JON Macken has called on his table-topping Radcliffe FC players to make winning like a drug.

Boro head the Evo-Stik West on goal difference after victories in their opening three league games.

Their perfect start also saw them beat Prestwich Heys 2-0 away on Saturday in the FA Cup in which they were yesterday drawn at home to Stalybridge Celtic in the first round qualifying which will be played a week on Saturday.

Macken has been understandably delighted with his players so far, but sees it only as a platform to build on.

On his side's wins, the latest of them a 5-0 thrashing of Trafford on Monday in the league, he said: "We've worked really hard in pre-season to get the type of system we want to play, getting the lads in we wanted, and building a squad we believe would be capable of these types of performances.

"Two games in three games is difficult for anyone. I felt the lads really pushed themselves to the max [at Trafford] and they got their just rewards.

"This will say what we're about and what we are trying to build.

"We've got some great players in this squad, very good players who have to keep pushing themselves.

"They have to keep being demanding of themselves, and that's what we have been telling them.

"They have raised the bar and we [the coaching staff] are going to raise it even more to keep trying to push them to keep getting performances like this – to try to push yourself to the max and be part of something we can build together. "There is nothing better than winning football matches. You're in the changing rooms after with your mates and there is no better feeling.

"That's what I said to them, make it infectious, make it like a drug that you need every game."

Boro will look to maintain top spot against Colwyn Bay at home on Saturday and Macken said the whole squad should be ready to play at all times as they will be needed during the campaign.

"It's a squad game," he said. "People will be back from injury and suspension. I've told the lads everyone is going to be needed so prepare correctly to play the game and be put in the side because that could happen from one week to the next.

"We believed in our squad – the lads who were brought in and the lads already here.

"It's about pushing that belief on them, making them believe even more, keep pushing them and keep driving them.

"We're going to keep driving them, push them to reach the limits of where they should be."