Ending year on a high

Leicester Road claim three points with 4-1 win

LEICESTER ROAD finished 2016 in style with a 4-1 home win over Chelmsley Town.

The home team started the game strongly and quickly provided a couple of half chances. Joshua Unsworth found himself in a goal scoring position on 15 minutes only for the Chelmsley Town keeper to turn it around the post.

However, Leicester Road soon got their just rewards with a neat goal after 20 minutes. Sam Munton threaded a quick pass to Tom McGlinchey who wriggled past a defender to find Amarvir Sandhu who cut into the six-yard box and finished clinically into the far corner.

On 23 minutes Leicester Road forced possession into the Chelmsley Town penalty area resulting in Sandhu getting in a powerful snapshot which was well saved by their keeper.

Even though Sam Munton was quickest to react to the rebound he couldn’t force the ball over the line and the chance went begging.

With Leicester Road pressing again down the right, Sam Munton threaded the ball through to Tom McGlinchey who side footed wide from within the six-yard box on 26 minutes.

Goal number two followed on 29 minutes.

Sandhu laid the ball back to Callum Earls whose pin-point cross found Daryll Thomas to finish with a powerful header.

Goal number three followed on 34 minutes. With Leicester Road playing their normal quick passing game, a flowing move down the right was finished clinically again by Thomas who headed powerfully home leaving the keeper stranded.

Leicester Road continue to dominate the first half, creating half chances and going in at the interval in total control of the game.

A half-time change saw Thomas replaced by top goalscorer Matty Stenson. Then on 56 minutes Sandhu was replaced by Jake Holt.

A period of sustained pressure saw the visitors pull a goal back.

Then a crisp passing move starting with Jack Harrison on the left is switched to the right for Munton to cross for Matty Stenson to side foot in on 72 mins to put Leicester Road firmly in control at 4-1.

Earls was replaced by James Heartland on 76 minutes for the club captain’s first senior game of the season.

Leicester Road took total control of the game and were permanently camped in the Chelmsley Town half, continuously bombarding their goal.

Chance after chance was created first for Joseph Lyne, then Greg Downes, Stenson, Munton and McGlinchley.