On a wet, windy evening, after this tie had been switched to the Queen Elizabeth Stadium, North Greenford United crashed out of the MFA Senior Challenge Cup after suffering one of the club’s heaviest ever defeats, losing by nine goals to nil to Ryman Premier League side Enfield Town. Indeed, the team were fortunate that the scoreline did not go into double figures.

Enfield broke the deadlock after a lively, fairly evenly-matched opening fifteen minutes, when a ball into the United area was not cleared and striker Corey Whitely produced a clinical finish from close range.

Town’s second, scored midway through the half, came on the end of a swift counter-attack after Greenford had carelessly conceded possession during a promising attack of their own. With the United defence stretched Evans Kouassi was able to drive into the area and comfortably beat keeper Josh Kensit.

Nine minutes before the interval Enfield added a third with Dernell Wynter driving the ball into the corner of the visitors’ net following another crisp attacking move.

In the second period the Greenford side were literally torn apart by the rampant, goal-hungry Enfield players. Ten minutes after the resumption Samir Bihmoutine claimed the first of his four goals with a neat finish from close range. This was followed by a long-range rocket from full-back Joe Stevens on sixty-nine minutes which gave Glen Yala, keeping goal for United after Kensit had been forced to retire at the end of the first half, no chance.

With the Greenford defence reeling, Bihmoutine then added three more to his tally in an amazing five-minute spell finding the back of the Greenford net on 73, 75 and 78 minutes. To rub salt into the United wounds and put icing on the Enfield cake Harry Ottoway scored a ninth a minute from time with another unstoppable strike.

To say this was a night to forget for the Blues new management team would be a massive understatement.

NGU Team: Josh Kensit (Glen Yala 45), Samuel Addae, Alfie Cain, Chris Mills (Joe Sparrowhawk 60), Austin Schofield (Alfie Patterson 60), Ahmed Mohammed, Kerran Lataille, Jimmy McAlinden, Ike Nzuruba, Charlie Conner, Charlie Mitchell

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