.Nailers assistant manager, Lee Barrow (pictured), was impressed by his team's performance despite his side having to play in extremely problematic conditions.

“In the first half the lads were excellent from back to front.

“We knew that Basford were going to get more into it in the second half with the wind going in their favour that half

“We also thought that we would find it difficult as they play on that pitch every week

“We dominated the first half of the game and that took us through to be honest.”

The Nailers were 3-0 up at half time after goals from Reuben Wiggins-Thomas and a brace from Matt Richards, including a spectacular 30 yard effort by Richards that lobbed the keeper superbly.

Basford got themselves back into the game 28 minutes into the second half, but a few minutes later Alex Steadman seemed to kill the game off when he went around the Basford goalkeeper and slotted home into the empty goal.

Basford managed to score a second goal, however this wasn’t enough for them to get back into the game.

The Nailers had a lot to prove to Palmer and Barrow after their disappointing performance mid week against Newcastle Town but Barrow believed that his players approach towards the game was one of the big improvements from the game against Newcastle Town.

“The biggest change from the Newcastle game was certainly the players’ attitude.

“Everything went right for us today and we didn’t collapse like we did on Tuesday.

“On Tuesday we were poor - so to see this improvement from the players is a big positive.”

In the next round of the Emirates FA Cup, the Nailers will travel to Evo-Stik Premier side Hednesford Town, a club that Lee Barrow knows all about after spending 5 years at the club in 2 different spells as a player.

“They’re my ex-club so I’m really looking forward to it, as I'm sure the players will.

“They’ll love the experience and they will really look forward to playing on that pitch.”