Bishop Auckland manager Colin Myers was furious with his players following their 3-0 defeat at Tow Law last night.

After a good Durham Challenge Cup win at Shildon last week, Bishops have conceded seven goals in two league games since – they lost 4-0 at Ashington last Saturday -- and Myers said: “Only three players came out of the game with any credit. I might as well have played for the good some of them were.

“All I ask is for the players to bust a gut when they go on the field, and some of them didn’t. How they’ve gone from such a good performance against Shildon last week to such a bad one against Tow Law is unbelievable.

“We controlled the game in the first half, and it looked as if it was only a matter of time before we scored. But we got caught by a sucker punch and some poor defending.”

Myers is now looking for new blood to strengthen the squad as they build up to life at Heritage Park. “I’ve made my mind up now about two or three players, because it’s obvious that they’re not learning and they’re not listening. Some players gave in after Tow Law scored their second, and that’s unacceptable. It will be an interesting training session on Saturday”. Bishops are without a league game this Saturday.

Tow Law manager Ian Davison was delighted with their first win in seven games.

“The pressure was on us, because a few teams were starting to creep up on us. We were bitterly disappointing against West Auckland last Saturday, but I thought last night we were always in control. It wasn’t very nice sliding down the table, but the lads were tremendous.”

Dunston manager Billy Irwin thought his team was worth a point at Whitley Bay, instead of going down 2-1.

“The difference between the two teams was Adam Johnston, he scored two great goals,” he said.

Irwin is going to watch FA Vase opponents Emley in action on Wednesday night,