Bromsgrove Sporting 6, Studley 0

STUDLEY were no match for their Midlands Division One rivals Bromsgrove as they were put to the sword on Boxing Day.

Former Rousler boss and Adrian Manders' hopes were high as he named five ex-Sporting players in his Bees starting line-up but these were dashed in the first five minutes when the hosts roared into an early lead.

Will Tibbetts received the ball on the edge of the area and played in to Reece Hewitt who rounded two defenders before calmly slotting home.

Sporting continued to dominate, giving ex-Rouslers Sean Williams and Josh McKenzie little time on the ball, often doubling up on the former.

On 36 minutes the pressure told with Chris Conway capitalizing on a mistake from another ex-Rousler Toby Checketts, by striding clear and slotting home under Studley keeper Shaun Edwards.

As the half-time whistle sounded, the 2-0 scoreline was probably quite generous to Studley.

After the break, Sporting's dominance continued with another Conway goal on 50 minutes, much the same as his first.

A sublime curling effort from outside the box by Sam Wills made it four on the hour mark and a few minutes later his replacement Sean Brain joined in the fun with a goal with his first touch.

At 5-0, the home side could relax and the Sporting faithful took to heckling the growingly frustrated Edwards in the Studley goal.

Tibbetts completed the scoring on 80 minutes and a second run out in a week for U21 player Tim Bradley almost resulted in a goal.

On the final whistle, cheers rang round the ground and the fans departed home for the traditional cold turkey and stuffing sandwiches, hopefully to return on New Year’s Day for the second festive tie against our neighbours from Kings Norton, Pilkington XXX.

SPORTING: Bedford; Morris; Duggan; Fitter; Jones (Smith, 74); Mahon; Tibbetts; Hewitt; Wilson; Conway (Bradley, 83); Wills (Brain, 68).

Subs not used: Smith; Lennon; Wilson; Bradley; Brain STUDLEY: Edwards; Mander; Dineen (Barton, 58); Abonandi (Poyner, 46); Checketts; Judd; Williams; Darkin; McKenzie; Bailey (Lloyd, 73); Hal.

Subs not used: Giddings; Barton; Poyner; Lloyd; Miller.

Referee: M Perry Stourbridge.

Attendance: 501