The Owls recorded their fifth straight victory in all competitions against Hallam this weekend with an impressive 4-1 win. Jonathan Oglesby scored a brace whilst goals from Brody Robertson and captain Darren Hanslip helped the Owls to secure the three points.

The game started off very slowly with both sides canceling each other out as it was not until the sixth minute before anything of real note came to light. A ball was played in over the top where it fell to Jonathan Oglesby, a great first touch from the striker ensured he had enough room to unleash a left footed strike which clattered the woodwork; had it gone in it would have been ruled out as the linesman had flagged for offside.

The first chance for Hallam came in the 11th minute when their number seven broke the defensive line of the Owls and chased a lofted ball through but quick thinking from Scott Drury in goal saved the day as he came rushing out to smoother the ball.

Jonathan Oglesby was certainly enjoying himself on the ball as he played a wonderous cross field ball to Luke Mascall (an identical play to the first goal against Basford United) but this time Mascall could not control the ball.

The opening goal of the game after some great work by the Owls down the right where a clever cross from Alex Flett was met sweetly by Jonathan Oglesby who side footed home his fourth goal of the season. This first goal gave the Owls much confidence and their second goal followed just three minutes later when Marc Cooper flicked on a header to Brody Robertson just on the corner of the six yard box and rifled home passed the keepers left hand from a tight angle.

It could have been 3-0 had it not been for Brody Robertson’s shoe size, had he been just one size bigger he would have been able to reach a wonderful cross from Jonathan Oglesby who’s left footed low cross caught out the Hallam defence.

Hallam had the ball in the back of the net in the 23rd minute after their number 10 poked the ball home past Scott Drury but the linesman came to the Owls rescue as he raised his flag for offside.

A comedy moment came next when Hallam’s number six was very nearly left red faced when his thumping clearance clattered into Brody Robertson’s derrière which went just inches wide of the post with the keeper rooted to the ground.

Hallam did manage to get a goal back before half time when in the 37th minute their number 11 breached the high line of the Owls defence and dinked the ball over the advancing Scott Drury, much to his frustration. As the half time whistle blew the Owls knew that they had to be more clinical and that Hallam had goals in them.

The second half started at a frantic pace and Luke Mascall very nearly extended the lead when a dangerous cross was played in from the left, but he just failed to connect his head to the ball. Jonathan Oglesby then had two great chances, the first came when he picked the ball up in the channel, glided past Hallam’s number two with ease, strolled into the 18 yard box but his left footed strike went just wide of the keepers left hand post. The second opportunity fell almost immediately after when Danny Grant played a defence splitting ball over the top to Oglesby who was ready to pull the trigger when he was tackled by Hallam’s number four.

Cleethorpes Town continued to apply the pressure when from a corner their goal keeper fumbled the ball which landed at the feet of central defender Richard Peck, making his 13th appearance of the season, had a rush of blood to the head and out his foot through the ball and straight over the fence into the car park from only six yards out.

Further chances from Marc Cooper and Luke Mascall went begging before captain Darren Hanslip showed them exactly how it should be done when a corner from Jonathan Oglesby was headed down by Lee McFarland where it fell kindly to Hanslip to fire home his first of the season.

The shots carried on raining down on the Hallam goal keeper and Jonathan Oglesby must have thought he had scored his second of the afternoon after he worked space for himself inside the Hallam half and unleashed a strike that appeared to be heading into the net had it not been for a great save.

In the 76th minute Lee Stephenson was brought onto the field in place of Marc Cooper for his first appearance of the season. Stephenson was involved in the game very quickly an was fouled moments after his first touch of the ball. From this free kick the ball was played along the ground to Alex Flett who had a shot from 25 yards and this was deflected out for another Cleethorpes Town corner. The corner was then played short in a similar style to the free kick when again Alex Flett had a shot but this time it was wide and a goal kick was awarded.

The Owls fourth of the afternoon and Jonathan Oglesby’s second came in the 84th minute when Oglesby collected the ball 40 yards out, glided past three into the box and smashed the ball home to the keepers right.

The Owls the continued to look for further goals with James Osbourne, Tim Lowe and Jonathan Oglesby all squandering chances at the death but the fifth goal failed to arrive. As the final whistle went the Cleethorpes Town players celebrated in the centre of the pitch knowing that all their hard work off the field was coming together at the right time.

The match was proudly sponsored by Pattesons Group and their chosen Man of the Match was Jonathan Oglesby for his outstanding performance and his two well taken goals. A big thank you to all 74 fans who made the effort to come and watch the Owls in what was their fifth straight victory.

The Owls attention now turns to next Saturday’s game when they travel to Rossington Main. The next home game is Saturday 12th October where we will be hosting Yorkshire Amateur with a 3PM kick off.