Mens 1sts vs Richmond 1

The Peth thought they'd left behind anything related to 10 men last week, however travelled to North Yorkshire to be met with an incomplete Richmond squad. No matter, Peth had a job to do.

Morpeth had to shuffle their backline to combat a receding availability in defensive players. Hinshaw and Mellor setting the line with G Pearce and Zulu called into action at Wing Backs.

Immediately the green and gold got on the front foot, forcing Richmond back, retreating to congest their half as much as possible. Macdonald breaking through with a great finish from a tight angle towards the baseline to open the scoring. It was one way traffic and the pressure continued, we were about to see diamonds formed or a loss of heads. Hinshaw doubled the lead shortly after from a penalty corner, zipping one into the left netting. A successful routine last week was repeated and Macdonald slid home another penalty corner to make it 3-0.

Keen to continue the excellent work they'd done in the first half, Morpeth started the 2nd half exactly how they finished the 1st. Sweeping moves down both wings with plenty of outcomes being created in the final third. Zulu took advantage of the pressure and slotted away the 4th.

Carmichael, Morris and Jones ran the show again from the midfield, sniffing out the longer balls being attempted by Richmond from each 16. Farquhar and Pearce came alive in the final 20 minutes, each bagging 2 goals apiece, a lovely set of finishes and including a beauty of a deflection from a crisp Palmer strike, something Hinshaw was very pleased to see from training.

The final whistle blew at 8-0, with Morpeth feeling as though several goals had been left on the field from missed chances, but were delighted with the application from every player in green and gold as performances improve week on week into this great season.