Perfect ten for Glossop North End

A rampant Glossop North End put on a clinical display at beleaguered City of Liverpool on Saturday to run out 10-0 winners, condemning the hosts to their heaviest defeat of the campaign.  

Goals from Ethan Sutcliffe (4), Junior Smith (2), Jordan Schofield (2), Conal Gallagher and substitute Jacques Etia propelled the Hillmen back to a positive goal difference for the season and sharpened up the attackers ten days out from the Derbyshire FA Cup final. 

On a cold and blustery afternoon Olly Parker won the toss, turned the teams around so GNE had the wind behind them, and set the tone for what was an utterly dominant 45 minutes.

It was Gallagher who opened the scoring on five minutes after a move down the left saw the ball crossed on the floor into the box, it was laid off by Smith and Gallagher’s shot from the edge of the box flew into the top corner giving the young goalkeeper Hayden Davis no chance. 

The hosts managed to get out of their own half, winning a throw in half way inside the GNE half five minutes later, however, the Hillmen won possession and Djalo looked up and played a perfectly weighted through ball to pick out the spin and run of Sutcliffe.  

The striker got to it before Davis, skipped round him and slotted it into an unguarded net.

A second Djalo assist as GNE won the ball back almost immediately after the restart, deep in their opponents’ half, and this time a slide rule pass between the central defenders allowed Smith to run onto it, use his body to hold off his marker and slide the ball into the bottom corner.  

Three-nil before the quarter hour mark. 

A penalty for GNE was then awarded after Sutcliffe’s driven cross was handled in the box by a defender.

The ever reliable Schofield converted emphatically. 

Glossop kept up their ‘goal every five minutes’ start to the game making it five on 25.  

Djalo completed his hat-trick of assists combining with Gallagher from a corner to deliver a pinpoint cross for Schofield to double his tally as he glanced a header into the back of the net from five yards out.  

The Hillmen were relentless, almost adding a sixth through Smith, who added his second, GNE’s sixth on 31 minutes. 

A near quarter hour gap without a goal was ended on the stroke of half time as Sutcliffe added his second, waltzing through the defence finishing hard and low to make it 7-0. 

Sutcliffe completed his hat-trick after the break when a deep cross from Bardsley was played to him by Miranda and the striker added his fourth of the game, 18th of the season, as he broke the offside trap, held off the defender and went round the keeper again on 65 minutes.  

Battling forward Jacques Etia was then rewarded for his second half persistence, and the scoring, at 10-0, was complete. 

A positive afternoon for the club, which will give boss Lee Wilshaw a selection headache for the upcoming final, with eight players all staking a strong claim for the four midfield spots.