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Brilliant Billericay’s goal feast

Chesham Utd 0 Billericay Town 10
Billericay Town progressed into the Fourth
Round of the Vitality Women's FA Cup with a
stunning display of attacking ability to run in ten
goals away to Chesham United.
In an encounter between two FAWNL
Division One teams it was the Essex Division
One South East high flyers who notched up goals
from all angles, five in each half. Chesham had
plenty of promising moments themselves to
have at least cut down the margin of defeat but
nothing would go in for the hosts on a difficult
debut at this stage of the competition,
Shannon Drewe hit a lofted cross from
the left which drifted in at the far post to open
the score after an even first ten minutes. Dawne Campbell slides in to challenge Rebecca May
Rebecca May outpaced the defence to convert a (www.jamesprickett.co.uk).
Sam Pittuck through ball to double the lead
almost immediately and then Lucy Jones hit a superb third from 25 yards beyond Amber
Taylor's dive on 15 minutes.
May added her second from close range from a corner on 25 minutes but Chesham
then had their best spell of the match and went close to reducing the deficit, hitting a post
and forcing Alex Baker into a couple of saves before May completed her treble before the
break with another close range finish.
The restart brought no respite for the Chesham defence as Jones converted a
penalty on 47 minutes. A lovely move set up the seventh for sub Georgie Morton, a curling
right wing cross by Logan O'Shea, flicked on by May for an emphatic finish.
Zoe Rushen netted the eighth with another spectacular curling 20 yard shot off the
far post again giving Taylor no chance. By now both teams were going in full attacking
mode with the hosts trying hard to give Gemma Fraser and her fellow forwards a chance
to score but the Billericay defence was in no mood to give up the clean sheet.
At the other end, Rushen laid on a second goal for Morton and then completed the
scoring with a clever free kick from a tight angle just before the final whistle to give a
scoreline a cruel edge.
Billericay had been absolutely excellent, inventive and ruthless in attack and with
some fine individual performances. For Chesham, it was a disappointing day but the team
kept trying to play positively right to the end.
Chesham Utd: Amber Taylor, Emma Bebbington, Sophie Hull, Erin Price, Keunna
Dill, Stacie Blackburn, Natasha Smith, Gemma Fraser, Kat Bowers, Kirsty Gladwin,
Becki Bloor. Subs: Calleigh Wright, Amina Hanif, Sian Williams, Dawne Campbell,
Emma Delves, Anneka Nuttall.
Billericay Town: Alex Baker, Rebecca May, Ellie Jeffkins, Lucy Jones, Courtney
Lumley, Jay Blackie, Logan O’Shea, Sam Pittuck, Zoe Rushen, Shannan Drewe, Kerry
Stimson. Subs: Georgie Morton, Maddie
Reynolds, Casey Iron, Edita Dobreva, Isabella
Messore.
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