Witham travelled to New Angel Bradford Street knowing a response was needed after the disappointing defeat to our rivals the previous week. The Galacticos had a full strength squad available and new boy Jack Stoneham on the bench.
The Galacticos started well and came close on a couple of occasions but took the lead when Yeo drove into the box and shot weakly at goal but somehow the oppositions keeper fumbled it into the net. 8 minutes later it was 2 - 0 when Adam Ratcliffe kept up his goalscoring record with a fine side foot finish to the keepers left. and 2 minutes later it was 3 when Orr's shot was blocked, Lawes was on hand to blast home the rebound. The home side did threaten on a couple of occasions but Cannock pulled off superb saves to keep them at bay.
HALF TIME NEW ANGEL BRADFORD STREET 0 WITHAM GALACTICOS 3
The Galacticos increased there lead within 3 minutes of the second half when top goalscorer McCormack got on the scoresheet after great build up play from Orr and Lawes. The home side then had a strong period but Cannock was on hand again to pull off another superb save. Firstly Stoneham then Ballard and Adams where introduced into the game before the hour mark and the goals began to flow. Stoneham opened his account within minutes blasting home from 20 yards after a good pass from Lawes. Ratcliffe then scored with a superb chip over the keeper from Yeo's defence splitting ball and Lawes coolly made it 7-0 after great build up play from Stoneham. The away team was in complete control and had broke the home teams spirit, Stone, Humphrys and Murphy where cleaning up every attack and smoothly playing the ball to feet to create more waves of attack. on 73 minutes Yeo got his second goal of the game after some good work by Ratcliffe and on 80 minutes it was 9-0 when Yeo completed his hat trick weaving in and out of the back four and blasting home. Debutant Stoneham then shot into life firstly on 82 minutes slotting home from Yeo's pass and on 87 minutes grabbing his hat trick blasting the ball into the back of the net after a short pass from Ratcliffe. It didn't stop there Stoneham got another in the 90th minute after a great ball from Orr and to finish off Stoneham rounded 3 players in the box to smash home to get the Galacticos 13th and his 5th!
A superb response from the entire team and a good positive attitude throughout the game. There was some very good performances all over the pitch again...Shannon pulled off some very good saves to keep a cleansheet and our full backs of Charlie and Dan gave us some width and good options to keep the ball moving. In midfield we looked particularly a lot stronger in attack and gave a lot of energy into supporting players by passing and moving and finally as the scoreline proves we where very clinical in attack. Man Of the Match was Mitchell Yeo who got his head back in the game this week with 3 goals and 3 assists...closely followed by Jamie Lawes who's work rate was superb and key to our passage play and Jack Stonehams debut of 5 goals and an assist I think is worthy of him joining the WGFC Family!
County Cup next week!
