The introduction of loan signing George Frost from Spalding United proved to be the difference for Holbeach United as they ended a run of seven games without victory.
A 4-0 win at Essex side Holland in Division One North of the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League left manager Danny Clifton a relieved man.
“It’s all about fine margins between three points and only picking up one or zero,” he said. “It has been frustrating because we’ve not been struggling and have deserved so much more.
“I know the performance has been there, we’ve just been needing a bit of luck and the rub of the green.
“It didn’t need much to turn our results around and I think the difference was getting George in. He’s only just 17 but really pressured the defenders and that freed up one or two others. This win was something we deserved and to get it away against a really good team was fantastic.”
Harvey Wirkowski opened the scoring with a stunning strike and proved it was no fluke with an equally outstanding strike. The hosts missed a penalty before substitute Adrian Bilicz made it 3-0 and Jordan Oldham headed in the final goal for the Tigers.
Clifton said: “It wasn’t an easy win and for the first 15 minutes we had to earn the right to play our football and worked hard.
“It was a piece of real quality that got us in front and the second was outrageous. At 2-0 the players grew in confidence and it was just a matter of how many we would get.
“We’re only a young group and this season has been a steep learning curve for them. Seven of the team were playing again for their U18 teams on Sunday. Most teams we play are the other way round – eight or nine experienced old heads and just two or three teenagers.”
Tigers: Rigby, Nicholson, Johnson, Oldham, Henderson, Barnes, Millinson, Wirkowski, Davies, Frost, Yambasu. Subs: Carter, Masnita, Cook, Robertson, Bilicz.
Attendance: 65.
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