Newport IW FC scored 7 goals without reply in their Gold Cup quarter final against Northwood St Johns at Beatrice Avenue yesterday evening (Tuesday).
Joe Craig opened the scoring for Port in the 3rd minute by lobbing the Northwood keeper (1-0).
Kai Grace added a 2nd for the Wessex League side with a back post header (2-0).
Ji Nash then opened his account in the 18th minute by converting a cross at the near post (3-0).
Brad Young scored the goal-of-the-game 5 minutes from the half time break when he went past 3 defenders before slotting home (4-0).
Northwood were fortunate not to have gone into the half time break trailing by an even greater margin having had a couple of shots cleared off the goal line, the ball rebounding off the woodwork and Ji Nash sending the ball high above the crossbar after being presented with an open goal.
Half time: Newport IW 4-0 Northwood St Johns
It took until the 69th minute for Port to further extend their lead through Ji Nash (5-0).
Nash then bagged his hat trick 7 minutes from full time – his 2nd in 2 games – by rounding the keeper before tapping in (6-0).
Henry West added Port’s 7th 3 minutes from full time after Ollie Linington had had his shot parried by the Northwood keeper (7-0).
Full time: Newport IW 7-0 Northwood St Johns
Newport IW: Pitman, Wright, Thompsett, Young, Watterson (c), Holbrook, Nash, Oatley, Butcher, Craig, Grace SWubs: Linington, West, Goldberg, Weeks, Kettell Man-of-the-match: Brad Young
Northwood St Johns: Bartlett, Bilton, Cheek, Collier, Flux, Ince, Jones, McKenzie, Mooney, Shaw, White Subs: Ince, Sleight, Watson
VICS VANQUISH VERWOOD IN VELOCITY LEAGUE CUP
East Cowes Victoria have reached the quarter finals of the Velocity Wessex League Cup by beating Verwood Town at Potterne Park in Dorset.
The Victorians took the lead in the 17th minute through none other than Scott Jones, who knocked a deflected ball home from range (0-1).
Aga-In came close to equalising for the home side with a shot from the edge of the penalty area that rebounded off the crossbar.
The visitors doubled their lead 4 minutes from half time with a back post Jacob Reynolds volley after a great run and cross from Caleb Neale (0-2)
Half time: Verwood Town 0-2 East Cowes Victoria
The Potters went down to 10 men early in the 2nd half after Pope was red carded for a late tackle.
Caleb Neale added a 3rd for Vics after a slip from a Verwood defender (0-3).
To their credit, the Potters battled back with Bentley dancing through the Victorians defence before burying the ball in the bottom corner (1-3).
A Fletcher header reduced the deficit for the home side to a single goal with 2 minutes of full time remaining (2-3), but Vics held out to reach the final 8 of the competition.
Full time: Verwood Town 2-3 East Cowes Victoria
East Cowes Victoria: Law, Snow, Boyd-Kerr, Newbold, Wheeler, Sullivan, Cutts, Coode, Jones, Reynolds, C. Neale Subs: Hart, Voller, Mumford, Snaith, Mazambara
