MATCH REPORT: Croston Sports Club U23 4-7 Workington AFC U23

Reds extended their winning run to four matches in the Lancashire League after a bizarre game against the Leyland based outfit.

And it was a great personal night for Dan Hill (inset) who contributed by scoring four of the seven with maiden league goals coming from three other members of the squad.

Hill opened the scoring with an early strike to get Reds off to a good start but they immediately handed the initiative back to the hosts and a period of sloppy defending saw them concede three.

They were 3-1 down at the break but came out of the blocks flying at the start of the second and four goals in a ten-minute purple patch swung the game in their favour.

Hill completed his hat-trick and then got another, via an assist from goalkeeper Scott Paden-Gale, to put the visitors back in front.

Dan Hill

Louis Pickering increased the lead with his first goal of the campaign but Croston scored again to make matters uncomfortable for a few minutes.

But the goal spree continued and it was Reds who bagged the tenth and eleventh goals of the evening to secure the points and their first away win.

Ted Thompson and Luke Routledge, two of the younger members of the squad, scoring the sixth and seventh goals respectively.

Team: Paden-Gale, Hambling, Pickering, Johnston, Martin, Cueto TJ, Burns, Lester, Palmer, Tyson, Hill.  Substitutes – Handford, Routledge, Thomson (all used).