HORSHAM 7 JARVIS BROOK JUNIORS 0

HORSHAM U16s:
Dominic Burchell, Joseph Giacomelli, Ben Mulcahy, Anthony Dumbrill, Sam Lee, Matthew Rance, Adam Hutchings, Jordan Ruff, Patrick O'Sullivan, Darren James, Theo Mefsut, Adam Goddard, George Magnus
Scorers: Magnus (4), OG, O'Sullivan, Giacomelli

Horsham Youth Under 16’s strolled into the quarter finals of the County Cup with a comfortable 7 – 0 victory over Jarvis Brook at the Holbrook Centre.

The visitors started brightly, without creating any chances for themselves, and managed to keep the game tight for the opening twenty minutes before George Magnus opened the scoring with his first of four for the day. Darren James' delightful through ball over the visitors' defence allowed Magnus to run onto the pass without breaking his stride and left him one on one with the goalkeeper, neatly passing the ball into the corner of the goal, low to the 'keeper's left.

Eight minutes later Joe Giacomelli chipped the ball forward, enabling Magnus to avoid the offside trap and score his second before an opportunist cross from the left from Matthew Rance floated over everyone in the eighteen yard area and, unfortunately for the Jarvis defence, rebounded off the goal post and into the goal via one of their defenders.

With ten minutes still left to play in the first half, the Hornets were taking full control and, when Patrick O’Sullivan let fly from the edge of the penalty area with one of his piledrivers, the goalkeeper found it too hard to handle and the ball looped high into the Jarvis goal to take the lead to four. The best goal of the game came only two minutes later and completed Magnus’ hat-trick. From all of twenty five yards, George controlled the ball, turned and let fly with a beautiful left foot volley into the top corner of the goal, a goal that he would have been proud of with his right foot let alone his left.

With the second half under way, Magnus scored his fourth and Horsham’s sixth from a corner which the Jarvis 'keeper was unable to hold onto. This allowed Horsham to change things around a bit, with the defenders being allowed centre stage up front and the strikers performing defensive duties, under the leadership of a once again outstanding Sam Lee. The final goal of the game saw Giacomelli score his first ever goal for the club when a measured through ball from O’Sullivan left Joe one on one with the 'keeper and he neatly passed the ball into the back of the net from the edge of the area. Anthony Dumbrill came close to increasing the lead which would have been his first of the season but he was denied by the post after a terrific solo run.

Horsham's quarter-final opponents will be the winners of the Lindfield Juniors v Withdean Youth 2000 tie and will take place on 13th January.