Ebac Northern League
West Auckland Town 7
Washington 1
HAVING crushed high flying Consett on Saturday, West were at full strength when struggling Washington visited the Wanted Stadium.
And it didn’t take long for the hosts to pick up where they left off.
On 11 minutes, right back Denver Morris played an exquisite ball through to Nathan Fisher who rounded Decklan Greenwood in the Washington goal to give West the lead.
Credit to Washington, they fought back well from this early set back and for the next 15 minutes or so held their own, a period which saw the speedy Harry Wood nipping in ahead of West keeper Shane Bland to equalise from the tightest of angles.
Sadly for Washington, that was as good as it got as West found an extra gear and the visitors were overrun.
On 27 minutes, Dan Parker’s looping header from an Adam Mitchell corner restored West’s advantage.
Ten minutes later it was 3-1 when Fisher scored his second, courtesy of an Anthony Bell pass, and then two minutes later, Fisher returned the compliment, setting up Bell to make it 4-1.
Fisher duly completed his second hat-trick in four days on 42 minutes as West went in at half time 5-1 to the good.
There was no let up after the break – Fisher should have added his fourth but blazed over from about four yards, and Bell twice pulled shots wide of the keeper’s left post.
Arran Wearmouth extended West’s lead on 51 minutes before Mitchell was brought down for a penalty.
Fisher’s kick was saved by Greenwood, but the reprieve was short lived as Bell scored his second and West’s seventh a minute later.
Alex Francis, Wearmouth and Fisher were then withdrawn as Amar Purewal, Michael McKeown and Ben Wood were given a run out, with West concentrating on keeping the ball.
The only setback of the evening was when substitute Wood had to be taken off after picking up an injury on 82 minutes and West finished the game with ten men.
The win moved West up to third in the table ahead of this Saturday’s trip to Dunston UTS.
