He opened the scoring on ten minutes from the spot after James Braniff had been penalised (and sent-off) for hauling back Andy Crawford.

However Carrick levelled on 20 minutes through Chris Wilkinson with a volley into the roof of the net.

But Higginbotham struck again just three minutes later with a near post finish to a Richard Flaherty cross before, early in the second half, James McKenna strolled past the home 'keeper to make it 3-1.

And Carrick's afternoon got even worse when Tyson Gray became their second player to walk after receiving a second yellow card before, right at the end, Crawford added a fourth for the visitors with a strong close range header.