IT may have been April Fools' Day but there was nothing much to smile about for Ramsbottom United as they fell to a 5-0 defeat at Hyde.

Mark Fell's men continued their woeful end to the season, with just two points garnered from the last 21 on offer.

The performance at Hyde summed up the fact there appears to be a total lack of confidence among the players.

That being the case, the last thing they needed in Tameside was to concede an early goal.

There was just 28 seconds when the home side opened the scoring. Craig Sutherland, who had a superb game for the Tigers down the right-hand side, crossed for Omry Perel to side-foot home from close range.

From then on there was an air of inevitability as Hyde produced a flood of attacking moves that had the Rams' defence on the back-foot for the rest of the game.

Paddy Miller was in the right place to sweep home the second goal for the hosts on 30 minutes, after which the Rams somehow held on until half time, helped in no small part by debutant goalkeeper Dean Hardy, in for the suspended Martin Fearon.

Big Khamsouk added a third on 59 minutes, before the score-line was made even more emphatic on 73 minutes when perseverance from Sutherland brought him the goal his performance deserved.

As if to really rub the Rams' noses in it, Hyde cruelly added yet another before the final whistle, when poor marking allowed Peter Boyle to nod in a fifth.