Earley Gunners earned a victory over Loxwood Res after a dramatic second half comeback.
Gunners were all at sea for the first twenty minutes of the game and allowed Loxwood to take a 2 goal lead.
It was fair to say that a there were a few hang-overs from certain team members which prevented from them from playing to their full potential!
However, minutes before half time Gunners pulled a goal back after Iain Peer headed in from Dave Owen's attempt at a scissors kick. There was some dispute over goal from the opposition for a possible off-side but the referee allowed the goal.
In the second half Gunners levelled through Iain Peer before falling behind again after Loxwood finished from close range after a game of rebound in theGunners penalty box.
Gunners then began to play a bit more football and started to create plenty of openings and Gunners dominated the last twenty five minutes of the game.
Iain scored his hat-trick after latching on to a neat through ball from Dave and finished with a well placed shot to the side of the keeper.
Gunners then crept into the lead when Dave Owen scored with a rocket shot from the angle and then added his second when Richard Alderton was fouled by the opposing keeper and a penalty was awarded whilst Richard was trying to regain his feet.
Paul Marten then scored his first ever goal for the club when he converted a second penalty after Iain Peer appeared to be fouled in the box and Iain then rounded of the match with a fourth goal after being played in by Richard Alderton.
The final score was a 7-3 win.
Gunners were very poor for most of the first half but the team were much better in the second where we added six goals to ensure a clear victory.
Gunners "Man of the Match" was Carl Littlechild for a great display at left back although Iain Peer also had a very good game.
Match Facts:
MOM : C Littlechild (1)
Goals: I Peer (4), D Owen (2), P Marten (1)
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