Gunners played their first game in six weeks with a convincing 5 - 2 win over Loxwood Res.
Gunners made a bright start to the game creating a couple of chances and were unlucky not to score when Stephen Tranter rifled a shot over the bar. However it was Loxwood who took the lead when a cross into the box was punched away by the keeper, the ball fell to the Loxwood forward who rifled the ball home past a couple of bodies from close range.
However Gunners equalised when Dave Owen converted a penalty after Phil Norton had been brought down in the box. The half time score was 1 - 1.
Gunners upped the tempo in the second half and took the lead through Stephen Tranter and then increased their lead again through Carlton Dickson.
Loxwoods best chances came when Gunners gave away a couple of free kicks outside their penalty box but the shots really failed to trouble the keeper.
However, in a bizzare incident a short while later there was a double sending off. Paul Marten tackled an opponent and their was a tangle of legs as both players tried to get up. The Loxwood opponent voiced his displeasure at the incident whilst Dave Owen chuckled at the situation. The referee then called the Loxwood player and Dave to him and sent them both off for swearing... Dave hadn't said a thing!
With both teams reduced to ten men, the game became more open and Gunners took advantage when they added a fourth through Matt Rees after some neat interplay between Matt and Carlton and then a shortwhile later Gunners made it five through Richard Alderton.
The referee signalled six minutes of injury time and during this period Loxwood scored a consolation goal when a mis-throw wrong footed the Gunners defence and was finished from close range by the Loxwood forward.
The final score was a 5 - 2 win to Gunners and Carlton Dickson was Gunners "Man of the Match".
Match Facts
MOM : C Dickson
Goals : D Owen (1), C Dickson (1), M Rees (1), R Alderon (1), S Tranter (1)
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