Hutchinson, who scored against Stafford, is on loan from Lincoln

Harrogate Town boss Simon Weaver hailed the first half display against Stafford as one of the best since he arrived at the Blue Square Bet North club.

Town went 3-0 ahead with goals from Gary King, Andy Hutchinson and Lee Ellington before half-time.

Weaver told BBC Radio York: "The first half was full of endeavour, enthusiasm and ability.

"We're getting a group of players together now that are really receptive to what we want."

He added: "Hopefully this is the start of things."

Weaver was pleased with the way the team that had lost to Nuneaton three days before stuck to their task against the Blue Square Bet North strugglers.

"We added that little bit of improvisation to our forward play in the last third and that's what we wanted to add to our overall game of recent weeks which has been full of pressure on the opposition," he said.

"We talked about the team but came to the conclusion that they went to such efforts the other day in a blustery, hard game for them that we thought stick with them.

"It was a nice night for football, it's a decent pitch. Sometimes people just need a little confidence of getting the shirt again. I think it's paid off. "

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