SCARBOROUGH manager Russell Slade was once again a happy manager after seeing his side win their fourth successive game and keep their fourth successive clean sheet.

They beat Woking 1-0 at the McCain Stadium to continue their progress under the former Notts County boss.

"We are becoming difficult to beat, but we have got to keep this level of performance up and I can tell you it is not easy standing on the touchline in games like this.

"We should have been comfortably in front by half-time and the goal took a long time to come" said Slade, who looked as though he had played a full game himself after seeing Woking threaten to spoil the party with a late equaliser.

The fact that they didn't was down to goalkeeper Andy Woods.

He produced a superb save to keep out an effort from substitute Warren Haughton with just five minutes remaining.

Woking had produced little threat on the home goal and Woods had done well to keep his concentration at a high level given the problems that he had. He was only able to play with the assistance of a pain-killing injection in his foot after breaking his toe in a bizarre accident at home, when he kicked a coffee table and came off second best.

Karl Rose poached the only goal just after the hour, when Darren Connell's shot was blocked by goalkeeper Tony Tucker.

Tucker had earlier saved well from Adam Burley, who made his debut for Scarborough after moving from Sheffield United on loan.

David Pounder saw an effort cleared off the line and then missed the target when Darryn Stamp set him free.

Stamp himself also missed a chance and once again it was Paul Shepherd who marshalled his defence to such extent that a single goal was good enough to take the three points.

Scarborough: Woods, Hotte, Shepherd, Rennison; Blunt, Patterson (Baker 63), Stoker, Burley, Pounder (Rose 63), Shields (Connell HT), Stamp

Woking: Tucker, Piper, West (D'Sane 73), Smith, Saunders, Hollingdale, Pitcher, McGorry, Steele (Haughton 86); Sharpling, Patmore

Referee: R Tiffin (Houghton-le-Spring)

Attendance: 1,238

Updated: 12:03 Monday, January 21, 2002