Millers Score Six Again!

It was set to be a really interesting game at Parkside to end 2019 as Glenn Tamplin's Romford came to town. The visitors had 21 days to prepare for the game after a few postponements in December but that time did not seem to benefit the visitors at all as Alex Akrofi scored four and Shad Ngandu bagged a brace.

We started the game well and took the match to Romford as George Sykes had an early chance from a corner which was deflected wide by Ryan Cresswell. Jason Raad then had a chance but his whipped effort was blocked and deflected wide.

Just under ten minutes into the game and we took the lead. Great work from Wyan Reid down the right-hand side as he got to the by-line pulled it across to Shad Ngandu who applied the finish for his tenth goal of the season. Aveley 1-0 Romford.

Five minutes after the first and we got our second of the game. A long ball upfield by shad Ngandu was headed over his own goalkeeper by ex-Miller Junior Baker for Alex Akrofi to race onto and tap into an empty Boro net. Aveley 2-0 Romford.

Romford did have a couple of half-chances as Adam Cunnington had the ball drop to him a couple of times in the area, the former-Cambridge United man fired one over the bar and the other a whisker wide of the left-hand post.

We almost bagged our third as Sam Mvemba and Wyan Reid combine with the latter putting the ball just over the crossbar. In the next five minutes, we had three chances which were so close to making it 3-0. First was Alex Akrofi who just put it wide of the target with a curled speculative effort. George Sykes and Shad Ngandu each had efforts which were scrambled away off the Romford line.

Two minutes to go before half time and we got our more than deserved third of the match. A free-kick from Jason Raad was met by the head of Alex Akrofi who managed to nip in just before the keeper could punch it clear to find the back of the Boro net. Aveley 3-0 Romford.

Half Time | Aveley 3-0 Romford.

We started the second half exactly how we did in the first half on top and dominant in possession. Alex Akrofi held the ball up to George Sykes who saw his effort hit the post and bounce to safety.

David Hughes was called into action as Jason Banton hit his free-kick straight at Hughesy from 30 yards out.

Two minutes after that free-kick and we scored our fourth of the game. A flick-on from George Sykes found Alex Akrofi who stood up Ryan Cresswell, dribbled past him and fired past the Boro keeper from a narrow angle for his hat-trick! Aveley 4-0 Romford.

The visitors had another couple of speculative efforts from Mehki McLeod but none troubled The Millers keeper David Hughes on his return from a couple of games out.

With 12 minutes to go and we made it five goals, a short corner from Alex Akrofi to Jason Raad, with Jason Raad passing it to Shad Ngandu on the edge of the area who curled it into the bottom left-hand corner for his fifth goal in the space of two days. Aveley 5-0 Romford.

Five minutes later and we made it six. Alex Akrofi found himself some space in the Romford box and unleashed a fierce effort in off the underside of the crossbar. Aveley 6-0 Romford.

Full Time | Aveley 6-0 Romford.

Millers XI | David Hughes, Jonathan Nzengo, Sam Mvemba (Connor Martin 80), Connor Witherspoon (Jack Mochalski 68), Harry Gibbs, Perry Dunn, Wyan Reid, Shad Ngandu, George Sykes (Tony Martin 72), Jason Raad, Alex Akrofi.

Unused Subs | Alex Bragg, James Scammell.

Romford XI | Manny Agboola, Tambeson Eyong, Jay Bacon (Mekhi McLeod 46), Junior Baker, Ryan Cresswell, Micahel Aziaya, Theo Ola (Sean Bonnett-Johnson 46), Freddy Moncur, Adam Cunnington, Archie Tamplin, Jason Banton.

Unused Subs | Briggs Ojemen, Ramone Rochester, Malaki Toussaint.