Willington continued there late season momentum with a comprehensive victory over a third bottom Cramlington side, the Saints notching up a third win in a row to stay in 4th spot in the table.
With several players unavailable the Quays squad was tested to its limit and with managers Gareth Pugh and Mark Henderson also absent Micky Austin and Peter Lowery took took over the reins for the day. Both keepers were unavailable so Lowery stepped in between the sticks for his first start of the campaign while there were also returns to the starting eleven for Scott Ramsay, Brandon Williams and Alex Foreman on his 18th birthday starting up top.
The Quay made a tremendous start to the game with Foreman at the heart of it, his perfect defence splitting pass finding Kane Chirnside who ran through on goal only to be denied by a great save from Cramlington keeper Zach Brannigan who bravely dived at the strikers feet to deny him.
Foreman then produced another quality ball through for Chirnside who was again thwarted by Brannigan but this time his save fell into the path of Ross Thirlaway who smashed home the rebound to give the Saints the lead.
Cramlington almost levelled after a fine move down the right saw Johnny Lowes's cross deflected into the path of forward Paul Huck who rose highest to head just over Lowery's crossbar from 8 yards out, a big let off for Willington .
The home side were restricted to long range efforts with one from midfielder Liam Mckee narrowly going over the bar before the Quay hit the post when centre half Matty Adams right wing cross was met by Foreman whose bullet header crashed back off the post
Chirnside doubled the Saints lead on the half hour mark running onto to another fine through ball this time from the left foot of Williams to calmly take the ball around Brannigan before slotting into the empty net from 6 yards.
Brannigan pulled off the save of the half just before the break after another inicisive move from the Quay saw Chirnside and Thirlaway combine brilliantly before the latter's shot was superbly tipped around the post by the fingertips of the keeper.
The half time team talk was all about getting the games crucial third goal to kill the game and it took just two minutes into the half to arrive, Chirnside grabbing his second of the afternoon reacting quickest to crash the ball home from close range after a goal mouth scramble in the area had ensued.
Thirlaway added his second of the afternoon ten minutes later after a great run down the right he smashed a shot across the keeper which was helped in by a big deflection of a defender to seal the points for the Quay, the young strikers fifteenth goal of another impressive season at the club.
The Saints 5th and Thirlaway's third was the goal of the game, Foreman once again found Chirnside with a diagonal through ball that the striker accepted with a great first touch before he unselfishly yet brilliantly backheeled the ball for Thirlaway to slam the ball home from close range to finish an outstanding team move to the applause of both sidelines.
Cramlington were denied by a save from Lowery before Saints captain Stephen King got a toe end on the ball to clear the rebound but the clean sheet was gone minutes later when the home side grabbed a consolation goal from the head of former Saint Kyle Burnip who rose highest at a corner to head past Lowery.
Foreman was then denied what would of been a well deserved goal when Brannigan saved with his feet to deny the striker when through on goal.
Midfielder Brandon Williams added the icing to the Saints cake with fifteen minutes to go as his long range effort from just outside the area squirmed under the body of Brannigan to nestle in the corner to seal a fine afternoon for the visitors.
A 15th league win , the most the Saints have ever won in a season keeps them in 4th spot clinging onto feint promotion hopes with the top 3 likely to go up. They face the ultimate test on Saturday when Runaway league leaders Rothbury travel to the Rising Sun Sports Ground with only one defeat to their name (On the opening day) in what should be a cracking game of football.
