King's Lynn manager pulls no punches after Maidenhead defeat in the National League

King's Lynn Town manager Tommy Widdrington pulled no punches after seeing his side pushed closer to National League relegation by Maidenhead at The Walks.

Any realistic hopes Lynn had of survival were blown away in the second half after a shambolic defensive display saw the hosts slump 4-1 in front of their home faithful .

Dan Sparkes cancelled out Gold Omotayo's opener going into the interval before a quickfire double from Josh Kelly put the Magpies in control after the restart.

The Linnets came into the game having only conceded once in four games, but Ryan Upward make a mockery of that statistic by adding a fourth goal with 15 minutes left on the clock.

A furious Widdrington said: "There wasn't too many positives to take out of the game other than our goal.

"I'm lost for words really and that's not really like me. I can take losing games, but I was embarrassed towards the end of that game.

"What we came up against today were big, strong men who are playing at the level they are playing at for a reason.

"The moment we as a football club realise what we are, who we are and what we need to do then we might have a chance.

"That's twice now where we've had great performances in midweek and then followed it up with a no-show at home and I can't take that.

"We weren't good enough and I can pick one or two out for slightly better performances than others but they didn't have much to beat.

"I've played games myself where a few lads have been off or their touch has been off but that's where you've got to gather round and help each other.

"I don't think we had enough men stand up and be counted and I've told them that."

It doesn't get any easier for the Linnets - with one win in ten outings - as they travel to Hollywood-owned Wrexham on Tuesday night.

"We've got to pick ourselves up very quickly and go to a massive football club on Tuesday and hope to get a win.

"Other than Josh Coulson and Paul Jones, who in that dressing room has knocked out 30 or 40 games at this level or higher, the answer is no, they are all kids playing in a big boys league.

"If you'd have taken the shirts off the backs of every one of their players compared to ours, you'd have seen men. I need my older ones, even if that means they are 23 or 24 to bring the younger ones on."