The Brewers had to withstand heaps of pressure in the second half but the back four and in particularly Michael Ingham showed their solidarity and class.

Manager Michael Morton named an unchanged team to the one that thrashed Glossop North End in the last league outing with new signing Mitch Langton named on the bench.

Taddy started brightly in the Cumbrian sunshine as Aiden Savory curled inches wide of the mark on three minutes.

Town’s first opportunity of the afternoon came five minutes later as Robert Bowman slipped at the crucial moment seeing him skew wide.

The Brewers were certainly the better of the two teams in the opening stages as they looked dangerous in the final third with Billy Whitehouse, Casey Stewart and Aiden Savory.

The aforementioned Savory was giving the two centre-backs of Kendal a real tough encounter.

Shortly after the quarter of an hour mark, some good defending from Josh Barrett led to the Albion forward being dragged down by Paul Alexander.

It was the last defender but a fair 40 yards from goal so the referee chose to brandish a yellow card to Alexander instead of a game-changing red.

Albion continued to threaten the Kendal goal as defender Fraser Papprill saw his acrobatic volley deflect just over.

Taddy number one Michael Ingham was only called into action once in the first forty five but it was a super save high to his left to keep out Steven Yawson’s side-footed strike.

As the Brewers continued to be in the ascendency on what was a difficult pitch that cut up horrendously, Chris Howarth passed up on the chance to shoot from close range after Stewart squared and opted to tee up Corey Roper but he sliced wide with the outside of his foot.

Moments later and Casey Stewart slid a divine through ball in behind allowing Billy Whitehouse to exploit the space and round the goalkeeper but Ben Thomas recovered just in time to block the shot.

However, the two came together again on the stroke of half-time but this time the Kendal defender was late, rash and used excessive force on Whitehouse resulting in a stonewall penalty.

Full-back Aaron Hardy picked up the ball and surprisingly to all placed on the spot, or the mud mound if you like.

It didn't faze the experienced defender who coolly side-footed past Matthew Johnson in the Town goal to give the Brewers the lead at the break.

The side known as ‘The Mintcakes’ started the second half with greater intensity as Paul Dawson saw his low effort held by Ingham before Aaron Hardy cleared Martin Grundy’s sliding strike off the line.

Taddy were being put under the cosh as Robert Bowman slowly jinked his way deep into the penalty area but just as the striker was about to pull the trigger, Corey Roper timed his tackle perfectly to stab the ball clear.

Michael Ingham wasn’t necessarily busy in between the sticks but when he was called upon he had to make saves of the highest quality.

The pick of the bunch coming on the hour mark with the defence static and appealing for offside, the flag never came and Bowman was denied by the outstretched foot of the Northern Irishman.

As Kendal pushed more bodies forward to try and salvage something, this obviously left space for Taddy to counter up the other end and they should have made sure of the points with fifteen minutes to go.

Billy Whitehouse put in an incredible shift for the side but he just couldn’t cap his brilliant performance off with a goal after superbly turning away from his man in the penalty area but firing straight at Matthew Johnson.

Michael Ingham was starting to get more and more angry with his side as they couldn’t keep hold of the ball allowing for wave after wave of Kendal attacks.

However having said that, for all of the pressure that Albion were under, there were very few noteworthy chances for the home side after a final free-kick was gleefully claimed by Ingham and cheered by the travelling Tadcaster fans.

FULL-TIME: Kendal Town 0-1 Taddy

Kendal: Johnson, Davis, Thomas, Grundy, Alexander, McDonald©, Jordan, Staunton-Turner, Bowman, Dawson, Yawson

Subs: Buchan, Clark, Clarke, McGahon, Newton

Taddy: Ingham©, Sheppeard, Hardy, Roper, Papprill, Barrett, Howarth, Davidson (Mycoe 86), Stewart (Sellars 52), Savory, Whitehouse (Milne 90)

Unused: Langton, Pugh