LEAM Richardson is on a high after finally breaking his Accrington Stanley goalscoring duck.

After waiting a painstaking 106 games for his first elusive strike in a Reds shirt, Richardson eventually took his moment of glory on Tuesday night.

And it proved all the more important, his cross-cum-shot turning out to be the game's only goal against Brentford.

It was only Richardson's second career goal as a professional, his last coming for Blackpool in an FA Cup tie at Oldham back in December 2003.

"I've been getting a bit of stick for it," said the versatile Yorkshireman.

"My excuse is that I don't get up there for set-pieces or crosses, so I'm not really expected to score.

"It was a nice feeling, although quite a strange goal.

"I saw Paul Mullin at the back stick and crossed it over for him.

"He said afterwards that he was going to put the ball over the line, but he knew it was going in anyway."

Richardson added: "When I was Blackpool, I waited a long, long time to score for them, something like 18 months.

"It's took even longer at Accrington. But I knew that when it came along, it would either be a very good goal or something a bit strange.

"But I would have settled for three points on Tuesday, regardless of who scored. It was just my turn."

Richardson turned in a virtuoso performance against the Bees in an unfamiliar right midfield role, enjoying a good understanding down the flank with full-back Phil Edwards The 27-year-old may be asked by boss John Coleman to fulfil the same role at Rotherham tomorrow, and Richardson is more than happy with that.

"The manager told me before the game I was playing right-midfield. It's not foreign to me though," he added.

"I've played there a few times, even for Bolton at the start of my career.

"It worked quite well, and I've got a good relationship down the right with Phil.

"But it was a huge win for us against Brentford. Everybody to a man did their job well. As a team, we attacked together and defended together.

"The fact we hadn't won at home for a while had been on our minds.

"But credit to the lads, they come in on a Monday after a defeat and, with the character they've got, they always believe they are going to win the next game.

"We have been playing well recently, but have not been getting the results we deserve.

"It was also a bonus to get that clean sheet. That's massive for us. We've had a lot of criticism for leaking goals at the back, and probably rightly so.

"But we've worked really hard to put that right."

Tuesday's win ended a run of three straight defeats that had seen Stanley slide precariously down the table.

But for Richardson, the only way is up.

He said: "Everybody knows we are in a false position.

"A few more wins will see us safe, but to be fair, we've never really looked at relegation.

"If we get a couple more wins, then we can push ourselves back intro mid-table and see where that takes us.

"The quicker we get those wins, the better."