Vs. Pelham (A)
Starting XI	Substitutes:
Simon Cutler
Chris Mammone (c)
Max Sztyber
Steve Chapman
Seb Elliott
Ollie Jeffs
Dale Scowen
Stuart Batchelor
Loksan Harley	(66 Jake Wilkinson)
David Ndunduma	(87 Gordon Lee)
Josh Mullett	(81 Stuart Calderwood)
Referee: P Bezance
Goals: Ndunduma (16,24,39), Batchelor (19), Mullett (37).
HT Score: 5-0
FT Score: 5-1
Booking: Mullett

A sensational performance from Baptist seconds saw them demolish the divisional leaders away from home.

A sun-drenched Saturday in Sidley witnessed the men in orange upset the league form book as 5 goals in a dominant first half sealed the match. Going in confident following a strong return to action last week, the Baptists knew they had the chance to surprise the opposition as recent displays have belied their lowly league position.

The match started at a keen pace before the first major incident when a late a high challenge on Loksan left him with a bruised knee complete with several studmarks. After brief treatment he returned to action in time to help out the defence as last-man Max intercepted the ball after the Pelham forward had broken through the backline.

Just past the quarter hour mark the Baptists were ahead when a corner from Dale was flicked on by Stuart at the near post and David met it at the far post. Two more goals in the next ten minutes put the Baptists in control. First David repaid the favour by beating his man down the right before squaring it for Stuart to force home. Then a huge clearance from Simon fell in the Pelham half and as the keeper came out to meet it, it was expertly lofted over his head by David.

Pelham, visibly and audibly affected by the quickfire goals, tried to get on the scoresheet but saw efforts well defended and narrowly fly wide. They immediately paid for those missed chances when two goals in three minutes further stretched the Battle side’s advantage. A throw in from the left wing was brought down by David who laid it back for Josh to calmly drive the ball into the corner before David sealed his hat-trick with the best goal of the day. He picked the ball up twenty-five yards from goal and with a flash of his left boot it was flying into the corner of the net.

There were further chances for the Baptists to score from some scrambles from corners before Pelham knew it wasn’t their day when the dangerous number 9 shot past Simon but the ball came straight back off the post and into Simon’s arms.

After a brief talk at half time to ensure everyone kept concentration and focus the sides re-emerged to resume combat. Pelham were getting further annoyed at the path the game was taking and bad language and dangerous tackles were starting to become commonplace from the home side. A brief pushing match was the result of a late challenge on Josh which regretfully saw the Baptists pick up their first ever booking.

Pelham then picked up further bookings for bad language before the ref let an awful challenge on Stuart pass with just a warning. Loksan came off for Jake with Josh moving onto the left wing before on seventy minutes Pelham got their consolation when the referee chose to ignore the raised flag of the linesman and allow the offside Pelham forward to run on and fire past Simon.

Jake then snatched at two chances before Stuart Calderwood came on for Josh. The Pelham keeper then made two excellent saves to deny the increasingly frustrated Jake before David came off for a well-deserved rest in the last few minutes and Gordon entered the fray to tighten things up.

The final whistle brought a jubilant response from the Baptists who had produced a superb team effort to perform to the level they had been threatening in the previous few games.