A forty odd mile round trip over to Balderton, Newark to visit one of the new teams in the League this season, Newark Flowserve, the NSL League and Senior Cup double winners from 2017-2018.

Flowserve were quickly into their stride and went in front from a free kick in the second minute from Danny Meadows. Meadows scored again a minute later and an unfortunate own goal added to their score in the eleventh minute putting them 3-0 up.
For all their effort Arnold just couldn’t get started but managed to hang on until half time without any more scoring.

Solomon Miller added a fourth on fifty-eight minutes and as the game moved into the last fifteen the floodgates opened.
Sam Agar added a sixth on seventy-seven minutes and the Daniel Meadows added two more on eighty-three and eighty-five minutes. Mustapha John completed the scoring heading in the eighth with two minutes to go.

To be fair Newark had come into the season on the back of a very successful season in the NSL last term and with the addition of a couple of experienced players have managed to build on that.
Arnold on the other hand had a torrid time last season and are still suffering the effects of the extended season, change in Management, recruiting a fresh side and to cap it all a very disrupted pre-season.

Both sides will have learnt something today. Arnold will have to seriously up their game from now on. Newark on the other hand probably won’t get an easier match this season but, having said that, I saw them at Basford last season in the NSL Sen Cup Final and tipped them then to do well this season…

Today’s Arnold Squad:

1 James Elliott
2 Cameron Thurgood
3 William Bouwen
4 Colin Woodward
5 Ryan Marsh
6 Connor Winstanley
7 Kristopher Drackett
8 Jordan Knight
9 Kelvin Mushambi
10 Dillon Bird
15 Ryan Winstanley
11 Curtis Millward

Subs:
12 Anthony Millward
14 Thomas Fearn
16 Declan Kemp

Scorers:
2 Daniel Meadows
3 Daniel Meadows
11 OG
58 Solomon Miller
77 Sam Agar
83 Daniel Meadows
85 Daniel Meadows
88 Mustapha John

Hawton Lane
Balderton,
Nottingham
NG24 3BU

Match Officials:
Tom Bingley
John Sansum
Wayne Porter

Att: 168