MATCH REPORT: CITY 7 -0 MARLOW

Gloucester City demolish Marlow by seven goals to nil on home turf, turning a good friday into a great one.

City came out with their foot on the pedal from the first kick of the ball, something that the opposition struggled to deal with.

Inside three minutes captain Hanks put his side one-up, sliding the ball onto the inside of the keepers far post which was just the start of a long afternoon for Rhone inbetween the Marlow sticks.

It didn't take long for City to make it two, and on the seventh minute defender Dan Ball did just that. The number 6 got onto the end of a bobbling ball inside the Marlow box, poking it into the roof of Rhone's net.

Next up to the goal scoring plate was March's player of the month, Elis Watts. Watts coasted into a pocket of space, cutting inside on his favoured left-foot and curling it wonderfully past the keeper and into the side netting, making it three inside a quarter of an hour.

The Swans then had their first chance of the game, midfielder Hoath crashing a hopeful shot onto Jared Thompson's crossbar, the rebound flying out of the ground, to the delight of the City defence.

City found another way through the leaking back line of Marlow, this time in the shape of Harry Pinchard. Pinchard got onto the end of a loose ball on the edge, and curled the ball into the bottom right-hand corner, to turn Marlow's day from bad, to worse.

Relentless play from Mike Cook's City and it wasn't long until the fifth was fired in, this time courtesy of Ed Williams. The number seven got a hold of the loose ball that was bouncing around the six yard line and placed it eliquently into the back of the net, just before half-time.

There was time for one more before the referee's half-time whistle blew, Dayle Grubb getting in on the act, crashing it past Rhone for the sixth time in the afternoon, leaving the Marlow team-talk in despair as the half-time whistle blew.

Marlow came out a little brighter in the early stages of the second half, knocking the ball around City for the first time in the game, but just couldn't quite get any sort of breakthrough, to the delight of the City fans.

The Tigers frontline continued to pressure the Swans defence and eventually, they flapped again. Dayle Grubb once again got himself in an inviting area with the ball at his feet, curling the ball straight into the top-right, replicating his earlier goal, making it seven.

Substitutions were made and the game naturally fizzled out, City controlling proceedings right up until the final whistle blew.

The next match is on Easter Monday, an away trip to Swindon Supermarine, kick off 3pm.