TADCASTER ALBION are not yet prepared to give up on their dreams of league glory.

The Brewers ended a frustrating run of seven games without a win by thumping Lincoln Moorlands Railway 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the League Cup in midweek.

Manager Paul Marshall said the much-needed victory, secured with goals by Andrew Milne, Tom Claisse, David Brown and Calum Ward, had given everyone at the Ings Lane club a boost and had revitalised spirits.

With Albion going to Garforth Town tomorrow in the Northern Counties East League premier division, they are currently ten points behind table-topping Worksop Town with two games in hand.

They will host the Nottinghamshire outfit on the last day of the season and, after Shaw Lane recently suffered a shock defeat at home to Liversedge, Marshall is convinced there will be more twists and turns before the destiny of the title is decided.

He said of the Lincoln cup victory: “It was a match we needed to win and a good confidence booster. We are into the semi-final now and it will be a tough game.

“The way the season has gone, we have got to try to keep it going and win some silverware. We have had a bad month and we have got to just get over it.

“There are still nine games to go - we have still got a quarter of the season remaining. You don’t give up on it. We have got a massive game against Garforth and, if we beat them, there are still going to be some twists and turns.

“If you look at the games, they are all tough. We have already seen Liversedge go to Shaw Lane and win. We have got to play Worksop Town in the last game of the season.”

He added: “The win gave everyone a big lift. The first thing you have to do is just get a result and a win.

“We played really well in patches against Lincoln Moorlands Railway and Tom Claisse and Liam Ormsby in midfield were superb.

“I haven’t seen that for a while and that was the really pleasing thing. If we can perform like that, anything can happen.”

Key to Tadcaster’s revival, in Marshall’s view, is tightening up at the back. His side last kept a clean sheet on February 2 at AFC Mansfield in the FA Vase.

“We have struggled and it used to be our forte. We have got to start keeping clean sheets,” he explained. “We don’t look like scoring two or three goals on a regular basis any more.”