CN: Lee, you've spoken recently about getting the three points over the line here at the Ragar Stadium. You managed it this afternoon, a tense game, how did you see it?

LA: Yes, stressful. I just thought it was a good game, a really good advert for non-league.
I know there was only one goal, but I think anyone who was there got value for money today. It could have been three-all at half-time, both teams had good chances, both keepers made good saves. Their keeper’s made a great save off Drapes and then KP saved a couple as well.

To be honest, if we're being fair, they probably had the slightly better chances in the game. But how many times has a shoe been on the other foot this year where we've had no end of good chances and come on the wrong side of the result? So today it's nice to flip that round. Scoring late is obviously ideal; it doesn't give them long to get back in it.

I'll say they had the best chance, Ty had the best chance of the game for 2-0, which we should score for to make it a bit more comfortable in stoppage time. Just proud of the performance because I was tired watching it. The shift that the lads put in, we've got a big pitch here, we know our pitch is massive.

The ground that Jono, Jordan, Curt Burrows covered in there was enormous. Nice to get Tom on, fresh legs with 10 minutes left, I thought he'd actually help change the game a little bit as well. Loads of positives in there and for me, I'm just glad we got the result that our performance deserved.

We didn't play well against Rugby and Sutton; I think every other game we've been banging it and played quite well. Those are the big three points because they are one of the best teams in the league, they're full of experience. We don't always get great results against Carlton, so we'll take that all day.

CN: After a relatively poor start compared to recent seasons, the run now, we lost at home to a good Rushton side and we lost the Derbyshire Cup match, but other than that, that's 10 games or so, it's actually a really good run now.

LA: Yes, we're putting it together, aren't we? Turning draws into wins are important, that's what we've done with five minutes left and that's why you sign players like Evan Garnett, because he'll say he hasn’t had his best game today, but come the crunch moment, the ball's in the back of the net and that's what he does. So, he's won us the three points there, but yes, we put a bit of a run together, but just like I said, when we weren't doing quite so well, no-one needs to panic.

We've turned a bit of a corner now, but no-one needs to get too carried away either because we're still miles off where we need to be. You're right, we didn't have the best start to the season, but you can go through the players we lost, you lose Bastos, you lose Diego Di Girolamo, you lose Luke Shaw, Liam Moran. I could probably name three or four others just off the top of my head there, but they are big players at this level to try and replace, and we've tried to replace them.

I think we've got a lot of unity in the team, I'd say. We had flashes of brilliance today, Jacob Gratton was super. He's got the assist for the goal, but he put three crosses on a six-pence today, which on another day he comes away with three or four assists, so I thought he was excellent.

The only downside is due to personnel, we've obviously had Tav being injured, but he's our only player who stretches teams in behind, so I think we looked a little bit one-dimensional at times, but that's where you need to keep a clean sheet and ground one out, and that's what we've done.

CN: Sponsors today, have given the man of the match to Kieran Preston, a few supporters had a little bit to say, obviously when Jack left, and you've gone with that new central defensive partnership and the new full-backs, you must feel vindicated with the third or fourth tightest defence in the league.

LA: Yes, that's it. The record speaks for itself, and I think it's been on record to say it's not easy when important and big players move on, but it is the nature of football, and the timing was right on that one. That back four has been excellent. I think I mentioned Ben Rhodes in my interview on Tuesday night at Alfreton.

He's been patient for his chance because he had a few knocks earlier in the season. He found himself out of the team because of the form of the others, the same way that Jack did. But then he's come in the last two games, and it's going to be really difficult to leave Ben out.

Next Saturday, Danny Gordon's probably going to have to be knocking on my door. But that's football, isn't it? These lads have been around long enough. We've got enough experience to know that you can't do anything without a squad.

I think my frustrations in non-league in general at the minute are that people don't stick around for long enough. Three or four games on the bench, lads are gone. You can say that's my job to manage that, but it is almost impossible.

When you're winning games, this run that you say we've been on in the last ten games, you're not going to have wholesale changes every week. Some lads need to swallow their medicine and be patient, but that's the nature of non-league football. The power of Twitter.

Put a tweet out there, you've got five offers on the table. That's where football is at the minute at this level. We'll just keep doing what we always do, keep our ears to the ground, see if there's anything out there that improves us.

If it is, we'll have a look. Listen, we've got a good team in there. Finally getting a home win was nice.