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Allen hat-trick topples Dominoes
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By Paul Edmundson

FCUoM 7 - 0 Stone Dominoes

A crowd of 3,020 watched a second-string FC side notch up seven goals against basement outfit Stone to move seven points clear at the top of the league.
Karl Marginson rested eight of the side that beat Salford City, with only shot stopper Sam Ashton, young gun Nicky Platt and top scorer Stuart Rudd keeping their places.
There was a recall for Dave Brown, who started the game as captain alongside Liam Coyne, Mike Lomax and Gareth Ormes in defence.
Will Ahern lined up in midfield alongside full debutant Gary Sampson.
Rory Patterson returned from suspension to partner Rudd in attack, while Allen also made his full debut.
Stone, who had gained just two points all season, began the game well, with flowing passing football through the midfield.
But the reds were quickly out of the blocks up front, going close twice before 18-year-old Allen broke the deadlock on the quarter-hour mark.
It was Rudd who played a well-weighted ball through the middle for Allen to run onto and slot into the left-hand bottom corner past Stone 'keeper Chris Bell for 1-0.
As if such a good start wasn't enough, Allen grabbed a second just four minutes later, finding space in the box and poking the ball home past the stranded Bell for 2-0.
Pressure continued to mount on the visitors' goal, with a Rudd shot bringing a fantastic save from Bell, who forced it out for corner in one of his many impressive contributions of the half.
Brown forced another save from Bell from the resulting corner before the ball was cleared to safety.
Stone did well to hold out until half time, with United hitting the crossbar and going close several more times.
But the white-and-black side faced another onslaught after the break as they began to tire.
Rudd was next to have an attempt on goal on the hour mark. His shot was charged down, but ran into the path of Allen, whose low shot found the back of the net for 3-0.
The floodgates then began to open, with United earning three corners in a row and Rudd heading in the third corner cross for 4-0 and his 27th goal of the season.
Patterson began to come more into the game as the minutes ticked by, and made it 5-0 when he cooly converted a spot kick, which he himself earned when referee D. W Steward decided the Irishman had been hauled down in the box.
And on 90 minutes, Patterson grabbed his second of the game, when a left-wing cross crept through a crowd of bodies into the bottom right-hand corner for 6-0.
Allen may have got the final touch to the ball, but the goal was accredited to his teammate.
And the final goal of the game was scored by Rudd. who found space on the right-hand side of the box and fired home from close range for 7-0.
Elsewhere, second-place Nantwich's game at Nelson was postponed, while third-place Salford City got back to winning ways with a 3-2 victory at Trafford.

 

 

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