WINGER Jack Mackreth has enjoyed a flying start to his Warrington Town career – but he insists there is much more to come from him.

The 26-year-old, who joined from Wrexham in the summer, has scored four goals in his first seven games for Yellows and has played a key role in their rise to third place in the Evo-Stik Premier Division.

Mackreth’s start to his spell at Cantilever Park is even more remarkable when you consider his previous best goal tally for an entire season was five – for Barrow way back in 2011/12

However, he says his form has encouraged a change of mindset and that he is now disappointed when he comes off the pitch without scoring.

“I’m not really that much of a goalscorer normally!” he said.

“I’m normally an out-and-out winger but at the minute, the goals are going in.

“I’m in the mindset now that I want to score in every game. If I don’t score, I’m disappointed.

“I like to think I’ve shown glimpses of what I can do in terms of providing that pace going forward and putting balls in the box.

“I still think there’s a lot more to come from me.

“I don’t think I’m fully fit and it’s taken me a while to adapt to part-time football.

“It’s not just me as well, I think there’s plenty more to come from us as a team.”

Mackreth's goalscoring form has been a big factor in Yellows' superb start to the season. Here he is scoring against Burscough in the FA Cup. Picture by John Hopkins.

Apart from a brief spell in the Football League with Bury, Mackreth has spent the vast majority of his career playing at National League level for the likes of Grimsby Town and Macclesfield Town.

He has shown his quality for Yellows, with his pace on the right wing causing mayhem in opposition defences.

Mackreth was made to wait for his Town debut after international clearance issues forced him to watch from the sidelines alongside defender David Raven, but now he is just happy to be contributing on the field.

“It was a really annoying period, both for me and David Raven. We just wanted to get up and running straight away,” he said.

“The frustrating part of it was we didn’t know when it was going to come through.

“If we had a date, we could have focused on that but it could have gone on for another two or three weeks.

“I’m just happy to be playing, to be honest.

“Everything is fluid going forward and we’re creating a lot of chances.

“There’s a lot of focus on myself and Dylan Vassallo as we like to get the ball wide very quickly.

“The refreshing thing is that we are solid as a team unit.

“If you look at the Marine game recently, we were under the cosh for the last 20 minutes or so and there were a lot of balls going into the box, but I didn’t feel as though we were going to concede.

“With our defensive unit and the two central midfielders, we won’t concede too many and that is refreshing as an attacking player.

“We work hard from one to 11 and it means we get a lot of chances going forward.”

A delay in receiving his international clearance meant Mackreth was forced to watch Warrington's first four games of the season from the sidelines. He finally made his debut at North Ferriby on September 1. Picture by John Hopkins

On Saturday, Yellows face their biggest game of the season to date as they welcome league leaders South Shields to Cantilever Park.

A Warrington victory would see them leapfrog their visitors, and Mackreth feels that will be achieved if they play to their potential.

Further down the line, he also believes he can fulfil his personal aim of climbing back up the footballing ladder with Yellows.

“I don’t know a lot about South Shields, apart from that they have a relatively big budget and a big following,” he said.

“It looks like they will be up there at the end of the season, so we have to match them.

“I don’t think we have anything to worry about. If we focus on ourselves and play as we know we can, we can go up against anyone in this league and win.

“As a footballer, you want to play as high as you can for as long as you can and with the way we’ve started, hopefully that can be with Warrington.

“The way we’re playing, we would more than cope in the division above.”