After a slow start to the season Workington climbed to third in the table with a 2-1 home win over Skelmersdale.
There were probably enough opportunities to have scored the six goals which would have carried them into second place.
But Danny Grainger was happy enough with the points and the performance to give them back to back League wins.
Reds had clearly been the best team in the first-half with skipper Conor Tinnion producing a master class in mid-field, popping up all over the place to prompt, scheme, intercept and deliver crosses as required.
They had deserved the lead, should have had more, and had what appeared to be a stonewall penalty waved aside after Steve Rigg was felled in the box.
So it might have been of some concern that the visitors were on level terms after 59 minutes following a spectacular effort from Jordan Southworth and the Cumbrians had to start again to regain their dominance and secure the win.
Workington had started impressively with Dav Symington causing problems with his driving runs and fierce shooting.
One of those came back off the post and Ruben Jerome netted the rebound but was flagged offside.
It was Symington who gave his side the lead on 29 minutes, again driving forward on the left before hitting a strong, low shot which keeper Andrew Coughlan got to but could only help into the net.
Elliott Morris had the ball in the net for Skem but he was offside while almost on half-time Darren Brannigan saw a shot swerve just outside the far post with keeper Jim Atkinson wrong-footed.
Skem had their best spell at the start of the second-half when the hosts seemed to lose their grip and Southworth’s fine 30-yard strike into the top corner should have lifted them.
But it was Workington who roused themselves again and after Coughlan turned over a header from Steve Rigg, they got what proved to be the winner.
Symington chased a through ball and Coughlan couldn’t hold his bullet shot with Jerome there first to apply the finish.
If Tinnion had played the key role in the first-half for Reds, Scott Allison was good throughout and particularly effective in the second occupying his new role in mid-field – ferreting, chasing and linking well in the role.
In the end though it was the sheer power of Symington which won the game to hoist Reds into a play-off position.
