West achieved another good win despite starting slowly, and it was Tornados who had the first shot at goal, however it hit the side netting. West gradually came into the game though, and soon afterwards a ball cleared by the Tornados defence was powerfully headed back into their penalty area by Chris Welch, but their keeper got to it first with Scott Howlett and Jamie Heaffey ready to pounce. The opening goal came after ten minutes as a great drop kick from Carl Biggs, making a rare appearance in goal, reached Jamie who lobbed the keeper to open the scoring.

West were now dominating more of the play and could have extended their lead as Jamie had another shot blocked, while a good shot by Tom Weaver went just over the crossbar. Helping the team to grab control of the game was a hard working midfield, with Chris in particular winning a lot of balls and setting up attacks, and Matt Peckham and Ryan Rickard supplying the forwards with some good through balls. Not long after, Jamie ran down the left wing and crossed into the area where Scott controlled the ball and laid it back to Chris, however his shot was saved. He soon got onto the score sheet though as Scott and Jamie combined well to play the ball to Matt whose superb through ball was met by Chris who ran through a static defence and struck a great shot to make it 2-0 three minutes before half time.

West began the second half slowly again, but were still creating chances to extend their lead as both Scott and Jamie had chances to add to the score. Tornados were also creating a few chances, but the defence were limiting their shooting opportunities, while Carl in goal was positioning himself well, and proved a safe pair of hands when their strikers did manage a shot.

Fifteen minutes into the second half West scored another as Jamie’s through ball reached Scott who ran into the penalty area and finished with a good shot, but Tornados were not giving up and grabbed what was to be a consolation goal as their striker beat the West defence for pace and scored. West were not finished though, as late in the game Ryan Rickard played a through ball into the area where, under pressure from Jack Sibbery, the Tornados keeper couldn’t hold onto the ball which allowed Jack to set up Scott who finished from close range.

The final 4-1 score line highlighted West’s dominance, and with a bit more luck they could have scored a few more, however the result keeps West in with a chance of promotion depending on other results around them.