CHRIS HOLROYD insists Wrexham won't give up on automatic promotion while it is still possible.

Bryan Hughes' side ended a run of two successive defeats by beating Maidstone United 1-0 at a wet and windy Racecourse on Saturday.

That result leaves third placed Wrexham one point behind leaders Leyton Orient, who have two games in hand, while all the other sides in the top-seven have played less matches than the Reds.

Wrexham have seven games remaining, starting with Saturday's trip to Hartlepool, and Holroyd is still setting his sights high.

"We have got to believe we can still win the title," said Holroyd. "While it is still possible, why not?

"Let's just get another good win on Saturday.

"Everyone wants to be at home, it is great to have the fans behind you, but we will go there in good spirits."

Wrexham weren't at their best against strugglers Maidstone but Ben Tollitt's 49th minute goal secured victory and Holroyd insists the result was all that matters.

"It was a really good feeling to get a win. It wasn't how we wanted to play but we ground it out in the end and it's a good result," said Holroyd. "Anyone would have taken it.

"You want to see the attractive football as well but after two defeats on the bounce, the most important thing was getting the result at this stage of the season.

"We all know we could have played a lot better. The conditions added to that and it is always tough when teams who are down the bottom come here.

"You could see in the first half they were trying to slow everything down and it probably slowed our play down a little bit, we wanted to get a bit more tempo into the game.

"But it was good to get a goal early in the second half which settled everyone down and we professionally saw the game out in the end."

Tollitt, who scored his fourth goal for Wrexham, has now returned to Tranmere Rovers after completing a three month loan spell with Wrexham and Holroyd is backing someone to fill the winger's boots.

"It was a great finish," said Holroyd. "He has done really well but we have got a great squad here.

"Ben's left us but I'm sure someone will step up to the plate."

Holroyd was handed his first league start in four months against the Stones and the 32-year-old, who saw a one-on-one chance saved by the goalkeeper, was delighted to be back in the side.

"It was my first start since November," said Holroyd. "It has been a long time but it was good to get back out there.

"I was disappointed I didn't score but the mentality of a striker is you think you are going to put your next chance away."

Midfielder Nicky Deverdics also came in for a rare start and Holroyd feels it is proof that everyone in the squad will get an opportunity in the run-in.

"Nicky has probably played less than me this season," added Holroyd. "A lot of people don't see the hard work and how well people train all week.

"It is credit to the lads in the squad that haven't seen much football that they have kept themselves fit and are always ready for the chance which is good.

"It just shows the character we have got in the squad.

"This is the crucial part of the season and everyone is going to be needed; injuries and people playing a lot of games takes its toll.

"We have just got to manage it and everyone has got to be thinking they can play until the end of the season."