ACCRINGTON Stanley chairman Eric Whalley has tipped Rommy Boco to be the next Brett Ormerod.

And, if the performance on his first Conference start is anything to go by, the scouts will be flocking to watch the Benin international.

The non-league defences couldn't handle Ormerod who left Stanley to join Blackpool in 1997 before moving into the Premiership with Southampton.

And the Conference backlines are finding it a similar struggle to cope with the pace and skills of Boco as he now settles into Accrington life.

The African has been with the Reds for three months and the Stanley fans are now beginning to see the best of him.

He gave a hint of what was to come with his performance against Great Harwood in a friendly earlier in the season but has been involved only in parts since then.

But he came on and made an impact against Forest Green in the previous game and, thanks to that, manager John Coleman gave him the nod.

And the 20-year-old capped his first league start with his first league goal and had the crowd chanting for more, before he hobbled off with cramp.

"Boco had a great game and he took his chance. I was delighted he got his goal as I was beginning to think it wouldn't happen," said boss Coleman.

Boco did have numerous chances before he scored the second after Ian Craney had put the Reds ahead.

Then Steve Dickinson did well to keep out the rampant Reds until the 87th minute when Paul Mullin found a way through and sub Andy Mangan scored his fourth league goal off the bench.

It was another solid team performance from the promotion chasing Reds who made it four league wins out of four and they must be growing in confidence with every result.

And, while the early cheers did belonged to Boco, the final applause went to Darren Randolph.

Unlike Boco, the Charlton teenager was thrown straight into the deep end when he arrived at Stanley but he has grown in stature in his three months at the Interlink - and he was given a decent send-off by the home fans despite having hardly anything to do in the game.

"I must admit I was freezing," said Randolph, who didn't have a single save to make of note in a game Stanley dominated.

There wasn't a sign of what was to come in the first 30 minutes as both sides were tentative.

Southport, with ex-Stanley player Liam Watson at the helm, fielded their three new loan signings of ex-Burnley defender Chris Brass, Crewe player Mark Roberts and ex-Morecambe hitman Adriano Rigoglioso - who Coleman was linked with - while ex-Reds Jamie Speare and Jerome Fitzgerald were confined to the bench.

Stanley forced half chances without testing Dickinson with Robbie Williams heading over, Boco and Craney shooting high and Paul Mullin failing to find the goal.

But then Stanley had their first shot on target, it finished in the back of the net and there was no looking back.

Gary Roberts hadn't had much joy on the left wing so he switched to the right and his first action was to leave the defence grounded and play in a great cross which Craney belted low and hard into the back of the net.

The midfielder insists it is his seventh goal of the season but he and Mullin are still wrangling about a Woking goal which both are laying a claim to.

Meanwhile, Southport's defence had hardly got over that before Dickinson was again picking the ball out of the back of the net. This time it was Boco who made his mark, with Mullin the provider, and the forward outwitted ex-Burnley defender Earl Davis to finish well at the far post.

Jet-heeled Boco could have had two more before the break with his pace leaving the Port defence standing, but both his efforts were wide.

If Southport thought they would get some respite after the break, they were wrong as Mullin headed over a Boco cross, Steve Jagielka played a great ball across the box which was missed by Roberts and the winger then had a stinging shot saved by Dickinson.

Everyone was playing their part as they refused to let Watson's side rest on the ball and broke forward in numbers causing disarray among the Sandgrounder's ranks.

The Stanley fans were shouting for ex-Red Speare but there was little to fault in Dickinson who then pushed away a Boco shot, kept out a Roberts effort, Jagielka had a strike blocked before the feet of the keeper somehow kept out Boco's goalbound diving header.

But Coleman could, though, finally rest easier on 87 minutes when a clearance rebounded to Jagielka who played a great ball in which beat the off-side trap and Mullin ran onto it and fired low into the bottom of the net.

And, just to maintain his scoring off the bench, Mangan, who had come on for Boco on 77 minutes, gave Stanley their biggest league win of the season in injury time by pouncing on a long ball forward and he calmly finished beyond the helpless Dickinson.