Wombwell calls on Ashington to keep winning run going

The 25 year-old struck the equaliser from a Josh Gilchrist corner in Thursday’s Newcastle Flooring Northumberland Senior Cup tie against Newcastle University which the Colliers won after a penalty shootout. Then on Saturday, Jude Cogdon swung over a free-kick which Wombwell headed firmly home.

“Both were off set pieces to be fair,” he said, “Jude (Cogdon) and Josh (Gilchrist) have both got great deliveries with set plays and there’s probably been too many occasions this season where they’ve put the ball in and we haven’t got on the end of them.

"So when the ball fell to me in the last two games I was delighted to score both. On Saturday the wind probably helped because the ball came to me with a bit of pace on it and I didn’t have to do much but head it and it went in.

“Obviously conditions played a part and it was tough out there. The wind was probably stronger than we thought it was going to be and obviously they went 1-0 ahead which was disappointing. However, I thought our reaction was really good because when things have gone against us in the past, it has let us down and we have folded.” He went on: “It was a huge win - 100 per cent. You look at the league table and I think West Auckland were down around us a few weeks ago but they’ve jumped up to eighth place with a good run and if you can do that it can lift you.

"However, our win today has got to be the start of a run for us and we’ve got to take it into next week (at Hallam).”