COSELEY TOWN 0, MALVERN TOWN 9

MALVERN Town extended their lead at the top of the Express and Star West Midlands League Premier Division table to eight points, following this emphatic success at Gornal-based Coseley Town on Tuesday night.

With the bottom placed home side still reeling from their 7-0 reverse at Ledbury on Saturday, Coseley knew that they were in for a rough ride once Lee Hooper set up Dean Roberts for Malvern's opening goal after just six minutes.

Five minutes later Craig Williams drove powerfully home to extend his sides lead, but after 15 minutes Dean Roberts spurned the chance of his second goal and Malvern's third, when his penalty kick was well saved by the home goalkeeper.

But a third goal for Malvern was not long in coming and again it was courtesy of a powerful 20th minute by Craig Williams.

Rik Halion and Lee Hooper might have got on the score sheet themselves, but it was not long before the latter did, when he deftly touched home Pete Roberts' excellent free kick in the 33rd minute.

In the 39th minute Adam Baldwin fired home Malvern's fifth strike, to secure an unassailable half time position for his side.

Inevitably the second period did not quite match the first for Malvern, but Williams secured his hat trick and restored the balance of power with a brilliant strike from just inside the area in the 54th minute.

In the 71st minute Hooper cut in from the left and drilled an excellent shot past the punch drunk Coseley keeper and an eighth goal duly arrived when Roberts shot came back off the hapless keeper and Hooper was on hand to secure an 81st minute hat-trick.

Malvern secured their ninth strike in the 87th minute when Willetts was fouled in the area and Hooper stepped up to comfortably convert the resultant spot kick.

After the game Malvern boss Neil Hunt said: "Obviously Coseley aren't the best team in the league and we are not going to get carried away by the scoreline, but all said and done you don't get many 9-0's at any level of football and you have to give the team credit for taking full advantage of the opportunities we created tonight.

"We were also pleased for Lee Hooper as Lee had got a little frustrated having been on the bench a couple of times in recent weeks, but with his four goals he showed the qualities that we know he possesses and will continue to show over the remainder of the season, we also thought that Dean Roberts and Craig Williams made outstanding contributions too."