A stoppage-time Scott Bakkor effort put the gloss on a solid Atherton Collieries display to inch them further away from the fourth relegation spot in NPL West on Friday night with a 3-0 home win.
City Of Liverpool made their first ever league appearance at the Dreams2Reality Stadium. arriving in wretched form but they acquitted themselves well early doors.
However, they were unable to trouble the scorers and it was the Collieries who took a 25th-minute lead.
An Aaron Dwyer centre corner was nonchalantly butted home by Calen Gallagher-Allison - a sixth headed finish of the campaign for the goal-hungry centre-half.
Joe Piggott was inches away from sliding home a tempting cross as Michael Clegg’s Stripes ended the opening period in the ascendancy.
Colls needed another goal to settle nerves and got it on the hour mark.
Defence was turned to attack quickly which enabled Dwyer to turn his marker inside out before caressing the ball past the COL custodian.
The Purps continued to play their part in proceedings despite by being outmanoeuvred.
Dwyer smashed a smoker against the post and Tom Bentham thundered a header on to the bar.
Bakkor then sprinted clear for his goal to improve his team’s goal difference and put a realistic slant on the scoreline on what was another satisfactory evening under the Friday night lights.
Next up on Saturday is a visit to Ericstan Park, home of Wythenshawe Town for a six-pointer (3pm).
For those fans travelling by car, the postcode for Wythenshawe Town’s ground is M23 9NT.
Details for the club travel will be released imminently on the usual social media channels.
