Stafford Rangers 6 St Ives Town 0
Buildbase FA Trophy 1st Qualifying Round
Saturday 28 October 2017
Stafford Rangers eased their way through to the 2nd Qualifying Round of the Buildbase FA Trophy with a comfortable victory over St Ives Town.
After a scrappy opening, Stafford took charge with two goals in quick succession.
The first came from Kieran Morris on 17 mins when he headed over the advancing Jacob Marsden following Louis Briscoe’s ball over the top of the defence.
An excellent approach involving Alex Fletcher and Kieren Westwood saw Massiah McDonald add the second from close range five minutes later.
Briscoe and Fletcher both went close before McDonald made it 3-0 on 42 mins. Briscoe was again involved before McDonald slipped past Phil Draycott and strolled through to fire past Marsden.
There was still time for more before half time as Morris headed over when free and Rangers didn’t let up after the break and Kieren Westwood saw his shot hit the bar after it looped up off Marsden’s foot.
Briscoe hammered home the fourth on 51 mins, finishing a move that he had started just outside the Boro area.
Briscoe broke away after Sam Griffiths had forced an error and was there to produce a smart finish when Fletcher and Richard Gregory had combined well on the left.
McDonald should have completed his hat trick shortly after but shot wide with just the keeper to beat but Gregory curled a perfectly placed free kick into the top corner to make it 5-0 just before the hour mark.
Gregory missed a great chance to add to the tally when he went wide before Jamie Short failed from under the bar in a rare opportunity for Ives.
Sub Dan Westwood completed the scoring in the final minute battling past Jordan Jarrold to net from a tight angle.
Rangers 1 Adam Whitehouse, 2 Sam Griffiths (17 Osebi Abadaki 78m), 3 Kieren Westwood, 4 Kieran Morris, 5 Mat Bailey, 6 Jordaan Brown, 7 Josh Craddock, 8 Alex Fletcher, 9 Richard Gregory (12 Dan Westwood 66m), 10 Massiah McDonald, 11 Louis Briscoe (15 Joe Thomas 66m). Unused subs 14 Izak Reid, 16 Jack Sherratt
St Ives Town 1 Jacob Marsden,2 Jamie Short, 3 Jordan Jarrold, 4 Danny Kelly, 5 Miles Smith (12 Ben Sawyer 15m), 6 Phil Draycott, 7 Peter Clark, 8 Tom McGowan, 9 Dubi Ogbonna, 10 Ben Seymour-Shove (15 Matt Wright 72m),11 Jimmy Hartley (14 Tiago Dias 79m). Unused Subs – none only 3 subs named
Cautions: Briscoe (Rangers) Seymour-Shove, Kelly (St Ives)
Referee Ollie Williams
Att 495
Chris Elsley
