After their 11-0 rout of Bashley at Eynsham Park in November, North Leigh completed another demolition job on the Evo-Stik Southern League Division 1 South & West strugglers on Saturday.
The Millers had to settle for just 6-1 this time – with a brace from free-kick expert Stuart Hole – against an improved Bashley side, who have moved themselves off the bottom.
With a packed defence, the hosts were able able to repel the Millers’ early attacks on a heavy pitch.
But on 15 minutes they were unable to prevent the first goal as Callum McNish squared the ball to Kieran Sanders, who rifled home a low shot from the edge of the box Only an acrobatic save from visiting keeper Matt Bulman prevented Bashley’s most dangerous player Jack Hoey equalising with a fierce free-kick.#
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Just before the break, North Leigh’s Hole (pictured) fired home a free-kick of his own to double their lead.
Two minutes into the second half, the visitors were 3-0 up as McNish was brought down just outside the box and Hole curled another of his superb free kicks Shortly afterwards, Andy Gunn stole into the Bashley six-yard box at a Sanders corner and looped a header over keeper Callum Maher into the far corner of the net.
Bashley kept pushing forward and on 57 minutes won a corner on the left.
The ball was headed out to the edge of the box, from where Hoey lashed home a volley past a melee of players from 15 yards.
Six minutes later, the Millers made it 5-1 from yet another free-kick.
This time, Michael Hopkins replicated the accuracy of Hole’s earlier efforts by curling a left-foot shot Maher could watch go into the top corner of the net.
It was one-way traffic towards the Bashley goal and Aaron Woodley completed the rout after Maher had spilled Hopkins’s cross.
North Leigh: Bulman, Hole, Hopkins, Turk (Else 69), Gunn, Westlake, Woodley (Williams 83), McNish, Cook (Caton 77), Osborne-Ricketts, Sanders.
Attendance: 125.
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