ON the face of it at least, it seems losing their star striker in the summer has not inhibited Warrington Rylands' ability to score goals.

As one would expect from a team riding high, their 28 goals this season has them up among the Northern Premier League West Division's most prolific outfits.

However, it is perhaps the way goals have been shared around that will most please manager Dave McNabb.

When striker Elliot Nevitt – scorer of so many crucial goals during last season's historic FA Vase victory including a hat-trick in the Wembley final – was snapped up by League Two side Tranmere Rovers, Blues elected not to directly replace him.

Instead, McNabb placed faith in what he already had with a sprinkling of fresh blood in the shape of Callum Dolan and Owen Robinson.

As a result, the team as a whole has picked up the slack with 17 different players having hit the net this season – their top goalscorer is Kane Drummond with five.

"We were well aware coming into the season that we’d have to share the goals around a lot more," McNabb said.

"The stats won’t stack up as much from last season because of the lack of games but when you lose someone like Elliot, it’s very hard to replace them.

"We made it an objective to start sharing the goals around a bit more and I’m proud the lads have done that."

Andy Scarisbrick became the 17th different player to score for Warrington Rylands this season when he netted against Clitheroe on Saturday. Picture by Mark Percy

Andy Scarisbrick became the 17th different player to score for Warrington Rylands this season when he netted against Clitheroe on Saturday. Picture by Mark Percy

That said, however, he is still calling upon the likes of Drummond, Dolan, Ste Milne and others to be more consistent in front of goal.

He believes the 20-goal target most frontmen aim for every season is well within the reach of any of his attacking players.

"Looking at the three players who have played regularly in attack for us this season, they are all capable of scoring 15-20 goals," he said.

"We just need them to be a little bit more consistent in front of goal, which is something we’ve been working on."

Having returned from a fortnight's break against Clitheroe on Saturday, Blues had been faced the prospect of another weekend without a fixture this week.

They were due to travel to Colne on Saturday, but their hosts' FA Trophy progress meant the fixture had to be postponed.

Thankfully, Prescot Cables have stepped into the breach and will visit Gorsey Lane on Saturday for a fixture that was due to be played over the Easter weekend.

While many managers at this level are currently fine tuning their squads by moving players in and out, McNabb is content with his options.

"We’re really happy with what we have," he said.

"At this level, you can never say never with players coming in and going out but at the moment, we’re happy with what we’ve got."