Glasshoughton Welfare fell to their heaviest home defeat of the season on Saturday when a poor second half saw them well outclassed against a well drilled Hall Road Rangers side at Leeds Road.

The home side were only losing via a first half penalty until the last twenty three minutes of the game but then four goals for the visitors saw them leave West Yorkshire with a comfortable win.

Welfare made changes to the team that had beaten Dronfield Town on Boxing day with dual registered Ossett Albion player Rikki Paylor replacing the unavailable Lewis Akeister. Andy Holland returned in goal after a one game suspension
 
The opening exchanges of the game were fairly even. Visiting keeper Phil Dobson just beat just beat Nathan Keightley to a through ball and Adam Walsh headed a free kick into the hands of the keeper. At the other end Andy McManus hooked a shot away that had beaten Holland and was heading for goal.  Sam Belcher headed the resultant corner straight at Holland

Hall Road took the lead on twenty one minutes when Chris Spinks hammered home a penalty after McManus committed a foul in the home penalty area.
 
Welfare tried to come back and Dobson saved at the feet of Keightley but then just before half-time welfare were lucky to escape when a shot hit Walsh and bounced just past the post with Holland beaten. Belcher then headed another chance well over the bar.

Welfare opened the second half well and good work between Andy Horbury and substitute Ashley Scothern saw the ball played across the face of goal but welfare could not capitalise.

The visitors increased their lead on sixty seven minutes when Joe Cooper headed home from a corner.

The lead should have been increased minutes later when Josh Batty headed over from eight yards with only Holland to beat.

However on seventy seven minutes the third goal came after a mistake on the welfare left. The ball reached Jacob Vernon twenty two yards out and he smashed the ball past Holland.

Minutes later the same player hit a shot wide before at the other end, Scothern hit probably welfare's only real shot at goal which went wide of the far post.

The visitors completed the scoring with two goals in the last minute. Firstly  Danny Norton bamboozled several welfare defenders in the penalty area with a mazy run and he squared the ball to James Piercy who hit the ball past Holland. From the restart the ball was lost at the edge of the welfare penalty area and substitute Gareth Owen hit the loose ball home.

After the game joint welfare manager Darren Holmes,said, "Today's score line was a bit harsh but the difference between mid table and the top six showed. It's a fine margin but the teams at the top are clinical and work for 90 minutes. They convert set pieces well. We worked hard today and for 15 minutes in the second half were well in the game and the stronger side. However they converted all of their chances, their movement was very good and we didn't deal with it all game. It is something that we have to work on to progress up the league where we all want to be. A big reaction is needed this week and at Rossington next Saturday".

Glasshoughton Welfare: Holland, Harrison, Cunliffe, Hayton, Walsh, McManus, Keightley, Paylor, Horbury, Glavin, (Maude), Marsh, (Scothern). Unused sub. Varley.

Hall Road Rangers: Dobson, Belcher, Whitingham, Harman, (Owen),  Dexter, Piercy, Cooper, (Allanson), Norton, Spinks, (Batty), Vernon. Unused subs.  Binns, Reesen.

Referee. Michael Brownsett.

Attendance. 75