RADCLIFFE Borough manager Kevin Glendon couldn't hide his disappointment after his team crashed out of the UniBond League Challenge Cup last Saturday.

Boro went out after finishing on the wrong end of a seven-goal thriller at Stainton Park against lowly Ossett Town.

Now Glendon has the job of lifting his men for Saturday's important league game at Workington, but looking back at the cup exit, Glendon declared: "I was really, really upset by it. I thought we could have gone on and got into the final.

"I know people say the league is the most important thing, but you want to be winning things.

"The whole club can be changed by winning one cup. It makes you hungry for more and we have got to make that breakthrough."

Glendon plunges loan signing Simon Carden straight into the midfield against Workington after allowing Nicky Spooner to join Hyde United.

Former Boro player Carden is back for a month from Accrington Stanley and Glendon declared: "Nicky had one or two problems with work and attending training sessions, so I agreed to let him go. He did well for us while he was here, but Simon is a competitive player and, above all, he scores goals."

Weather permitting, Saturday's game at Workington will see two sides vying for the second automatic promotion spot in the UniBond League Division One going at it hammer and tongues.

Former Newcastle United and Northern Ireland ace, Tommy Cassidy, is in charge at Workington and he reckons six or seven teams are in with a chance of clinching second place.

"No doubt Alfreton will win it. They lost last Saturday, which disappointed me because it was against Belper, one of our rivals.

"When teams get so far ahead like Alfreton they tend to relax now and then and I think that's what happened last Saturday," said Cassidy.

While Alfreton remain nine points ahead at the top of the table, Workington were leap-frogging over Boro into fifth place after a 2-1 home win over Matlock Town.

The Cumbrians have lost just once in their last 16 games, a run that stretches back to early November last year -- and Cassidy puts a lot of it down to two young strikers who took a trip to America.

Graham Murray has hit 20 goals so far this season and his strike partner, Graham Goulding, has found the net 15 times.

"They are both local boys," said Cassidy. "When I came here 14 months ago they were both just young kids. They went out to play in America and missed the first couple of months of this season, but now they are not far off being the top scorers in the league.

"There's no doubt they came back a lot more mature after playing over in the States," added Cassidy.

"It was all arranged by a local man who manages out in America. They might be going back to America at the end of March. If they do, there's no doubt we will miss them."

Workington's other strength recently has been a settled side.

"We have had a very settled side in the last few months," said Cassidy. "Two weeks ago we lost to Rossendale and we had two or three players out through injury or suspension.

"Touch wood, we will have a full squad available for Saturday.

"We have already played down at Radcliffe. We drew 1-1 and Radcliffe scored their goal in the last few minutes," said Cassidy.