JUSTIN Flowers praised the efforts of his defence after Corsham Town held firm at home to earn a point against Calne Town on Saturday.

Flowers’ troops went ahead in the first half before the visitors piled on the pressure in the second 45, denying the hosts any clear-cut chances on goal.

Stuart Windsor’s strike on 76 minutes levelled the game before Corsham resisted Calne’s late charge to add a further point to their league tally following an opening day win at Welton Rovers.

Despite holding onto a point, Flowers insisted it was the right result after Corsham peppered the visitors’ net with chances in the first half.

“I think it was a fair point for both teams,” said Flowers.

“We went a goal up and obviously from there we wanted to hang on, but they were a lot better in the second half.

“Once they scored, they were stronger.

“The pendulum shifted in their favour, so for us to hang on and earn a point was good to see.

“We’ve only played two games, but we can already tell that it’s a strong league.

“We won our first game which was great for us.

“Four points out of six is a good start for us. We’ve put a fresh team together and they’re starting to feed off of each other which is good to see.”

A new-look Corsham side look set to improve as each week goes by, according to Flowers – who admitted game time is the only element he feels his side are behind on.

Having drafted in a host of fresh faces over the summer, the Corsham boss now feels his team are starting to gel and form key partnerships on the pitch.

He said: “Everyone is buying into what we’re trying to do. Everyone is onboard with our ideas and how we’re trying to play.

“Now what we need is game time, hopefully the club will get better as games go on. But right now I’m happy with what we’ve got.

“The lads just want to play. Wincanton this weekend will be a tough fixture, they have the same amount of points as we do at this early stage.

“But we’re at home and we want it to be tough for teams that visit us.

“We’ll make it tough for them.”

Elsewhere in Toolstation Division One, Chippenham failed to build on their opening day win when crashing to a heavy 4-1 defeat at Bishops Lydeard.