Speaking to the official site Cole admitted that Parkers wise words gave the team the impetus needed to respond in the second half. “I have got to say our captain today, Scotty Parker, at half-time was just inspirational in the changing room. I told him when I came off the pitch, I went up to him and said ‘You have given me so much motivation’.
“He was just in the zone, I have never seen him like that. I was like ‘Wow, this is the real deal’. I know that we are professional footballers, we should have that in us already and we do, but sometimes you need your captain to come across like that.
“It was inspirational I must say. If you were in there, you would have had a tear in your eye, I had a tear in my eye.
“He gave a lot. He showed a lot of passion in that changing room, it spurred us on in the second half. We came out determined that we weren’t going to disappoint anyone, the manager, ourselves, the fans and our families, everyone with us here who works with us and supports us.”