Welton eased in to the next round of the Ron Eaglen Cup to face FVA Jerusalem with a comfortable 6-1 win at Ruston Eagles. Sam Allmond bagged a perfect hat trick along with two goals for Matt O Halloran and a collectors item for Jamie Chesman.
Welton made one change to last weekends line up with Sam Allmond returning to the starting line up to replace Luke Clifford.
It was that change that proved to be significant for Welton as it was Allmond who opened the scoring.
After creating numerous chances early on Welton had to wait until the 14th minute to take the lead. The Goal came when Jason Tinkler and Matt O Halloran worked a short left wing corner for O Hallloran to cross in and it was Allmond who rose highest to help the ball on into the top corner with a flicked header.
Welton were pouring forward at will in one of the most one sided first 45 minutes in recent memory, Jason Tinkler burst forward down the left before his low cross ran right through to marauding full back Will Carter who forced a good save from the Rustons keeper, Unfortunatley for the Rustons stopper Sam Allmond was on hand to knock home the rebound with his right foot beating two Rustons defenders to the loose ball.
The flood gates appeared to be ajar at this point and Weltons third once again arrived when Carter again surged down the right wing and pulled a cross back for Scott Coupland to fire goalwards on the volley, Couplands effort was goal bound anyway but a handy deflection off Matt O Halloran sealed the keepers fate.
O Halloran had a taste for goals now and he added his second with a stunning strike after he was given far to much time on the ball before blasting the ball low past the keeper from fully 25 yards out.
Welton really were threatening to run in a cricket score at this stage and Jamie Chesman even got himself in on the act. A left wing corner was delivered into the area and cleared off the line by a defender only for Chesman to power home a header from 6 yards out for his first goal in two seasons.
The scoreline was tainted for Welton though when a long range strike was spilled by Phil McGann into the path of one of the Rustons forwards who tapped home to deny Welton a clean sheet.
HALF TIME: Ruston Eagles 1-5 Welton S&SC
Welton rang the changes at half time replacing Scott Coupland, Matt O Halloran and Craig Cosgrove with Olly Furness, Steve Mason and Billy Munro, The changes did’t appear to have any adverse effect on Welton as within seconds of the restart, Sam Allmond completed his hat trick.
Welton kicked off and moved the ball out to the left wing. Two passes later and Allmond found himself inside the area drilling a left footed shot past the keepr to complete his perfect hat trick.
This some how was the last goal of the morning as a mixture of poor finishing, brave defending, good goal keeping and the woodwork kept the score at 6-1 despite Welton being camped in the Rustons half for virtually the entire second half.
FINAL SCORE: Ruston Eagles 1-6 Welton S&SC