Taylor treble as Moor merrier

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GLEN Taylor’s hat-trick was the catalyst for Spennymoor Town’s emphatic 7-1 away at Alfreton Town, writes STUART DICK.

Stephen Brogan, Jamie Chandler, Shaun Tuton and Andrew Johnson also hit the target in a thoroughly dominant performance, Reece Styche netting a consolation two minutes before the break.

Spennymoor moved up to fifth in the table, extending their unbeaten run to six games – scoring 15 goals in their last 180 minutes of football.

A handball in the area gave Town the perfect opportunity to opening the scoring in the sixth minute, and Taylor duly obliged.

Another set-piece brought the second in the 33rd minute, Brogan lashing in a free-kick from 18 yards. Within a minute Spenny had a third, Chandler converting a deflected Taylor strike from close range.

Styche pulled a goal back before the break with a header, but Taylor nodded home a Johnson cross then completed his hat-trick 10 minutes after the break from Brogan’s corner.

In the 63rd minute Tuton latched on to a poor back pass to calmly finish, Johnson putting the ball into an empty net to complete the rout.

SPENNYMOOR TOWN: Gould, Hibbs, Thackray, Curtis, Brogan, Chandler (Williams), Boyes, Henry, Johnson, Tuton, Taylor. NOT USED: Elliott, Hall, Anderson, Kempster ALFRETON TOWN: Ramsbottom, Clackstone, Allan, Lynch, Riley (Shiels), Curry, Clifton, Styche (Hotte), Peniket, O’brien, Collins: NOT USED: Hobson, Nicholson, Chettle