By Brian Bennett

Teenage striker Louis Burns came off the bench for Ashington at Lincoln United on Saturday – and within a minute had not only netted his first goal for the Colliers but also bagged what turned out to be the winner!

The Wansbeck side claimed a much-needed 2-1 win in Lincolnshire and Burns said they have now got to push on in their bid to get away from the relegation drop zone.

The 18 year old – on-loan from South Shields – said afterwards: “To be honest I was a bit annoyed that I didn’t start. However, I knew when I came on that I would get a chance and I would have to take it. There wasn’t much going on in the game – it was quite scrappy – and other than my goal I only had a couple of touches.”

Lincoln ‘keeper Heath Richardson parried an effort from Josh Gilchrist with Burns tucking away the rebound: “I just wanted to make a clean contact with the ball because the ‘keeper was quite close at my feet,” he said, “The ball has gone under him (Richardson) and into the net and it’s the goal which got us the three points so I’ve got to be delighted with that.”

Durham-born Burns added: “We’ve got to push on. We needed a result and got one today – but now we’ve got to build on it.”