Ridgeons League Division One, Monday 28 December 2009, 3.00pm KO

The Suffolk team were hit for six by a rampant Halstead team, with the scoreline being only confined to single figures by some great saves from Melford keeper Jack Sibley and some erratic shooting from Halstead.

It was Melford who started brightly with Flack beating keeper Wootten with a back header only for Stamp to hook the ball off the goal line, the procedure being repeated when Costello saw his goal bound shot headed away by Townrow.

Then for Melford the turmoil started, on seven minutes defender Hagger made a last ditch tackle on Townrow, and despite the Melford protests, the referee deemed it to be a penalty, with TOWNROW sending Sibley the wrong way.

From thereon the play was dominated by the home team. Ten minutes later TOWNROW shot home from an acute angle, then on 33 minutes BRYANT added the the third holding off several Melford defenders to net from close range. Straight from the kickoff TOWNROW headed home.

Although Melford upped their game in the second half they had no answer to the passing and running skills of the home team with STAMP cracking home a fine shot and the final goal coming from O” LEARY.

A positive end for Halstead but back to the drawing board for Melford, if they want to start the new year in a winning mode.

MELFORD Sibley, Barnes (23), French, Hagger, Crissell, Statham (71), Dean Costello, Cawtheray, Flack, Banya, King (54) subs Dechlan Costello (71), Fisher, (54) Millar (23), Wood

HALSTEAD Wootten Murfet, Stamp, Austin, Devaux, Gillespie Webb, Joslin, Bryant, Townrow, O”Leary Subs Jack Smith, Adam Smith, Morley, Pirie

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