In hindsight this match should not have been played as the Benson Park cut up badly and passing football was very difficult but three vital points and another clean sheet were achieved to keep the 1sts in the promotion hunt.

Even allowing for the pitch this was a below par performance as the 1sts never played at the tempo that they are capable. It took them 44 minutes to break the deadlock and only four goals were scored against a tiring and demoralised BT side in the second half. Record scorer Danny Sherwood once again he can score goals for fun against average opposition with a close ranger hatrick, skipper Shaun Cavanagh nodded in a Neil Hindley corner and man of the match John Hall revelling in his preferred centre forward role banged in the fifth. Dave Cave impressed wide right.

Team: S.Hepburn, M.Brown (A.Buckley), M.Menton, N.Hindley (P.Wilkinson), A.Alexander, S.Cavanagh 1, D.Cave, D.Mercer, D.Sherwood 3, J.Hall 1 (MoM), D.Mullan (D. Corcoran)