York City manager Gary Mills hails match-winner Jason Walker

11:50am Wednesday 24th October 2012 in News Photograph of the Author By Dave Flett, Sports reporter

YORK City manager Gary Mills was delighted that Jason Walker enjoyed match-winning status during last night’s 1-0 victory at Accrington Stanley.

Walker got the only goal of the game on 83 minutes to lift the Minstermen up to ninth in the npower League Two standings.

It was the former Luton forward’s fourth goal of the season and Mills said: “The goalscorer deserves to be the only name on the scoresheet because his work-rate in the last seven or eight games has been immense and unselfish. It wasn’t an easy finish but he stuck it in superbly.”

Mills added that the victory was all the more satisfying as his team kept plugging away despite being kept off the scoresheet, prior to Walker’s goal, by a fine goalkeeping display by home shot-stopper Ian Dunbavin.

The City boss added: “We had to be patient and had three or four other excellent chances to take the lead before that.

“But, for me, it does not get any better than winning at home and then getting a 1-0 away victory because we all know what a massive difference back-to-back wins can make.

“A 1-0 win like that can be better than a 5-0 one sometimes as well, because we had to dig deep and keep going until the end.”

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City will now wait to learn the extent of the damange caused by a second-half injury to Michael Coulson that saw the former Grimsby winger stretchered off.

“Hopefully, there won’t be a downside to the evening with Couls’ knee but Jeff (Miller) seems to think it’s not to bad so I hope it’s all right,” Mills said.

Comments(14)

duffy says...
10:44pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Mills comments on Walker are spot on, I can't believe some of the negativity towards him this season given the amount of work he does for the team.

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Even AndyD says...
11:03pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Walker thoroughly deserves the plaudits. Tough playing that lone man role sometimes, but he never complains and always puts in a full shift.
Agree too re result, 1-0 away - clean sheet etc is exactly what we needed.
Good times to be a City fan.

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Some old bloke says...
11:09pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Jason Walker gave another good performance and certainly deserved to be the match-winner.
Our fans were great and City deserved the win, despite quite a few anxious moments at the back.
I hope Coulson's okay - it looked really bad at the time.
Roll on Saturday!

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Some old bloke says...
11:21pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Just to add, I thought Fyfield, Chambers and Walker gave strong performances again tonight - maybe people will get off their backs for a while now.

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nicko75 says...
11:27pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Like what Coulson has done this season and never want to see anyone injured but is the chance to finally stick Blair in his proper position!... And put Paddy or Smith (or Potts!!) back in the centre mid...

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YO1 says...
11:46pm Tue 23 Oct 12

Just back, really pleased for Jason. He worked his socks, got battered all night as usual and you could see how pleased he was to finally get his reward. Oh and cheeky d i n k worked at last! Well done to the whole team. On another night it could have been three or four but for some tremendous saves by Dumbavin.

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rogue84 says...
8:13am Wed 24 Oct 12

probably my favourite win of the season so far (barring our 1st league win in 8 years at Barnet).
the whole team worked their preverbials off and I agree with Mills, sometimes a 1-0 away win can be the most satisfying result in the game.
we went barmy in the away end, it was a fantastic moment to share with Jason and the lads!
should we just whisper it?...but we're nicely, slowly and quietly creeping up the table....

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Sir Alex says...
8:17am Wed 24 Oct 12

Great result and well deserved by the sound of if. Well done to all the lads.

Playoffs a realistic target.

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ADAMCUTHBERT says...
8:33am Wed 24 Oct 12

Great result last nite and a draw would be a good result on Saturday after 2 back to back wins as Southend will pose a stiffer challenge than Stanley especially on the back of a hiding last nite'

Great to see Walker doing what he does best and scoring! That hat-trick must surely only be around the corner hopefully this Saturday!

COYR

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redwhiteblue says...
11:00am Wed 24 Oct 12

Great performance from the whole team - nice to see Paddy come off the bench, should retain his place on Saturday. Excellent support from York considering the weather in Yorkshire, I heard it was 347 in a crowd of 1500.
Difficult to pick a man of the match but I must say our most improved player this year is Jamal Fyfield - a no nonsence player, learnt from his past mistakes, reads the game well and now a regular in the side.
Bring on Southend and another good performance away from BC

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yorkiemike says...
11:22am Wed 24 Oct 12

Yes a great result.The longer the game went on it was obvious whoever got the first goal would be the winner.Fortunately it was us.
Hope McLauglin can get a game ,he looked sharp and keen when he came on.
Is it just me but Smithy seems to be constantly having a "go" at Fyfield.He did the same in the Dagenham match.Maybe they are words of encouragment but they don`t look like it!
Jamal is playing great now but I detect a nervousness in him about going forward and he is always the one kept back at set pieces etc.Maybe he`s playing to orders but when he does go forward he can put in dangerous crosses.
He`s fast and can get back very quick if necessary.
All in all a gutsy performance last night.

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openallhours says...
1:41pm Wed 24 Oct 12

Delighted for Jason and it might just put him back on track for the form we saw from him last year.

Tough game on Saturday so another win would be an excellent achievement.

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Keith...lad says...
7:17pm Wed 24 Oct 12

If there is one man at York City who deserves the praise is Jason Walker.On of the most hard working unselfish player at York.Must be great to work for a manager like GM who always backs his players and looks at the positives from all the matches in interviews.Roll on Saturday

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yorkshirecalling says...
12:30am Thu 25 Oct 12

Very rewarding given what the Accrington fans said about him when he was a trialist there.

http://www.accringto
nweb.com/forum/f93/j
ason-walker-22954.ht
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Shows how far we've come since Accrington got promoted from the conference. Remember Billy Mc famously said they had money and we had Kit Kats? Dark days now behind us. We now have some money and a manager who knows how to use it. Accrington Stanley on the other hand are an historical footnote more famous for a milk advert than their status as
Football League starters. I hope they sink like a stone and Jason Walker's goal proves to be the one that seals their fate.

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