It was a successful weekend for Carlisle United’s young loanees as they recorded victories with their respective clubs – with one of them on the scoresheet.

Jake Allan got off the mark for Workington Reds as he claimed their second goal in a welcome 3-1 away win over Mickleover.

And it was also a winning Saturday for Anton Dudik, who was involved in South Shields’ 5-1 home thrashing of Farsley Celtic.

Allan and Sam Hetherington were both in Mark Fell’s Workington starting line-up for their trip to Mickleover in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.

Hetherington came close to scoring when he hit the crossbar in the first half amid a 57-minute outing.

And fellow United teenager Allan, who played the full game, was on hand to bundle a Josh Galloway corner over the line to put Reds 2-1 up with 13 game to play.

It was a key moment in the clash in Derbyshire, with in-form Steven Rigg converting penalties in either half to put Reds on course for the points and take his tally to 14 goals for the campaign.

Workington now sit 14th in NPL Premier, and host Basford United tomorrow night, with a third United loanee, Aran Fitzpatrick, out injured.

In National League North, Dudik was named as a substitute for South Shields as the Mariners swept to victory.

The Ukrainian forward came off the bench at half-time with Elliott Dickman’s side already 4-0 ahead.

The United man almost got on the end of a cross in the first minute of the second half, before setting up team-mate Joe Richards for a near miss late on.

Shields’ win, which included a goal from ex-Carlisle loanee Martin Smith, took them 12th in the table, Dudik’s initial month spell now up.

A number of other ex-United men were in the thick of the weekend action, meanwhile.

In the Premier League, Jarrad Branthwaite returned from injury to start for Everton in their 0-0 draw with ten-man Brentford.

Jarrad Branthwaite goes close for Everton against BrentfordJarrad Branthwaite goes close for Everton against Brentford (Image: PA)

Dean Henderson saved a Youri Tielemans penalty as Crystal Palace earned a 2-2 draw at Aston Villa.

In the Championship, Jerry Yates’ goal at Deepdale earned Derby County a 1-1 draw at Preston North End.

A ninth James Trafford clean sheet of the season helped Burnley pick up a 1-0 win at Bristol City.

In League One, Kyle Dempsey has been ruled out of Bolton Wanderers action for about four weeks after undergoing knee surgery.

League Two saw a Hallam Hope goal earn Morecambe a 3-2 win at Swindon Town and leave Carlisle United bottom of the table in the process.

John-Kymani Gordon hit the winner for fellow strugglers Colchester United as they claimed a 1-0 victory at Grimsby Town.

In the National League, there was a first victory for first-team coach Gavin Skelton with 13th-placed Hartlepool United, who won 4-3 at Solihull Moors, ex-Blues man Adam Campbell among the Monkey Hangers’ scorers.

In National League North, a goal for James Brown helped Marine to a 2-0 home win against Needham Market.

NPL West saw Jake Jervis on target in Hednesford Town’s 2-1 win at Trafford.

The Northern League Division One saw both Darren Edmondson’s Penrith and Dan Kirkup’s Carlisle City have their games postponed, at Newcastle Benfield and at home to Kendal Town respectively.

Keith Millen, meanwhile, started life as AFC Croydon Athletic manager with a 1-0 home defeat to Three Bridges in the Isthmian League South East Division.

The same fate befell Peter Murphy’s Queen of the South, whose home clash with Inverness Caledonian Thistle was called off. Annan Athletic’s 2-1 defeat at Montrose was the only game to go ahead in Scottish League One.

Overseas, Tomas Holy kept a third straight clean sheet in FK Banik Most-sous’ 0-0 draw with Zivanice in the Czech third tier.