It was the high-flying Seasiders, however, that grabbed the early advantage when, on 11 minutes, Glen Hand delivered a firm shot beyond Philip Matthews from around ten yards.

The Whites responded in style, though, with a three-goal salvo in the final 20 minutes of the first half.

Darren Armour levelled on 25 minutes from the spot after Dean Youle had upended Curtis Allen .......... and Allen himself fired the visitors in front eight minutes later with a swerving effort into the bottom right hand corner of Andrew Plummer's goal.

And Armour made it 3-1 on the stroke of half-time with a close range finish from a Gary Muir left-sided cross.

Muir then got in on the act a minute before the hour with a 22-yard drive through a crowded penalty area to complete the scoring.