Real United 9-0 Beeston
Real United won at a canter for the third Saturday in succession as they comfortably saw off lowly Beeston at the Inspire Stadium.
Real followed up last weekend’s 5-0 thumping of Newark Flowserve and the week previous 8-0 victory at Sandhurst to achieve their fourth clean sheet in a row and another huge win as they look to mount a serious challenge for honours in the NSL this year.
Ryan Bowen was first on the scoresheet after good work allowed him to poke a shot into the corner of the net for his first goal in four games. Glodi Bange made it two with a thunderbolt strike into the top corner from the edge of the area and Kwassi Ofushine ran through to cooly slot home a third before Austin Wallace drove in low and hard to make it four. Jamie Spiers made it five from the spot after the goalkeeper brought down Tim Hopkinson through on goal with the Referee sympathetically deciding not to send him off.
Beeston, who had a managerial change in the week used three substitutes before half time and were never a match for Real who made easy work of their opponents who had previously only beaten Sandhurst in the league.
Jamie Spiers grabbed his second five minutes after half time before Real made two early changes in the second half with the game clearly won, one of those changes Will Heath imposing a classy lob from 35 yards out for number seven. There was still time for Tim Hopkinson to grab a couple of goals to his already impressive collection but it should have been more as the front pair paved chance after chance on the Beeston goal.
The away side did register one attempt when racing through one on one the striker lobbed over the bar and late on they scuffed a chance wide which frustrated the Real management.
Another clean sheet however is as satisfying as the goals scored with Tobias Richardson looking a classy acquisition at centre half, and with high quality players like Theo Brown, Aaron Large and Ryan Tittensor still to come back, the competition for places looks to be at its strongest yet.
Real United (4-1-3-2): Luke Wigley, George Paling, Grant Walton (Umberto Caoduro 81), Tobias Richardson, Jonathon Hart, Austin Wallace (Chris Rhodes 54), Kuwesi Ofushine, Jamie Spiers (c), Ryan Bowen, Glodi Bange (Will Heath 54), Tim Hopkinson. Not used: Steven Venables, Jack Charlton.
Goalscorers: Bowen 12, Bange 19, Ofushine 23, Wallace 29, Spiers 40, 51, Heath 67, Hopkinson 74, 84
