"A quality edge to our football was there for all to see against Ashton United and let's hope we can stride on from here and make it a great finish to the season.

We've been playing well for some time and not getting the results, but my old mate Peter Wright was the spark that made a difference.

He's a bit of a character and can inspire players around him and he is capable of deadly finishing as he showed on Tuesday.

The hard work we have been doing in training to play for each other paid dividends. We set off at a high tempo and Ashton looked tired after the opening 20 minutes.

We had five or six opportunities to add to our tally in the second half, and while Ashton had a bit of the ball Rick Whiteside did not have to make any saves after half time.

The break has done us a world of good.

And although the rain came, the players were delighted to walk on to the ground and the excellent state of the playing-surface - the groundsman had done us proud.

Now we got to Ossett Town this Saturday for what should be a very tight game.

We have players coming back from injury, which is handy but also gives me a bit of a headache.

Defender Paul Byrne and wide midfielder Seb Beckett are both available and with a strong squad of 20 or so I won't be making any more signings.

There's been a tremendous rapport from the supporters with the team since I took over and that is much appreciated by all of us.

I would like to remind you of a special players' reunion night in The Park after the next home match at Burscough on Saturday week. A lot of the lads will be staying on and having a pint and there will be lots of the club's old friends to meet. We look forward to seeing you there."