BARNOLDSWICK Town suffered a first qualifying round exit from the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday after being beaten 3-0 by Pontefract Collieries at home.

Unfortunately for Town, a run in the FA Cup has deceived them despite their fast start in the league.

The early exchanges saw The Colls get a foot hold of the game, Mikey Dunn on three occasions got passed him man with ease and got a shot off at goal.

Just under a quarter of an hour in and Pontefract got the opener. Ryan Musselwhite’s long kick up field dropped between his opposing number and their back four. Vaughan Redford was able to nip in and flicked the ball over the stranded stopper to tap in from close range.

Before the break, Scott Brown was on hand to power a header in from a corner to double the away side's lead.

With just under ten minutes remaining, The Colls were handed a chance to kill the tie. Smart build resulted in Scott Smith been played in, who got his body in and was upended. Vaughan Redford stepped up and put the resulting penalty away.

Barnoldswick host AFC Blackpool in the FA Vase Trophy on Saturday.