TRAILING to arch rivals Annfield Plain, an excellent turnaround helped Prudhoe Town to all three points.

The midweek match-up was a well contested affair, and it was goals from Scott Douglas and Ste Forster which earned Town their first victory of the season.

They started slowly and found themselves behind, but they dictated play from there with debutant goalkeeper Owen Little and midfielder Michael Calvert starring in their first outings.

It was the perfect tonic to the weekend‘s disappointing 5-0 defeat when they travelled to Cumbria to take on Cleator Moor Celtic with a bare squad.

There were six changes made to the starting XI which came agonisingly close to claiming a shock win over high spending Horden CW seven days previous.

Manager Mattie Thompson was unable to turn to the substitutes‘ bench for cover. In fact, he even named himself in the squad in case of an emergency!

Over in Division Two of the Crook and District League, Alston Moor Sports Club got their campaign off to a flyer with a comfortable 2-0 victory away to Crook Town Wanderers.

After narrowly missing out on promotion last year, there are high hopes they can achieve it this term.