After a fairly even opening 10 minutes, Hetton came close to opening the scoring in the 16th minute, when a shot from outside the penalty area cannoned off the cross bar.
However, they did find the net a minute later, when Lea Hall failed to clear the ball and Hetton forward Mark Davison drilled the ball home in to the bottom left hand corner to give his side the lead.
Hetton nearly made it 2-0 on the half hour mark, when a curled effort hit the post. By this stage, Hetton were well on top but could not add to their goal tally, whilst the home side had enjoyed some possession but could not produce either the killer pass or a shot on target to trouble the men from Durham.
Lea Hall’s chances of getting back in to the game were dealt a severe blow midway through the second half, when following an incident on the halfway line, one of their players was sent off.
I must admit that, from where I was stood (at the top end of the ground, near the rugby scoreboard) I didn’t have a great view of the sending off and we were all surprised to see the referee brandish the red card.
Hetton revelled in the extra space that their one man advantage gave them and eight minutes after the sending off, they doubled their lead, through a cracking individual goal from Joe Walton, who finished well from just outside the 6 yard box.
A superb save from the Lea Hall keeper who tipped the ball over the bar in the 82nd minute denied Hetton a third but the respite was only temporary, as substitute Nicky Kane made it 3-0 three minutes later.
Two goals from Mark Davison in four minutes completed the 5-0 rout and his hat trick.
5-0 sounds a hammering but as four of the goals came after the sending off and three of those came in the last 7 minutes, the score line was harsh on Lea Hall who just did not possess the creativity needed to make the most of the possession they had.
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