Darlaston had several key players out through injury but were keen to avenge Wolverhampton's last minute equaliser in the 2 all draw a few weeks earlier. The home side made a bright start but Darlaston were awarded a free kick wide right deep into the Wolverhampton half in the fourth minute. Sammy Giles delivered an excellent cross where midfielder Lucas Hough was on hand to score from close range to put the visitors ahead.Darlaston extended their lead a few minutes later.Ashley Walker earned the visitors a corner and Sammy Giles delivered a deep cross where the home side failed to clear and the ball fell to defender Sean Westley to drive the ball home from eight yards for his first goal for Darlaston.

In the 15th minute Darlaston were awarded a penalty. Player Manager and the divisions joint top goal scorer missed the target with the ball going wide of the keepers right hand post. Darlaston continued to make chances and in the 21st minute another outstanding cross from Sammy Giles was met by Mark Swann with another trademark header hitting the back of the net. A second goal for Lucas Hough resulted in the visitors going in at half time with a deserved 4 nil lead. Wolverhampton played some good passing football but never really threatened the visitors goal and they were resticted to only having the one shot which was well wide of keeper Chris Collins post in the visitors goal.

The second half was dominated by the visitors who despite having a comfortable lead kept pressing to extend their advantage. Wolverhampton again played some good passing football but were never able to penetrate a solid Darlaston Back four where centre backs Ravi Sohal and Sean Westley were playing together for the first time this season. In the 66th minute another Sammy Giles cross was met in the box by Lucas Hough to score his third goal, his hat trick well deserved for an outstanding display in the middle of the park.

The visitors continued to attack and could have added more in the last fifteen minutes of the match. Excellent work down the right wing by Sammy Giles who again picked out Mark Swann only to see his header well saved by the keeper. Darlaston were awarded a free kick in the 85th minute 2 yards outside the box. Mark Swann hit a sweet shot towards the far left hand top corner only to see it hit the bar and go out for a goal kick. The final whistle went with Darlaston winning 5 nil and keeping their second consecutive clean sheet.

Darlaston dominated the game from start to finish and overall it was a good all round performance. Lucas Hough was outstanding in midfield and scored a hat trick to be named player of the match. Sammy Giles at right wide midfield was also excellent today.His crossing was superb and he has four assists to his name today.Swanny led the line and was a handful all day for the home side and could easily have had a hat trick himself. Captain and midfielder, Ryan McAllister kept running all game and winning a lot of tackles in the middle of the park.Wolverhampton only had one chance in the first half and in the second half there attacking play was easily dealt with by a solid display from the visitors defence.

Darlaston have now won three matches on the trot and have scored 10 goals and conceded only 1 in those games. This result has elevated them from sixth place to third in the divsion. Darlaston today played very well in every department and the team is improving week by week, even so Manager Mark Swann is still continuing to improve the quality of the squad.

This Saturday Darlaston are at home to Kington Town kick off 3 pm.

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