Minehead warmed up for their home clash with the current league leaders next Saturday, with a convincing 5-0 victory over Ashcott at The Rec.
Ashcott started the game well and applied pressure by winning two early corners, but after five minutes the hosts won a flag-kick at the Queens Road end, and an inswinger from influential captain Stefan Phillips deceived the keeper and curled home.
This would not have been the start that basement club Ashcott, without a win all season, would have been looking for but despite a lot of possession Minehead did not add to their lead until around the half hour mark when industrious midfielder Sam Heath intercepted a poor clearance from the keeper and beat the keeper with a superb twenty-five-yard lob.
Minehead were then indebted to keeper Kyran Wilkins to produce a moment of brilliance, saving a well struck shot heading into the top corner by pushing it round the post. On the stroke of half-time centre forward Toby Waghorn continued his good form this season, cutting in from the left and finding the bottom corner with what is becoming a trademark finish.
Play levelled itself out in the second half as Minehead picked when to effectively apply pressure and found their fourth goal of the game when Will Singleton-Voss stole in at the back post to score his first for the club.
Introducing young midfielder Sam Jackson, along with the evergreen Guy Burns, it was the former’s cross which struck an outstretched Ashcott hand meaning a penalty was awarded. Phillips confidently completed the task to score his second goal and the home team’s fifth, thus finishing with a positive 5-0 victory.
Minehead: Kyran Wilkins, Martyn Phillips, Ryan Wilkins, Louis Burge, George Painter, Will Singleton-Voss, Stefan Phillips, Josh Elston, Toby Waghorn, Scott Kivell, Sam Heath
Subs: Sam Jackson, Guy Burns (both used) Lewis Breilatt, James Knight
Man of the Match: Sam Heath
Minehead are at home again next Saturday, this time to Ashton & Backwell United, in what should be a hotly contested affair after The Blues lost 2–1 away to the same opposition on the last day in November.
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