York must focus on league - Foyle

Martin Foyle led York City to the FA Trophy final in 2009

York City manager Martin Foyle has told his side not to let their promotion ambitions slip after they went out of the FA Trophy 2-1 at Barrow.

Richard Pacquette's second-half goal was not enough for last season's finalists after Phil Bolland and a Jason Walker penalty put Barrow 2-0 up.

Foyle told BBC Radio York: "We've got to realise we're third in the league.

"I keep saying to them, you've got yourself in a great position, don't throw away all you've worked hard for."

He added: "It's a long season. I've said I don't want anybody coming in feeling sorry for themselves because we've got 13 cup finals ahead of us.

"I desperately wanted to have another chance of it [the FA Trophy] but it's gone now."

York were left chasing the game after Barrow scored both their goals in the first half, and Foyle said the way his side started was a cause for concern.

"We gave away two very poor goals and that gives them a good start," he said.

"You give any team a 2-0 lead and you're trying to chase back.

"I thought there was only one team in it in the second half and I made some substitutions to try and give us a bit of life, but it's how we started the game that worried me a little bit.

"We had to make some changes. There was one or two illnesses and one or two weren't right but we still put out a very strong side and I thought we could maybe have won the game."