Workington Reds made it three wins on the bounce when a Dav Symington penalty proved to be the only goal against Prescot Cables.
A crowd of 551 braved the cold conditions at Borough Park, when fortunately the near gale-force winds overnight had dropped appreciably.
Third bottom Prescot proved stubborn, if unimaginative opposition and Reds should have had more in hand at the end.
The penalty came right after half-time when a driving run down the right by Kyle Harrison carried him into the box where he was tripped.
Symington duly blasted home the spot kick and it felt as though other goals must follow.
Indeed Symington had the best chance, again from the penalty spot after Conor Gaul had been felled. Again he went for power but this time keeper Mitchell Allen was able to block with his legs.
Allen also produced the save of the game to deny Steven Rigg after the hard-working forward had turned sharply and fired one in from 10 yards.
There was always the danger that Prescot might get lucky and snatch an equaliser from one of their rare excursions into the home box, but keeper Jim Atkinson was never troubled.
He had been beaten as early as the third minute when Lewis Buckley appeared to head in a good cross from Leon Johnson.
But the referee was perfectly positioned to see that Buckley had used a hand to direct the ball into the net, and as a consequence earned a yellow card.
After that early promise Prescot were mainly occupied in defending as Reds dominated possession and territory.
To their credit they put bodies on the line and on several occasions Reds were frustrated by last ditch blocks.
There should have been goals, though, because on two occasions Gaul fired across the six yard box teasing balls which only needed a touch to diver them past Allen.
When Brad Hubbold did get a shot on target Allen was across smartly to hold on, and a free kick from Symington was turned behind by the keeper for one of numerous first half corners.
Manager Chris Willcock accepted the performance hadn’t matched the previous week’s effort at Colne, but was delighted to stretch the winning run.
“It’s another three points, another clean sheet and at times we moved the ball around very well. I’m also happy with the amount of work we do when we don’t have the ball which is something I’ve been going on at since I came to the club,” he said.
Reds now have a 10-day break before the haver another home game on Tuesday, December 7 against Bootle.
