THE second meeting of the sides in a week saw Southport follow up with a comfortable win after a local cup tie also resulted in a win for the Sandgrounders.

The first-half was a period of total domination for the home side with plenty of chances being created and the only surprise was the score was only 2-0 to Southport at the break.

It was Luke Burgess with both of the goals. The first came in the 13th minute after a mixup between Daniel Atherton and Evan Gumbs allowed Burgess to slot home from close range.

David Morgan and Josh Williams could have increased the lead before Burgess was once again on hand to finish from close range after great interplay down the right hand side between Sam Minihan and Morgan saw the ball fired in Burgess made no mistake.

It was more of the same in the second period with the visitors seeing very little of the ball.

Former Port player Josh Miles did pose a threat on the left-hand side for Warrington but nobody was able to support him in a lacklustre Warrington display.

The dangerous Sonny Hilton put the icing on the cake for Southport with a delightful finish after a cute pass by Burgess put him through to fire across Atherton and into the goal.

STAR MAN: Luke Burgess(Southport)

ENTERTAINMENT: 3/5

Southport cruised into the FA Trophy 3rd Round with a comfortable 3-0 win against Warrington Town this afternoon.

Goals from Luke Burgess in the 13th and 30th minutes and a third from Sonny Hilton in the 80th minute see the club into the hat for the 3rd round draw on Monday when sides from the National League enter the draw.

With a few injuries and ineligible players due to cup tied and loan players not being eligible manager Jim Bentley had to once again shuffle the pack but he got a great response from the 11 on the pitch with one of the best displays of his management tenure.

The first goal came from a goalkeeper/defender error which was pounced on by Burgess who fired home from close range.

Burgess got his second after great work down the right flank between the impressive David Morgan and Sam Minihan who fired the ball into the six yard box and he was on hand to slot home.

Southport created a host of chances in the first half and the only disappointment was not going into the break further ahead.

There was more of the same in the second period and whilst the visitors offered a bit more going forward Chris Renshaw in the home goal was rarely troubled.

Sonny Hilton put the icing on the cake in the 80th minute with a fine finish firing across the keeper and into the corner of the goal.

Attendance 1166.

The Southport Brewery Man Of The Match also receiving the Adam Le Roi Trophy was Luke Burgess.