He was thrown straight into the Darlo team at 
It didn’t lead to a win though, almost immediately they lost goalkeeper David Knight, also on loan, to injury and with no keeper on the bench it cost them and they went on to lose the game 3-2.
Kyle played for an hour in total and he impressed manager, the former
On the goal, Hodgson added, “He timed it really well, got his instep on it, which is the biggest part of the foot to hit, and banged it in the back of the net. He deserved it and the only thing is, I knew he would tire and that’s exactly what happened. He hadn’t had Christmas games like our players so I knew it would be a problem.”
Meanwhile, Marc Pugh found himself playing Conference football again after looking all set to line up for the youth team against
