Bath City recorded their first away victory of the season and their biggest away win since promotion to the Blue Square South three campaigns ago in trouncing Bishop's Stortford by a four- goal margin at Woodside Park.

Despite Bath having no less than seven members of their first-team squad unavailable through injury or suspension, this was a performance that oozed confidence as City swept aside their Hertfordshire counterparts.

City's opening goal came after just nine minutes following a seven-man move that ended when Mike Perrot had his goal-bound shot blocked, but Adam Connolly followed up to stab home.

From then on City could do no wrong as the home side struggled to string any passes together, while the visitors stroked the ball around the excellent playing surface.

On 24 minutes, City went further in front when Mark Wright let in Kaid Mohamed to cross for Darren Edwards to score.

The only blemish on the afternoon for City boss Adie Britton came just before the interval when a mistake by captain Jim Rollo allowed Charlie Sheringham to score in style.

After the interval, and despite Stortford moving to a three-man attack, it was City who remained the most threatening and, with two further goals either side of the hour mark, they effectively killed the game off.

The first came again from Edwards, who scored from close range after Gethin Jones had got his head to a City corner.

The second came from a well-taken Lewis Hogg free- kick.

To add insult to injury for the home side, their afternoon ended with Sheringham missing a penalty after Sekani Simpson had brought down Bertie Brayley, followed soon after by Mohamed beating the offside trap to stroll through the home defence to score his first and City's fifth of the afternoon.