have two really, really big home games coming up.

“We have to make sure we get some points on the board."