Kendal Town made it three consecutive wins in the Northern League last night.
But they had to do it the hard way, coming from 2-0 down to beat bottom of the table side Tow Law Town 4-2.
The visitors had not earned a single point in their previous nine games but after 24 minutes at Parkside Road they led 2-0.
James Hughes had put them in front after six minutes and they were in wonderland when Matt Fisher scored the second on 24 minutes. In those nine previous games they had managed only five goals.
Both goals had come from defensive errors which had been suitably pounced on by the visitors.
But Kendal, fresh from two outstanding away wins at Penrith (8-1) and West Auckland (1-0) responded really well.
It was important that they got on the score-sheet before half-time and it was Josh Dixon who did it. Played in by Steve Yawson he fired home into the bottom corner.
Nine minutes into the second half sand the Mintcakes were level. A Niall Cowperthwaite free-kick was headed past his own advancing keeper by Tow Law defender Jake Dobinson.
Surely there was only going to be one winner now after that and so it proved, although Kendal had to wait until the last ten minutes to get the two goals which earned them the victory.
‘Super sub’ Josh Winder did it again. He had replaced the injured Dixon at half time and on 84 minutes he was at the far post to smash home the vital third goal when it dropped kindly for him.
Then on 88 minutes Jordan Palmer grabbed the fourth when he turned in a free-kick from Ryan Winder.
The game was marred in the closing stages when Matt Dudley (Kendal) and Ben Dibb-Fuller were sent off after a fracas, although both claimed mistaken identity.
To hear what Kendal chairman Michael O’Neill had to say about the game listen below:
