CONNAH'S QUAY NOMADS extended their lead at the top of the Welsh Premier League to five points courtesy of a 3-1 home success over Cefn Druids.

Nomads were made to work hard for their win as visiting Druids took a seventh minute lead through Nathan Peate, which could have been extended from the spot had John Danby not saved Neil Ashton's penalty.

Andy Morrison's men regrouped at the break and two quickfire goals from Michael Bakare and Rob Hughes turned the game around.

Ashton's disappointing night was complete when he saw red after picking up a second yellow card, before Callum Morris, who won the league's player of the month for September, made the game safe with the home side's third goal.

Nomads, meanwhile, will be running out at Hampden Park next month after being handed a Scottish Challenge Cup quarter-final tie with Queen’s Park.

Nomads beat Coleraine 2-0 at the Deeside Stadium courtesy of goals from George Horan and Andy Owens to book their place in the last eight of the competition.

And Andy Morrison’s men will head to Glasgow to tackle Scottish League Two outfit Queen’s Park at the 51,000-capacity Hampden Park stadium on the weekend of November 17/18.

East Fife will be heading to Dublin to face Bohemians, while Motherwell Under-21’s entertain Ross County and Edinburgh City play host to Alloa Athletic.

Iwan Williams insists that there is no better game for Llandudno to right the wrongs of their previous outing than at The New Saints tomorrow night.

Llandudno suffered a 2-1 home defeat at the hands of basement side Llanelli, and now face a daunting trip to Park Hall.

But Williams is embracing the challenge, saying: “It’s the toughest game of the season for anyone in the Welsh Premier League. If anything there is no better game for the squad to bounce back and show character.

“The message is clear, if players don’t want to roll their sleeves up and fight, then they’ll have a short career here at Llandudno.

“I maintain we have a good group of players but they need to show more when dealing with adversity. TNS will certainly be tough but let’s show character and embrace the challenge.”

Saints boss Scott Ruscoe, meanwhile, knows his players will have to work hard to break visiting Llandudno down.

“The majority of teams don’t play their usual way against us,” said Ruscoe. “They come here with a plan to put men behind the ball, or go man-to-man, or try to frustrate us in certain areas, so we are under no-illusions that it’s going to be an easy game.

“They are going to come here with some sort of plan and we need to be at it and come up with the solutions for what they have to throw at us.

“In the last two games we’ve done well and hopefully this is no different, we are at home as well and our home form has been good.”

Barry Town United boss Gavin Chesterfield has been named September’s manager of the month.

Chesterfied led Barry to four wins in five outings last month, which included victories over both Nomads and Druids.