Hat-trick hero Matt Paterson (pictured) was joined on the scoresheet by Steve Ramsey, who bagged a brace, as well as Justin Bennett and Dan Wooden. Manager Alex Pike made three changes to the side that started the game on Saturday with Robbie Matthews (making his first start of the season), Steve Ramsey and Dan Wooden replacing Dan Woodward, Tom Dunford and Adam Wilde. The Boro’ took the lead in the eighth minute after Steve Ramsey turned superbly and smashed a volley on the turn, into the bottom corner past Shaftoe’s despairing dive. Ashmore was called into action five minutes later, when he was needed to turn a dangerous Sibbick header over the bar. A mistake in the Boro’ defence left Ross Lye with an open goal to aim at, but from a tight angle the striker hit the side netting. Midway through the first half, Carter almost doubled the lead after a mazy run left him with space on the edge of the box but his driven shot flew just wide. The visitors almost equalised ten minutes before the interval, but Luke Bryan strayed marginally offside before turning the ball home. Sam Pearce struck the bar with a powerful header minutes before half time from Steve Ramsey’s corner, as the home side pushed for another goal. Paterson did double the lead moments later though, after a ball found the striker in space before he turned and instinctively buried the ball into the far bottom corner. The third goal was added five minutes after the break, with Justin Bennett racing on to Williams’ cross before the defender and he poked the ball home from point-blank range. The home side really began to turn on the style and the fourth was added as Matt Paterson got his second of the night. Williams broke free on the left wing and Bennett nodded the ball back into the path of his strike partner, who duly smashed the ball home. Dan Wooden got his first goal of the season on the hour mark, with a smashed drive into the top corner, leaving Shaftoe stranded. Then the 'keeper, with an attempted clearance from a backpass, cannoned the ball into Steve Ramsey and the ball trickled home to add more gloss to the scoreline. Matt Paterson completed his hat trick on 70 minutes, adding a seventh after Wooden broke free down the left and fired in a low cross, which the former Aldershot man coverted. Lee Wort almost grabbed his first ever Gosport goal five minutes left on the clock, as he headed effort smashed back off the post. The former Sholing man struck another fierce effort at goal moments later but Alex Shaftoe pulled off a blinding save to deny the home side an eighth goal. Boro’: Nathan Ashmore, Andy Forbes, Rory Williams, Mike Carter (Tom Dunford 54), Robbie Matthews, Sam Pearce ©, Steve Ramsey (Adam Wilde 63), Danny Smith (YC – 34), Matt Paterson, Justin Bennett (Lee Wort 54), Dan Wooden. Subs not used: Dan Woodward, Ben Gerring, Paco Saez, Wayne Shaw. Larkhall: Alex Shaftoe, Jake Gardner, Luke Scott, Rob Hobbs, Ollie Price, Dan Jones, Joe Tumelty (Charlie Maddison 64), Ryan Batten (YC – 48), Tyler Sibbick (YC – 45+2), Ross Lye (Luke Bryan 26), Scott Lye © (Ben Horan 56) Subs not used: Cooper, Salsano, Norris.

• published: 01 Oct 2014
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