MARC Goodfellow made it four goals in two games as Gresley edged past Tividale in an entertaining game at the Moat Ground on Saturday.
The former Burton Albion winger scored twice, the second an absolute stunner, to secure all three points after the visitors had twice pegged the Moatmen back.
Gresley manager Gary Norton was forced to make changes, with new signing keeper Tom Gutteridge replacing goalkeeper Gary Hateley, who is in the United States on business.
Central defender Michael Nottingham succumbed to illness and so Norton partnered Jamie Barrett with Gareth Langford at the heart of the defence and Goodfellow returned after missing the midweek game with a slight calf strain.
Tividale themselves also had to make changes after losing midfielder Adam Simkiss with a double leg break in their game against Rocester last weekend, which was abandoned because of the injury.
The game was end-to-end, with the visitors soon showing why they had only suffered two defeats before the start of this encounter.
Joel Kettle tested Gresley’s new keeper out with a shot that ended up in Gutteridge’s arms, before the action switched to the other end where Turville laid the ball on for Dean Oliver, who struck his low shot past the near post.
It was then Tividale’s turn to go close with Kyle Hill also striking a low shot that Gutteridge did well to hold on to.
Tividale’s impressive Chris Russell then brought out another good save from the young keeper, who pushed the low shot away at his near post.
Gresley pressed forward, but then a quick break caught them a little flat-footed, however Matt Jukes fluffed his chance, blazing his shot well over the bar.
The home side took the lead just after the half hour mark when Oliver made a good run down the right before driving a low ball across the area, which eluded the visiting keeper Tim Beech, but Goodfellow — sliding in at the far post — steered the ball into the net.
Gresley’s lead lasted just four minutes though, as Russell’s dash down the left ended with a cross that was flicked past Gutteridge by Jukes.
With the referee about to end the first half, James Jepson found Goodfellow on the left and his low cross was put away by Rob Spencer at the far post.
Tividale were level after just a couple of minutes of the second half when a halfclearance from Gutteridge was knocked back into the danger area, where it fortunately found Russell, who made no mistake from close range.
Chances were now being created at both ends, with Jukes having a shot deflected and Holmes shooting over the bar.
What proved to be the winning goal came in the 66th, as a long punt from Gutteridge down the middle was expertly controlled by Turville who then calmly laid the ball back to Goodfellow.
And the winger measured his shot carefully before hitting a sublime curling strike from 25 yards into the top corner leaving Beech grasping at thin air.
Tividale thought they had been given a chance to grab at least a point when Jordi Gough was harshly adjudged to have brought down Russell in the area.
Russell chose to take the spot kick himself but his shot was blocked by Gutteridge and with the net wide open, the striker embarrassingly fired the rebound well over the bar.
Goodfellow went close to completing his hat-trick but hit his shot over the bar, before substitute Richard Hanslow shot across the goal.
GRESLEY: Gutteridge, T Bettridge, Gough, Barrett, Langford (A Bettridge 73), Spencer (Bryant 75), Jepson, Holmes, Oliver, Turville (Hanslow 84), Goodfellow. Subs not used: Lyons, Barrow.
TIVIDALE: Beech, Kettle, Chilton (Wedderburn 84), Parsons, Turton, A Hill, K Hill, Wattley, Russell, Jukes, Ashton (Williams 80). Subs not used: Cole, Taylor.
BOOKINGS: Gresley — Barrett, Holmes Tividale — Parsons.
STAR MAN: Dean Oliver — work rate was superb and was always in the thick of things going forward.
REFEREE: J Walker (Castle Bromwich) ATTENDANCE: 303
