Lancaster City manager paid tribute to his players for their performance on Tuesday evening.

Jimmy Marshall was delighted after seeing his Lancaster City players respond to FA Trophy defeat with three points on Tuesday.

Having been well beaten in the Trophy at Cleethorpes Town last weekend, the Dolly Blues won 2-1 at Whitby Town in the NPL Premier three days later.

City had trailed to Stuart Rose’s 24th-minute goal but Jim Craig’s equaliser three minutes later ensured they were level at half-time, after which Charlie Bailey netted the winner.

A fourth win in 10 saw Lancaster climb to 12th in the table ahead of Saturday’s home match with third-bottom Ilkeston Town.

Speaking afterwards, the Lancaster boss said: “We know that we’ve got a good group and we knew they’d respond.

“Tonight was about digging in and making sure that we won our battles, and showed loads of effort, grit and determination.

“We knew at times it might not be pretty, but I said I want to go into training on Thursday looking at things we can do better off the back of a victory.

“They’ve done that and every one of them was superb. I thought they really worked their socks off.

“We’ve got some lads who are at different levels at the moment in terms of fitness, but I thought they were outstanding to a man.”

Ilkeston’s visit to Giant Axe on Saturday sees Marshall’s squad looking for better fortunes at home, where they have only taken four points from 15 so far.

“I think that’s been the most disappointing thing; our home form hasn’t been good enough,” he added.

“We need to make sure we put a performance in and get that little monkey off our back on Saturday.

“Hopefully the fans will get behind us again, show up in their numbers and hopefully we can go and put three points on the board.

“If we can get the six points this week - we know that game will be tough as well - then I think it’ll turn into a good week for us.

“I said to the lads a week can spin your season; one minute you’re looking down the barrel, the next minute you’re looking up the table.

“It’s all about not being too high when you win and not being too low when you lose.”

Tuesday’s game also saw a late debut off the bench for defender Jules Flanagan, who has joined the club from National League North club Southport on a dual registration basis.