Keeping the pressure on

With only a victory required to keep the pressure on second place north somerset, Marlborough had to come out of the traps quickly and did so by taking the lead through john berry. Keen to stay on top marlborough dominated play, restricting somerset to counter attacking play which was snuffed out by the home sides defence. This created the platform to double he lead, through john berry again as he calmly flicked the ball over the advancing keeper. 2-0! On top and playing well, marlborough knew they had to remain focussed as half time approached, but somerset grabbed a goal to make it 2-1. This could have spurred them into life, but it did the opposite as marlborough scored a third through rhys davies who finished into the roof of the net following a short corner routine. 3-1 at the break! Marlborough knew somerset would come at them hard in the second half and did so, but the defence held strong. Somerset pulled a goal back to make it 3-2, but this didn't stop marlborough pushing forward and they were rewarded with a superb break away goal from Berry, who completed his hat-trick with a thunderbolt into the corner of the goal! With time running out, somerset did score with a minute to go to make the final score 4-3. It sounded close, but in reality marlborough were very comfortable in their victory and fully deserved the win. Marlborough news online man of the match was John Berry for his outstanding hat-trick.