SHORT’S SPOT-KICK GIVES VICS BOOST

NORTHWICH VIC 1 CARLTON TOWN 0

strongly and captain Reece Lyndon’s bullet header was gathered at the second attempt by Steggles but they struggled after forward Yaw Gyimah was red-carded for an off-the-ball elbow on a Carlton player. VICS earned a precious three points and moved off the bottom of the South table.

They took the lead on 17 minutes through striker Dave Short’s excellently-taken penalty, hammered low into the bottom corner despite Jack Steggles’ despairing dive.

The penalty was awarded after Steggles had upended Vics' attacker Stu McDonald at the corner of the six-yard area.

Vics' began the second half