Guildford Saints 5 Ascot Utd 1

A much better result for the Saints this weekend. Kevin's match report follows;

"An early morning kick off saw Saints at Ascot for their second league game and Saints stormed into lead as early as the first minute with Tom Richards firing in after a neat interchange. Saints had to wait until the 25th minute for the second which saw Ross Pearn, who had moved to the left of midfield after replacing Julien, intercept a ball, carry past two players and then square the ball to Tom for his second. Saints did come under pressure from Ascot but this week the defending from set plays was much better with posts marked and every Ascot player picked up. 2-0 half time.

Immediately from the kick off Saints continued to take the game to Ascot and Tom R was able to turn provider as he cut a ball back for Jamie to muscle his way past the two centre backs and fire home. 3-0 Saints. Tom then completed his hat trick by finishing another flowing move involving Alex, Nathan, Connor and Ross. Midway through the half Tom added a fourth when he again burst through and rifled a shot home. Ascot came back and a little lax defending allowed their striker to run through and shoot past Josh, who had otherwise been impeccable, for a consolation.

This was a much better performance from Saints full of passing and movement, commitment and energy. What was really pleasing was the amount of communication going on between the players, including the subs who came on. Substitutions today were Ollie for Christian, Joe for Julien, Connor for Mike D and Nathan for Ross.

Man of the Match - Tom Richards