STOURPORT are running out of time in their battle to avoid the drop after being on the receiving end of a battering from Beaco-nsfield SYCOB.

Boss Roy Rencher handed former Redditch United and Halesowen Town defender Lee Knight a debut in last weekend's clash.

But the experienced centre-half must have wondered what he had let himself in for as Swifts were plunged deeper into the Southern Football League Division One West relegation mire.

Beaconsfield ran riot, romping to a 5-1 victory that leaves Stourport rooted second from bottom.

Both Craig Marshall and Richard Burgess squandered chances to open the scoring for Swifts early on as they started brightly.

But those misses came back to haunt them on the stroke of half-time when Dan Willment headed the visitors into an unlikely lead.

Swifts were the better side before the break but the second half was a different story as Beaconsfield's supersub Terry Gibbs turned the match.

He provided the ammunition for Adrian Sear to double the lead on 48 minutes and for Kevin Cotton four minutes later to stun Stourport.

Jamie Pritchard made it 4-0 midway through the half, rounding keeper Craig Ladek, before Gibbs set up Pritchard again 15 minutes from time.

There was some relief for Stourport late on when star man Mark Hands sent a curling effort into the net from 25 yards for the goal of the game.