Carshalton Athletic boss Matt Howard believes solid foundations are being laid at Colston Avenue.

Kingsley Aikhionbare blasted a stoppage time winner for the Robins as they overcame Tooting & Mitcham United 1-0 on Monday night, just 48 hours after they beat Hastings United by the same scoreline.

Back-to-back wins have catapulted Carshalton into the top half of Ryman Division One South ahead of an FA Cup tie at Pagham this weekend (kick-off 3pm).

"If we can remain defensively solid then I'm always confident we'll create goalscoring chances," said Howard.

"We're in a good place right now but this is a big job. It'll be a slow process but the foundations are being laid."

Aikhionbare came off the bench to break Tooting hearts from 18 yards on Monday, and Howard said his team were full value for victory.

"After the manner we lost at their place last month we would have taken positives from a dominate performance and a clean sheet, but I think it would've been a travesty not to have won," he said.

"We were in control for long periods and [goalkeeper] Matt Willard only had one shot to save.

"We kept plugging away, got our reward and it was pleasing to see the whole team celebrate Kingsley's goal."

Carshalton have met Pagham in the FA Cup before, when it took a replay for the Robins to progress in 2012, and Howard said he is really up for the challenge.

"We have a good training session planned this week and the players have arranged a meal for afterwards," Howard said.

"I see a lot of belief running through the whole squad at the moment and we'll need that to keep this positive run going."

He added: "I would be nice to see as many fans as possible down at Pagham for the cup tie. It's a compact ground and we'll need all the support we can get."