Lancaster City ended their wait for a win with three goals and as many points on Saturday.

Lancaster City picked up their first win in five with a well-deserved 3-1 victory at Gainsborough Trinity on Saturday, writes DAVID HALL.

They produced a vastly-improved performance at both ends of the pitch, but it was the hosts who came out of the gates the fastest.

Lewis Butroid cut inside and fired past Brad Kelly in opening the scoring after three minutes.

They looked to hammer home their advantage but the Dolly Blues’ defence stood firm as Ronnie Kokkinos and Butroid worked well down the left.

It took Lancaster until the 17th minute to get a shot away, Steven Yawson sending in an effort from Jules Flanagan’s cross.

The equaliser came from the resulting corner as, after the initial set piece was cleared, the ball went back into the box and Dom Lawson’s looping header beat the outstretched David Robson to level.

Lawson almost scored again on 25 minutes, forcing Robson to tip over his effort after Yawson had progressed down the right.

Gainsborough had two shouts for a penalty before Lawson once again had another chance at goal on the counter, only for his effort to go wide.

Kokkinos was also off target as both defences stood firm before the break, after which the second half started with the Dollies on top

Yawson fired over and Nic Evangelinos had an effort blocked, either side of Butroid being unable to convert Connor Brown’s cross.

Jimmy Marshall’s players went ahead on 52 minutes as, with pressure building on the Trinity backline, Yawson curled an effort into the bottom corner.

It would be the catalyst for the rest of the game as Lawson scored again midway through the half, tapping in Yawson’s cross after he was set free by Evangelinos.

As expected, Gainsborough rallied with Kelly making two saves in as many minutes from Frank Mulhern’s free-kick and an unmarked Ashley Jackson following a corner.

The Dolly Blues dug in defensively and heavily restricted their hosts for the remainder of the game.

Their best chances fell to substitute Theo Williams, who fired into the side netting on 85 minutes and shot wide when one-on-one with Kelly in injury time as City climbed to 11th in the table.

Gainsborough Trinity: Robson, Sutcliffe (Preston 56), Jackson (Blythe 75), Hornshaw, Leckie, Beeden, Butroid (Clarke 75), Helliwell (Johnson 74), Mulhern, Brown (Williams 61), Kokkinos

Lancaster City: Kelly, Flanagan, Brownhill, Amison, Moonan, Fofana, Tweedley, C Bailey (S Bailey 85), Evangelinos (Mansell 90), Lawson (Caine 80), Yawson (Nolan 87).