A depleted Mould side lacking three of it's "star" players (Sick note Paul, Alex 'I'm getting married on Friday' and Paul ('what if I have to tackle someone - Marathon man') produced a performance that was near to total football.

Playing a Trimac side that were prepared to give the likes of the Tash and Knowlesie space they were severlely punished. These two players used all the experience they have gathered over the years of playing at much higher standards to demonstrate to the almost static Trimac defence what â€˜total footballâ€™ is.

Mould's first goal albeit against 5 men was well finished by a hard drive into the corner of the Trimac defence by the after a decoy run by Knowlesie. (The absence of netting only stopped this report from referring to the huge bulge that would have been evident!!). 1-0 Mould quickly added a second; well taken by the ever-willing COX. 2-0. At this point the Trimac side were urgently calling for the services of Phil (the league organiser). The Mould players were also calling for his introduction!!!

To the horror of the Mould defence Trimac pulled a goal back through their â€˜ringerâ€™ Phil. The Master will have nightmares of how that one went up between his legs! 2-1

Mould quickly took control of the game, playing â€˜keep ballâ€™ and were prepared to move the ball back from the corners to start another attack urged on by the Tash and Knowlesie. The absentees should well remember the phrase 'if they haven't got the ball they can't score'. Two more strikes from DAN and DUNKLEY moved Mould into a comfortable lead. 4-1

Mould continued to dominate with The Master forced to fight off the midges to keep him interested in the proceedings.

The passage of play for the fifth goal summed up the evening for the outstanding Mould players. Time and again shots rained in at the Trimac keeper, only for the ball to be picked up again and another move started. The ball was caressed from foot to foot, head to head, the movement into space sublime, the work rate outstanding. Finally, KNOWLES stroked the ball into the back of the net 5-1.

In the last 25 minutes the Master was a spectator but managed to make his mark on the game by producing an outstanding save with his knees. The Tash was heard to mumble â€˜why can goalies use their hands?.

COX completed the scoring to make the final score Mould 6 Trimac 1. This result leaves Mould as favourites for promotion to the big time. As with any promotion side does that mean coming and goings? The absentees tonight should be worried.

Mould:Master, Tash, Knowles, Dunkley, Matt, Dan

MoM: The Master for killings all those midges

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