On a blustery morning at 22 Acres, Langwith found themselves on the end of a heavy 6-0 defeat against a strong Wentworth side.
A goal either side of half time from Rob Sellers, and then captain Wayne Paes in the 50th minute caused Langwith heads to drop. Goals from Chris Papoui, Andy Cox, Mutlu Cukurova and a second for Paes completed a solid morning’s work for Wentworth.
It was Wentworth who started the match in the ascendancy. Good work down their favoured left flank from Ben Keane and Papoui gave Mutlu Cukurova a chance to get his shot away, only to find it well blocked by Langwith centre-back Matt Jones.
Langwith had the majority of possession in the last 25 minutes of the half, with left-back Tom Benney combining well with winger Mark Morton on numerous occassions. In spite of their possession, Langwith’s permeable defence was increasingly exposed. Paes enjoyed a wealth of success in clipping passes over the Langwith defenders for the tireless Sotos to burst onto, but he could only sky a shot over the bar when one-on-one with Cheshire.
Langwith’s failure to make their pressure tell came back to haunt them in first half stoppage time when Rob Sellers rose majestically to meet a corner and angle a header down past Kris Cheshire and into the corner of the net. The postgrads nearly found themselves cursing the old adage of being vulnerable after a goal, as Andy Hutt immediately raced through, but his sidefoot shot squirmed wide of Cook’s right post.
After the break, Wentworth started brightly, keen to maintain intensity and put last week’s lethargic 3-0 defeat to Vanbrugh behind them. Less than five minutes of the half had elapsed when Wayne Paes found himself stroking the ball into an empty net for his second goal of the game, as Kris Cheshire palmed a speculative effort from distance out to Paes.
Langwith’s heads clearly dropped, and gallingly Wentworth’s third came courtesy of a howitzer from Chris Papoui, an effort good enough to beat any keeper. More poor marking from another corner in the 73rd minute permitted a free header for Andy Cox on a late run into the box to make it 4-0.
A fifth came just four minutes later, as Cukurova capitalised on dallying from the dejected Langwith defenders to slot home. Wentworth were in no mood to sympathise, and when Sotos turned provider to part the Langwith defence for a final time, Wayne Paes was on hand to convert his side’s sixth to seal the deal.