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Photos: Jack Western
On an overcast 22 Acres, Langwith were confidently dispatched by a Halifax side that never really got out of first gear on Sunday morning.
The first goal came inside five minutes from winger Dan Jones, before the same player doubled his side’s lead at the midway point in the half from the penalty spot. Garo Heath lucked into a deflected goal on sixty-one minutes, and the fourth came courtesy of substitute Charlie Dunning before Connor McCoy completed the rout.
There was barely a speck of mud on a boot, and Langwith were a goal down. A long, raking pass out left found the feet of Dan Jones who measured the angle before firing beyond Kris Cheshire and into the net.
It was clear that Halifax were a powerful side and they applied a lot of pressure to a creaking yellow backline. Langwith were unfortunate not to equalise with their first effort, as Marcus Campbell found winger Matt Morton on a run through on goal, but his side-footed effort was flicked wide of the post by ‘keeper Martin France.
Dan Jones was causing Langwith no end of problems down the left flank, his pressure causing Alex Chaimo to give the ball straight to striker Garo Heath, who switched it out to Jones. The winger was then hauled down by Ollie Rogers for a penalty, and Jones stepped up, stroking it to make the score 2-0.
Interestingly, when Halifax grabbed a third, it was courtesy of a slice of luck as a save from Cheshire only reached Garo Heath, who knew precious little about the goal as he chested it in at the far post.
Four minutes later it was 4-0 as substitute Charlie Dunning dinked the ball over the goalkeeper following a sumptuous pass from McCoy.
The rest of the half degenerated into turgid sloppiness with both sides content to cede possession time and again, until in stoppage time, when McCoy grabbed himself a deserved goal with the last kick of the game, escaping the attentions of his marker and slamming in a low shot, which bobbled up over the glove of Kris Cheshire.
Halifax captain Connor McCoy told Vision: “We felt comfortable today. We were a bit sloppy at times but never looked like losing- we knew their ‘keeper was a bit dodgy so it was important to keep testing him – and the fifth goal proved it!”
The victory lifts Halifax up to fourth in the table, only a point behind Derwent and Goodricke, heading into their final match for the term against seventh placed Alcuin. Langwith meanwhile continue to languish at the foot of the table, and will be looking for an improved performance next out against title challengers Derwent.