TWO second-half goals from Lydney's rising star Jarred Liddington put the icing on a game that assistant manager Neil Hook described as "the one we really had to win".

With a final goal near time from James Morse to give a three-nil scoreline Lydney is now "round about four from bottom" says Neil, and is needing one more win, "possibly two to put it beyond doubt" to keep in Hellenic League One.

However, by his own admission, Hook says Lydney played wretchedly through most of the first half and it could well have been a different story.

"We were dire – I mean, really, really bad. But at half time we made a few positional changes and it was a different game, with Liddington scoring first on 50 minutes and then again on 60. James Morse's goal sealed it."

Hook says Liddington is one of Lydney's shining stars this season and he now thinks efforts by the centre-forward, with Niall Halford now playing centre-back instead of up front, is a formula that will see them stay within the league and make some steady progress next season.

"I'm now confident we have a successful squad and things are looking up," he said. "There was time when things didn't look so good but now I think we feel really positive."