This was a right mixture of a performance – good, bad and indifferent as Reds slipped to a sixth league defeat.

The young Reds opened their JPL account with six of the best, just a week after they had conceded half a dozen themselves.

There was a feel-good factor at Borough Park around 10pm on Tuesday and that despite Reds still searching for their first home win.

For the second time this year, Reds scored a late winner at the Sir Tom Finney Stadium to secure their first win of the season.

Workington made a successful return to the Lancashire League, overcoming an uncomfortable first twenty minutes to eventually win.

Seventeen years old Alfie McDonough joined a select band of teenagers to score a hat-trick for Workington in the FA Youth Cup.

Difficult to see where the elusive first win is coming from after another poor showing from Reds leaves them rooted to the foot of the table

There was a collective sigh of relief from the Workington faithful after this one as Reds’ battled their way to a hard-fought draw.

It may get worse before it gets better as Reds fell to a fourth successive defeat after another closely fought encounter.

Workington made amends for their horror show at Stockton with a much more acceptable performance against the strongly fancied Hednesford.

This was Workington’s heaviest defeat on the road since……their last visit to the MAP Group Stadium ten months ago.

A stoppage time winner from the visitors was tough to take on the opening Saturday of Workington’s season.

Josh Palmer blasted The Atoms almost single-handedly, scoring a magnificent seven at the Falcon Complex in a pre-season encounter.

Reds completed their protracted pre-season programme with a less than convincing performance over United’s talented youngsters.

Reds strolled to a comfortable straightforward victory in their penultimate pre-season outing with five different scorers sharing the goals.

The Young Reds continued their preparation for the new season and, in particular, the FA Youth Cup which commences in just over a month.

Workington left it late to clinch victory over Step 4 opposition in the first ever meeting between the two sides.

The Development Squad did something that the first team couldn’t manage to do – record a victory at Palmerston Park!

Another good exercise for Darren Edmondson’s re-shaped squad with twenty outfield players each playing forty-five minutes.

There is always a bit of intrigue surrounding the first pre-season outing – how will the team play, what systems will we use, who are the trialists etc. etc?