FC Isle of Man lost for a third game in a row on Tuesday night, going down 4-0 away at Irlam.
The Greater Manchester side scored two in each half to leave the Ravens bottom of the league.
The Ravens had the game’s first half chance as Ste Whitley pounced on a lapse in defence for the home side, but he couldn’t find the bend on his shot to find the goal.
Irlam would take the lead shortly after when Adam Killey came to try clear a ball and was adjudged to have fouled Jack Mitchell with referee Ben Cotton pointing to the spot.
Despite going the right way, Killey couldn’t stop Declan Daniels’ powerful pen as he beat the Ravens’ keeper down to his left side, 1-0.
Ethan Cartwright thought he’d made it two soon after following good skill from Mitchell, but the linesman’s flag came to the rescue as an offside was spotted in the build up.
The Ravens had some half openings but failed to create a clearcut chance with Whitley, Higgins and Pinnington looking the most threatening.
Killey then made a top drawer save as Daniels looked to add his second at the back post but the Ravens’ keeper managed to get a big hand to the close range effort to keep it at one.
That reprieve was to be short lived as Kingsley Williams picked out Mitchell who juggled the ball through the back line before volleying an unstoppable strike past Killey.
Daniels again came close on the stroke of halftime as his effort was cleared off the line by Jamie Callister to leave it 2-0 at the break.
Second Half
Nine minutes into the second half Irlam had a third as a corner reached the back post where Andrew Langford’s effort was flicked on by Alex Francis to effectively kill the game as a contest.
Moments latest Daniels again came close with a deft header that came back off the post, with the Ravens able to scramble clear.
Irlam added a fourth in the 68th minute as substitute Mitchell Henry controlled a corner and whipped the ball into the top corner to cap a good night for the hosts.
That goal seemed to spark something in the Ravens as Adam Adebiyi went close after good control from Ben Wosser to tee him up, however he was unable to keep his effort down as it went just over the bar.
In the final moments Higgins drew a good save from Irlam’s Jack Buckley but that would be as good as it got for the Ravens as their opponents saw out the 4-0 win.
FC Isle of Man are back on the road on Saturday away at Abbey Hey.
