Fair Mile hospital was the venue which offered a very wide pitch for Gunners to display their skills, a dead rat on the pitch and poor changing facilities made the visitors feel very welcome.
The game got underway with Dave Owen opening the scoring and then Phil Byrne added a second moments later. There was a momentary scare when Chequers pulled a goal back after a solo runner broke free and lobbed the keeper from a distance to make it 2-1. Chequers then had a good ten minute spell when they put Gunners under pressure.
However Gunners hit back and three more goals were added before half time from Kevin Rapley, Chris Price and Darren Fry whose shot went in off the post. Unfortunately, it was a typical Gunners performance with the team wasting several opportunities to add more goals.
The second half was totally dominated by Gunners with Kevin Rapley in top form. He led the way with a great individual performance in which he added six goals in the second half to complete the game with a total of seven goals. Further goals also came from Ian Thornhill and a superb long range effort from Paul Clark.
There final result was an easy 13-1 win. Kevin Rapley was Gunners Man of the Match.
Match Facts
MOM : K Rapley
Goals : K Rapley (7), D Owen (1), P Byrne (1), D Fry (1), P Clark (1), I Thornhill (1), C Price (1)
Team : (GK) R Bungay, (RB) C Price, (CB) Pa Ali, (CB) S Kearns, (LB) T Poacher, (RM) L Holdway, (CM) D Owen, (CM) P Clark, (LM) D Fry, (F) K Rapley, (F) P Byrne
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