DEON Burton bagged his first goal for Worcester City as he helped guide the Aggborough side to a 2-0 victory over Holbeach United and into the third qualifying round of the FA Cup.

The 38-year-old Jamaican international wrapped up the tie midway through the second-half, doubling Worcester’s lead after Dan Nti had finally found a way past the excellent Ricky Drury in the visitors’ goal.

“You can see what a good player Deon Burton still is,” joint manager Carl Heeley said.

“He’s been to a World Cup and there aren’t many bad players to have done that.

“Deon is a top quality player and you can see he still has some pace and his movement and touch is excellent.”

Burton was one of seven changes to the side held to a 1-1 draw at Holbeach.

Heeley added: “There are a number of players who played on Saturday and in normal circumstances they didn’t deserve to come out of the side.

“But it was about doing the best for the football club with three games in six days.

"That’s why you have such a strong squad because you can make so many changes and they are all good footballers.

“We made seven changes and I thought it was a terrific footballing performance. It was just a matter of how many we were going to win by.

“If it hadn’t been for the hero of Saturday – the Holbeach goalkeeper – then it could have been many more.

"The pitch is fabulous here [at Aggboough] and we had to make that work to our advantage. We knew we’d be fitter and have better footballers but we needed to get on the ball and be brave.

“We had to be patient and keep keep moving the play from one side to the other because they had nine players camped on the edge of their penalty area.

“We had to keep probing and Dan Nti scored a great goal. They had one or two opportunities but once we got ahead it was going to be a case of how many we were going to score.

“I’ve been into the Holbeach changing room and congratulated them on their two performances.

I’m sure they’ll go close to winning their league. They have given us two good games.

“But after 15 or 20 minutes you could see their players were flag - ging a little — it’s demoralising when you haven’t seen anything of the ball.”