IT wasn’t the most memorable of Workington’s eight victories this season but it might be all the fans, officials, players and management have to reflect on for a while, writes John Walsh.

With the constraints of lockdown likely to cause a suspension at this level of football, a resumption before Christmas is the most optimistic scenario.

Reds will go into any unwanted break in good heart, if a little wounded. The feature of Saturday’s FA Trophy success wasn’t that only an early goal separated the two sides, but that Reds won with so many players missing and others battling on with knocks and strains.

Star striking duo Scott Allison and Reuben Jerome were both injured; Ceiran Casson was ill; Sam Smith, Brad Carroll and Brad Hubbold were carrying knocks and Robbie Hebson was still side-lined from the initial injury chaos a month ago.

The fact that Hubbold played the whole game and that Smith was forced into action after only 21 minutes emphasised how Reds could have been forced onto the back foot.

In truth Reds completely dominated the first 70 minutes of the match and it was only in the closing quarter that Glossop enjoyed anything remotely resembling pressure and the Cumbrians defended so well that keeper Jim Atkinson was not extended.

It has to be said, however, that the first chance of the game on four minutes actually fell to Glossop. Jordan Little was dispossessed and Alfons Fosu-Mensah was through on goal with only Atkinson to beat, but fortunately he shot tamely straight at the keeper.

It proved a costly miss because Reds went straight down the other end and scored what proved to be the winner. Skipper Conor Tinnion cut across the box from the right before firing home a left foot shot which left keeper Dale Latham stranded.

Keeping possession well, Reds had a couple more opportunities – the best when Hubbold and Liam Brockbank broke down the left and Dav Symington met the cross at the far post but saw his effort blocked at the expense of a corner.

Symington, though, should have doubled the lead at the start of the second half. He seemed to have a simple tap in from Matty Clarke’s low pull-back but somehow contrived to spoon it up and Glossop cleared.

Hubbold hit a great shot on the run which Latham had to go full length to palm away and Symington had the home keeper scrambling to save at the second attempt when he hit one from the edge of the area.

Glossop’s late response saw Moses Yoak go closest with a smart shot on the turn which whistled over the bar.

Glossop North End: Latham, Haslam, Ahmadi, Matthews, Hartshore, Quansah, Moloney, Yoak (Billington 85), Fosu-Mensah, Burey (Fitton (68), Brown (Freedman 76). Subs (not used) Robertson, Mills.

Workington: Atkinson, Clarke, Brockbank (Kelly 71), Wordsworth, Little (Smith 21), Hubbold, Symington, Wooding-Holt, Bowman (Potts 62), Lightfoot, Tinnion. Subs (not used) Carroll, Foster, Bell, Robertson.,

Goal: Tinnion (5). Crowd: 313

Star Man: CONOR TINNION