WITTON boss Tony Sullivan has said he is glad to reach the end of a month he believes has been one of his most luckless.

Albion lost all six Premier Division matches they played, scoring only three goals.

They also equalled a club record for league defeats following an 11th successive reverse at Halesowen in midweek.

A trip to Sheffield in the FA Trophy tomorrow is a shift of attention they welcome.

“The only good thing that happened in October is I got this job,” said Sullivan.

“I must be one of the unluckiest managers in the club’s history already!

“My eyes are wide open though, and I knew there was a lot of working waiting for me when I came here.

“It didn’t help that one of the best strikers in the league, who was also our leading scorer, decided to leave and there have been disciplinary problems that I’ve now nipped in the bud.

“They have been factors in us struggling.

“I believe we’re turning a corner, but we’re not quite around the bend just yet.

“I was asked to make changes, and I have done.

“The performances, with one or two exceptions, have been much better.

“But we need a scruffy win to boost the players’ confidence, because it’s understandably low.

“I don’t care how that comes about, the important thing is to take that next step and get a positive result.”

Witton will travel to Sheffield without Scott Bakkor and Jon Dawson after they both left the club this week.

The former, transfer-listed on Tuesday, will join league rivals Skelmersdale.

Sullivan said: “Scott is a fantastic footballer who has bags of ability.

“Sadly we both agree I’m not the right person to get that out of him so, with that in mind, it’s better for him to move on.

“He’s a young boy who has secured for himself two great moves in what has been a short career, firstly to Witton to start with and now to Skem.

“It’s in his hands what happens next.”

He has turned to a familiar face to replace Bakkor, signing striker Jamie Henders from Huws Gray Alliance club Penycae.

The 30-year-old scored 29 goals for Cammell Laird, with Sullivan in charge, when they reached the Northern Premier League Division One North play-offs the season before last.

He will be an alternative to Jamie Rainford and Alex Titchiner, neither of whom have scored a league goal to date.

“I can’t criticise them because they’ve both rolled up their sleeves and want to improve,” added Sullivan.

“They stayed behind after training to work on things, which tells you what you need to know about their attitude.”

As for Sheffield, he says a success against the Division One South side will be more significant than simply progressing to the competition’s next stage.

He added: “It could be a massive turning point.

“To be in the draw for the next round would give everybody a lift. They’ll feel a lot better, as I will, if they make it there.”

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