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Photos: Oliver Todd
DERWENT ROMPED TO a 7-0 victory over a weakened Langwith side to give themselves some daylight at the top of the league.
Some poor Langwith defending allowed the impressive Alex d’Albertanson to ride several challenges before slotting into the bottom corner to make it 1-0, before fellow fresher Ollie Harrison then produced an exquisite ball from his own half to produce the second goal. Harry Bradhsaw collected the defence splitting pass and cooley rounded the ‘keeper and finished for Derwent’s second.
Derwent were enjoying the vast majority of the possesion and all of the chances. David Kirk produced a full stretch save from Ollie Williamson and Harrison came close before they managed their third and final goal of the half. It was the easiest of finishes for centre-back Tom Brandreth, who stole in behind the Langwith defence and tapped home from another excellent Harrison ball, this time from a free kick.
Langwith were much improved in the second half and provided far more of a threat. They looked the better team for the opening ten minutes but after their initial resurgance Derwent started to run riot again.
D’Albertanson scored his second of the game after slamming in David Kirk’s rebound and substitute Dan Atherton headed the fifth after rising unmarked from a corner.
Despite their comfortable advantage, the blue and blacks still pushed on to score twice more. An excellent sixth came courtesy of an elegant Atherton flick at the near post from a Joe Boughtflower cross, and Atherton completed his hat-trick when he slid in d’Albertanson’s cross from the left hand side late on.
Derwent captain Joe Boughtflower was delighted with his side’s performance after the final whistle. ‘We played some of the best football I’ve seen us play in the three years I’ve been here’, he gushed.
Vision MOTM: Alex d’Albertanson