PILKINGTON FC were beaten 4-0 at home to Poynton on Saturday.

Nick Matthews’ side had opened their league campaign with a 2-0 victory against Crewe the previous weekend.

“It was a very disappointing result but it was the performance that was more disappointing, said Matthews.

“We started badly, we were poor defensively as a team, our ball retention was awful. We played well below my expectations and improvement has to be made.

“Its early doors and we are still finding our feet, so I hope for some kind of response in our next game.”

After a scrappy opening 25 minutes, Pilks were forced to substitute talisman forward Luke Sephton who had been suffering from a virus, and from this point on the game went downhill.

Poynton were 1-0 ahead by the break and doubled their lead within three minutes of the second half starting, putting them well on the way to victory.

On the man of the match award, Matthews stated “It’s a very hard decision to make this week as we were that bad; but I gave it to skipper Neil Hulme as he never stopped running and certainly did not down tools.”

Pilks will be hoping to put in a better performance on Saturday, when they take on Eagle Sports away from home.