Luke Smith's delivery was met by the head of Atkinson whose header was turned away from goal by Oliver Bellizia, who recently departed the Ridge to join REMYCA.

Jack Anderton then set his eyes on goal from 25 yards, only to see it blocked.

Two eerily similar efforts from REMYCA'S Che Trapasso-Tully bent wide of the far post from the left.

Atkinson raced onto a ball from midfield, only to be forced wide by Bellizia.

Liam looked to pull it back for Anderton who saw his effort blocked again.

The attacker would also volley over from close range on 25 minutes.

A flurry of chances then went Longridge's way.

Smith bent a corner towards the back post which Anderton headed into the side netting.

Haji crossed into Procter whose header was well held by Bellizia.

Anderton then sent Atkinson on his way into a one-on-one with Bellizia.

The attacker's lob beat the 'keeper but also flew just over the crossbar.

Town 'keeper Charlie Brier had a busy end to the first half, parrying out an overhead kick into C.Trapasso-Tully who headed over.

The on loan Blackpool goalkeeper then held a 20 yard effort from Charlie Glennon.

With Ashcroft and Russell unhappy with the half time scoreline, they switched it up at the break.

Ben Fletcher, Muhammed Haji and Will Procter made way for Connor High, Josh Ashe and Matt Van Wyk.

As you'll see, this made a big difference.

Leighton Hewitt made his way down the right before sliding into Atkinson whose decoy made space for Van Wyk.

However the striker's first time effort whistled over.

Atkinson then tried a tight angled header but Bellizia beat it away from goal.

Town broke with pace again, but Van Wyk's pullback was lashed wide by Hewitt.

With Smith then being Town's first only booking for a poor challenge down the right, the hosts had a chance to send it into the box.

It fell to C.Trapasso-Tully whose effort was parried out by Brier.

With 25 minutes left, Town broke down the right.

Atkinson sent Van Wyk on his way who drove forward and slotted it into the bottom left corner to break the deadlock.

Ashe then fired over as Town went in search of a second.

However they wouldn't need to wait long.

Anderton battled his way down the right hand side before prodding it across to Atkinson.

The striker took it in his stride before working his way into the six yard box and poking it into the bottom right corner to complete the scoring.

Moments later, Atkinson departed as a precautionary, making way for Carson Greaves.

Town were convinced they should've had a golden chance for a third.

Van Wyk was seemingly dragged down by Bellizia after he rounded the goalkeeper, however the referee waved away the appeals.

As we entered the latter stages, a 30 yard effort from Muir bobbled off the surface which caused issues for Bellizia, but the 'keeper did well to react and tip it over.

A McLean cross was almost was very nearly turned into the REMYCA net by a Litherland defender.

Following three minutes of additional time, the referee blew the full time whistle.

This took Town back up to 11th place in the Premier Division.

A massive thank you to those who made the journey over to the Merseyside to brilliantly back the boys.

We now make the trip to Daisy Hill on Thursday night as we look for an LFA Cup quarter final place.

The Ridge are then back at home on Saturday 20th December, taking on Pilkington in the NWC Premier Division.

Let's push the boys into Christmas five games unbeaten.

#UpTheRidge

The Goals:

Litherland: N/A

Longridge: Van Wyk (65'), Atkinson (77')

The Teams:

Litherland: Bellizia, Rogers (Broe 75'), Aubrey-Williams, Hampshire, Uka, Roscoe, B.Djabi, A.Trapasso-Tully, S.Djabi (Ogiugo 62'), C.Trapasso-Tully

Longridge: Brier, Hewitt, Coar, Muir, McLean, Fletcher (High 46'), Smith, Haji (Ashe 46'), Anderton, Procter (Van Wyk 46'), Atkinson (Greaves 80')