Chelmsford Men's 1st XI5
Cambridge City 2nd XI2
East Premier A
Chelmsford put last weeks dissapointing result behind them by leap-frogging Cambridge City in the league with a 5-2 victory.
Despite early dominance from the away side it was the hosts who took the lead with quarter-of-an-hour on the clock after James Stock did well in the Chelmsford goal to charge down the initial shot but the deflection fell kindly to a City forward who applied the finishing touch.
Chelmsford didn't rest on their laurels as just minutes later they equalised followed by two more inside ten minutes to shock Cambridge into submission.
First Vasan Veerapalan's cross was not dealt with by the Cambridge goalkeeper, and Adam Hunter was quickest to react and turn the ball over the line.
Moments later Steve Harrison found himself through on goal, and although the keeper made a smart stop, the ball fell in the path of Sam Rayner, who fired an unstoppable shot into the top corner. Chelmsford capped off a fine period of play when C.J. Mayes notched his first goal at this level with a calm lifted finish off the post.
The second half started in much of the same fashion as the first did with City taking the iniative and cutting the deficit to just the one goal but Chelmsford grew into the half again and gave their opponents no chance.
Alex Rumbold, whose pace had caused the City defence problems all afternoon, ran half the length of the pitch before squaring for Tom Woollatt to deflect home at the near post, before Harry Rayner completed the scoring with a well-executed short corner.
Scorers: Adam Hunter, Sam Rayner, C.J. Mayes, Tom Woollatt and Harry Rayner.
Next week Chelmsford complete the first half of the season when they host bottom of the table Wisbech at noon.
