GRIMSBY Town boss Neil Woods has called for calm heads ahead of the tricky trip to Tamworth after his side's superb home win over Luton Town.

The Mariners again showed they can more than match the Blue Square Bet Premier's other big boys with an excellent 2-0 victory over the Hatters on Saturday.

And the victory – against the pre-season title favourites – rockets Town up to fourth in the Conference table, just three points adrift of top side AFC Wimbledon.

But despite the euphoria around Blundell Park after the final whistle – from both fans and players alike – Woods was keen to play down the significance of the result.

The Town boss said: "It wouldn't have been the end of the season if we'd lost and nothing's achieved by winning it.

"It's good for confidence and it's lovely to get two on the bounce at home as well because the supporters do come here in numbers and it's nice to reward them, particularly with a good performance.

"It's just one game like Histon was one game, but it can't do our confidence levels any harm."

Town's ability to lift their game for the 'bigger' matches was again evident as a first-half Alan Connell penalty and 71st minute Micky Cummins header gave them all three points.

But Woods believes the previous Monday's stuttering home win over Histon was just as crucial.

He said: "If you look at the games so far – Darlington, York, Crawley, Luton – the big games we have performed very well in, which is very pleasing.

"But we've just spoken in the dressing room and however big the three points are today, it shows how valuable the three points against Histon were.

"All right, the performance wasn't what we wanted but it's now six points from six.

"It's about winning games. We took some stick and rightly so because the Histon performance wasn't right. But it was a good result, especially now we've backed it up against Luton."

Bar a tricky opening period where Richard Money's side began like a train, Saturday represented probably Town's most accomplished performance of the season to date.

"We knew it was always going to be a test," explained Woods.

"It was always going to be a little bit more like a Football League game, but I think we had a lot of people out there who relished it, they enjoyed it.

"We knew whichever team could stop the other team playing the best would be on top in the game. I thought we were very solid and the longer the game went on we started to move the ball around better.

"I'm very pleased with the performance and very pleased with the attitudes of the players."

Referee Jeremy Simpson's decision to give a 30th minute penalty after Luton's Shane Blackett handled in the box was perhaps the game's biggest talking point.

And Woods had some sympathy for the visitors: "If I'm being honest I'd have been very disappointed if it was given against me.

"I think it hit his hand but when someone smashes a ball from about three yards away from you I don't really know how you get out of the way.

"Sometimes they go for you and sometimes they don't – if I'd have been Richard (Money) I'd have been very disappointed with it."

Woods also reserved a special mention for on loan goalkeeper Richard O'Donnell, making his Mariners' debut after joining on an initial one-month deal last week.

"I thought he looked extremely confident," he said.

"He looked very composed, his kicking was excellent and even though he didn't have a lot to do he wasn't flapping around and causing uncertainty, and the players were very comfortable with him."