Radcliffe 1 Warrington Town 2, National League North

Skipper Josh Amis prodded home the winner from close range after Connor Woods' cross found him unmarked to complete a turnaround of two goals in the space of five second-half minutes to defeat Radcliffe, who had played the second half with 10 men after their captain Jordan Hulme had been sent off.

Amis' winner came shortly after a well-taken leveller from Josh Miles, who lashed home having come off the bench alongside his captain minutes earlier.

Hulme's red card for a poor challenge on Murphy Bennett came shortly after Tunde Olowabi had put the hosts, who remain winless in the National League North this season, into a half-time lead.

However, Yellows' turnaround allowed them to secure their first win since Paul Carden returned as manager last month and their maiden win away from Cantilever Park this season.

Josh Amis celebrates his winning goal with Connor Woods (Image: Sean Walsh)

'A great win,' says Carden

Within 15 minutes of being brought on to replace Joe Rodwell-Grant and Mikey O’Neill, both Miles and Amis had scored to turn the match around.

For Amis, the winning goal was his second decisive contribution in as many games since returning from a shoulder injury having won the injury-time penalty that Connor Woods converted to snatch a draw at Chorley last week.

And there was no-one more delighted by their impact than their manager, who admitted it took his side longer than he’d have liked to start taking advantage of their 10-man hosts.

“When we brought Josh on, it stuck up front. Everybody knows how important he is to us and he’s been a miss this season,” he said.

“Milesey gave us that natural width and endeavour and when the two of them came on, they gave us a threat and stretched the game.

“We had another couple of chances as well, but it’s a great win.

Josh Miles celebrates after scoring the equaliser (Image: Sean Walsh) “The lads are saying it feels like they haven’t won since last season, which is how it can be but we’ve got to make sure we maintain it now. We have to build.

“It was important today. It’s still very early in the season, but it was always going to be a big game coming here.

“They did great last season but have found it tough this year, but when they scored you’re thinking that we don’t want to be the team that kick-starts them.

“In the first 15-20 minutes, I thought we played some nice stuff without really hurting them but as the first half wore on, they changed shape and it caused us more problems that it should have.

“We passed ourselves into trouble at times playing up the hill and into the wind and rain, and we were letting them off.

“We had to speak about being patient after the sending-off and needing to get the ball wide, but we weren’t doing that enough. We were a little bit numb towards what could effect the game.

“I felt those changes were needed and obviously, it doesn’t go any better than them both scoring.

“It was important we stayed patient and made the extra man count, and I thought we did that as the second half wore on.”

Watch Carden's full post-match reaction below

Amis shows his value

Full match verdict by Matt Turner

THESE were three points that Warrington Town desperately needed.

For so long, it looked like they were not forthcoming even after Jordan Hulme’s sending-off, with Radcliffe in the lead and looking the more likely to extend it as opposed to maintaining it despite being a man light.

Something had to change, and it did.

Paul Carden can afford himself a wry smile after the substitutes he threw on to turn the tide did exactly that, with Josh Miles and Josh Amis striking in a devastating five minutes to flip the match on its head.

Managers live and die by those kinds of decisions and in just his second game back, this one helped him get back in the winners’ circle for the first time.

Of course, there will be plenty of observers who will wonder why it took him an hour to make such a decisive intervention, with the ploy of playing Bohan Dixon – a central midfielder by trade – on the left-hand side looking like it may have early joy before its impact started to wane.

Miles gave them the natural width they craved along with Connor Woods holding his station more on the opposite flank as opposed to joining the logjam in central areas while Amis showed exactly why he is so highly valued.

And that isn’t just for his winning goal, but for the platform he gave his side when the ball came into him that helped set up Miles’ expertly-taken equaliser.

The Radcliffe defence had previously been relatively untroubled, with Joe Rodwell-Grant willing but again looking short of confidence before he was withdrawn, but they struggled to handle Amis when he was summoned.

His two cameo appearances from the bench this season have now effectively earned them four points and when each and every one is so vital, that could prove decisive.

Moving forward, Carden will want them to start controlling games better and they still look a little toothless in attack – they did not have a shot on target before the hour mark – but they now have something to build from.

Four points from their new manager’s first two games – both of which were away from home – is a good return and the rot has been stopped from setting in further.

With back-to-back home games coming up, they will now sense a chance to start climbing the table.

Warrington Town: Atherton, White (Grivosti), Douglas, Gumbs, Harris, Woods, O’Neill (Miles), McDonald, Rodwell-Grant (Amis), Bennett, Dixon. Subs not used: Sithole, Clarke

Josh Amis nets the winner from close range (Image: Sean Walsh) Josh Amis is mobbed by jubilant teammates (Image: Sean Walsh) The travelling Town fans celebrate at full time (Image: Sean Walsh)