TWO wins from three games and, more importantly, St Helens Town have begun their move away from danger at the bottom of the First Division table.

Following on from their 2-1 win at AFC Blackpool, they lost 4-0 at Prestwich Heys on Thursday night – a four goal margin which did Town no justice – but they roared back on Saturday with an accomplished performance at Bacup with a 3-2 victory, which enabled them to overtake their hosts and move up to 19th place in the league table.

Town journeyed to West View to take on Bacup Borough on their notoriously heavy pitch, but this was a Town who seized the game right from the off. They had all the early pressure playing down the slope and were rewarded with a corner in the 17th minute. Danny Greene delivered a wonderful kick which caused confusion in the home box, a defender shoved his own keeper off the ball and Andy Webster was on hand at the far post to head home.

Ragged Town defence did allow Bacup to equalise through Matty Bryan five minutes before half-time, but the second-half belonged almost exclusively to the visitors.

A free kick from Ashby in the 64th minute found Brady, whose shot was deflected across goal and Andy Presho headed in at the far post to restore Town’s lead at 2-1. Almost immediately, St. Helens’ keeper Carl Williams gifted Bacup a penalty, which Bryan dispatched to level the scores again, but a Danny Greene cross looked to be on its way to substitute Liam Diggle before Bacup’s Kieran Turner intervened to turn it past Karl Price into his own net to tie up the spoils at 3-2 to St. Helens in the 75th minute.

Town were due in action at Holker Old Boys on Wednesday before returning to Ruskin Drive this Saturday to play Cammell Laird (3pm), then travelling to Alsager’s Wood Park on Easter Monday (again 3pm).