AS Warrington Town have proved themselves, playing against 10 men can often be difficult.

However, Mark Beesley believes his side made doing so look simple as they brushed aside Scarborough Athletic in wretched weather on Saturday afternoon.

The visitors’ plans came crashing down just after the half-hour mark when, having already been booked, Ryan Qualter hauled Josh Amis down inside the penalty area and was subsequently sent off, with Sean Williams blasting home the resulting penalty.

Isaac Buckley-Ricketts then scored a critical goal just before half time to give Town further comfort, with Josh Amis and Connor Woods striking after the break to give the scoreline an air of dominance.

With more than 800 fans inside Cantilever Park in spite of terrible weather conditions, Beesley was delighted to see his players reward those who turned up as they bounced back from back-to-back losses against Hereford and Scunthorpe United.

“We feel we’ve had two really good performances against big clubs in our league, then we’ve come here today on a difficult day to play football and played excellently,” Beesley said.

“From minute one right the way through, we were on top, scored some great goals and deservedly won.

“The only thing I’d be slightly critical of is that we could maybe have been more ruthless.

“We could have scored six or seven – their goalkeeper has probably been man of the match despite them losing 4-0. That tells you how well we’ve played.

“It’s great for the fans – we’ve had 800-odd here today on a very difficult day to come out and watch us.

“We’ve given them something to cheer about and I’m sure everyone who came enjoyed the way we played.

“I can’t praise the lads enough after Tuesday and dealing with that the way we did, so to turn up and dominate the way we did was excellent.

“I know they had 10 men, but we’ve had 10 men and drawn and even came close to drawing with nine on Tuesday.

“It’s not that easy to beat 10 men but we made it look easy with the way we played.”

Scarborough had initially responded well to going behind and down to 10 men, but Buckley-Ricketts’ goal on the counter-attack allowed Town some breathing space going into half time.

And Beesley admitted that goal, which saw him break from a Boro corner and beat two men before arrowing a finish into the far corner, was the most important.

“That was probably the key goal for us,” he said.

“At 1-0 down, if you’re in their dressing room with 10 men, you’re probably thinking about staying in the game and with the wind behind you to pin us back, you might get a chance.

“It was important to go 2-0 up so we could control the game then once it went to 3-0, we were good and I enjoyed watching us.”