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On a perfect night for football Lancaster City delivered probably their best display of the season by beating Burscough 4-1 in front of 145 fans at the Giant Axe last night., was not the fact they won it was the style of play. Bailey's goal after 10 minutes summed up the match, Bailey slotting home at the back post after a passage of play in which the ball did not go out of play for fully five minutes. City added a second although this time the goal had a bit of fortune to it as Burscough keeper miserably failed to deal with a tame Bailey shot. It looked as though City were on the way to a large win but credit to the visitors they tightened up at the back and started to look dangerous going forward although their final ball was often wasteful.
Within 10 minutes of the restart Winder made it three for City firing through a forest of legs past the unsighted keeper. Within five minutes a penalty gave the visitors a way back into the game Beesley expertly put away the kick. The penlty gave Burscough fresh hope but wasteful finishing stopped them from getting closer.
It was left to the much improved Taylor to fire City's fourth off the underside of the bar after a swift counter attack to seal the win.


Lancaster City 4 Burscough 1 Att 145