Warrington Town 3 Kendal 0

WARRINGTON Town moved to within six points of the Evo-Stik First Division North play-offs with an excellent victory over Kendal on Saturday.

The Yellows will be in buoyant mood ahead of Tuesday night's visit by New Mills.

Robbie Booth, Stephen Tames and Nathan Burke found the net as Shaun Reid’s team climbed to ninth in the standings.

Town did not got a foothold in the game until midway through the first half, earning a corner from which James McCarten headed over the bar.

Some neat link-up play in midfield earned Town some field position, Tames laying off for Robbie Booth, who perhaps should have done better given the time he had, firing a shot well over.

He made no mistake minutes later though, when the same pair linked up to give Town the lead. Tames showed strength and pace to get free down the right with some great wing play, getting goal side of the defender and then pulling back for Booth, the midfielder picking his spot and side-footing the ball past the goalkeeper for 1-0.

That gave the hosts a cushion they never really looked like relinquishing.

At the other end, earlier in the half, McCarten and Tom Hardwick dealt well with the threat of Kendal forward Jordan Connerton, the third top scorer in the league with 24 goals this season.

Connerton had the first sniff of an opening on 17 minutes, peeling off the shoulder of a defender to find space in the box, but his awkward shot was comfortably stopped by Karl Wills.

And then leading up to half time Connerton curled a free kick wide before seeing a shot well blocked by McCarten in front of goal.

Their biggest chance came shortly before the hour, Wills making a save with his feet to deny Connerton after the ball fell to him from a deflected shot.

Town started to push for a second goal.

David Mannix drilled a left footed shot through a ruck of bodies and wide, before Hardwick diverted a Louis Corrigan effort over the bar from close range.

The crucial second goal eventually came on 79 minutes, man of the match Tames fighting hard to win a loose ball, showing strength to get behind a defender, and then finished well from a tight angle.

That eased any tension, and the introduction of Gerard Kinsella prompted a third goal - the former Everton academy man lofting a fine through ball for Burke, who lofted the ball first time over the onrushing goalkeeper from outside the box.

Warrington: Wills, Field, Corrigan, Mannix (Kinsella), McCarten, Hardwick, Beattie, Burke, Wharton, Tames (Gahgan), Booth (Turner). Unused subs: Reid, Collins.

Kendal: Cameron, Henry, Thomas, Mercer, Forbes, Winters, Carney, Watson (Kesy), Connerton, Helliwell (Swarbrick), Mason (Clark).